Schedule
Friday, 9/26
11:30am – 1:30pm
Badge Pickup
Emerging Creatives Day
[open to design students and emerging creatives only]
Are you a design student or an emerging creative under the age of 28? Join us for Emerging Creatives Day! Hai-Wen Lin will headline the session with an interview moderated by Ayesha Rahman, followed by breakout sessions with guest design mentors.
1:30pm – 4:30pm
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Break
Official Summit Kick-Off: Martellus and Michael Bennett in Conversation with Maya Bird-Murphy
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before and after the discussion. DJ set by Finding Ijeoma.
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Saturday, 9/27
8:30am – 9:30am
Badge Pickup
Opening Remarks & Lauren M. Pacheco
Lauren will discuss how public art and design can promote both formal and informal place-making and place-keeping.
9:30am – 10:45am
Option A: Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski
Cruz and Nathalie will share their work surrounding design experiments and new curricula that support public engagement with built, destroyed, and imagined environments.
11:00am – 12:15pm
Option B: Speculating Worlds Panel Discussion
Curry Hackett and Leah Wulfman will share how they're envisioning new worlds through both technological and analog methods. Moderated by Michele Washington.
12:15pm – 2:30pm
Lunch Break
Natty Bwoy Bikes & Boards Workshop at 1:00pm
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Performance TBA
Option A: Alternative Practice & Design Education Panel Discussion
Ann Lui, Tonia Sing Chi, and Vanessa Morrison will explore the topics of architectural practice and education that challenge the status quo. Moderated by Monica Chadha.
Option B: Redemptive Plastics Workshop
Jordan Campbell and Cody Norman will share about their collaborative, Redemptive Plastics, and host an engaging workshop on closing the loop and creating more sustainable practices related to plastic usage
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Closing Conversation: Jerald Cooper
Coop will share about his media company, Hood Century, which researches, documents, and educates on the relationship between the Black lived experience and Modernism.
5:00pm – 6:15pm
The Avenue Party with DJ Lady D and DJ Lori Branch
Join us for a celebratory outdoor block party with food, drinks, and house music.
6:30pm – 10:30pm
Sunday, 9/28
GRC Neighborhood Run
Join GRC Run Club for a jog around Humboldt Park. The run will start and end at Mobile Makers Chicago.
9:00am – 10:00am
Brunch Bites & Monday Coffee
10:00am – 12:30pm