SF State celebrates Park(ing) Day this Thursday, 9/15, from 2-4pm, come check out these new pop-up 'parks' and win prizes!

We are organizing another year of PARK(ing) Day here at SF State. We invite all of you to join us for the festivities. The event will take place this Thursday, September 15th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spaces into temporary parks for the public good. SF State 'parks' will be located at: The Quad, Tapia Drive, Holloway Ave, Centennial Walk and on 19th Avenue. Zipcar and the campus Transportation Department will be tabling at the Quad as well.

AIGA SF STUDENT MIXER

Fall 2011 Community Arts Design Studio

Students who are interested in community arts/design, there will be an information meeting for the Fall 2011 Community Arts Design Studio - Thursday, September 1st - 12:30pm - FA123

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Community Arts Design Studio is offered through the Design an Industry Department. The course is community-arts oriented and will cover the fundamental principles and techniques of graphic design, typography, layout and production for application to community art and education contexts. Students will learn to flexibly employ standard design and production tools and techniques, i.e., Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. You will mentor and lead students from underserved communities in graphic design and client projects. The course will be a collaboration with community partners. Class meets every Friday.

The course will emphasize media literacy and analysis skills, emphasizing nuanced, non-stereotypical, representation of cultural vernaculars. Students in the program will have an understanding of how historical, social, economic, and political factors of communities relate to community art. They will also acquire the necessary skills, conceptual thinking, and professional practice to enable them to fulfill their creative potential and make art for, in, and with the community.

PRE-REQUISITES: DAI 325 (or higher) or an intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.

For questions contact Prof. Steve Jones
sajones@sfsu.edu

Premier presentation of social advertising campaigns for The YMCA of San Francisco

Date: Wednesday May 11, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:30
Place: Studio 1 (CA 128)
Creative Arts Building
San Francisco State University

The students of the Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts, Marketing and Design and Industry cordially invite you to attend the premier presentation of their public service advertising campaigns for the YMCA of San Francisco.

Every semester since it¹s inception in 1996, this interdisciplinary course (BECA 647/MKTG 440/DAI), in partnership with the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE), has given students from three different disciplines the opportunity to work together to create effective advertising campaigns in a real-world environment, for Bay Area nonprofit organizations. We are proud to be able to utilize the resources and expertise of the University to serve the needs of our diverse Bay Area community, and beyond.

Dare to watch! April 13th Day of Action

On Wednesday, April 13^th (tomorrow) all 23 campuses in the CSU will take action for public higher education and fair contracts.  Faculty, students and staff on the CSU campuses will be joined by other Colleges and University across the nation, in taking action to defend public higher education in the face of sweeping funding cuts and attacks on the rights of employees and students.

Please take a few minutes to watch a You Tube clip (link below) created by organizers at CSU Long Beach on why we need to take action on April 13^th.

April 13 -- Day of Action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1WqIZ_vBM

JOIN US TOMORROW AT SF STATE:

•  STAND UP! FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACH-IN 
  Jack Adams Hall @ 11 am
•  MARCH WITH STUDENTS, JOIN THE DISPOSABLE LABOR MARCHING KAZOO BANDCorner of 19^th and Holloway at 12:45pm

IDT public presentations

Public Presentations

to students, faculty, staff and community for the Department of Design and Industry Industrial Design Technology Position.

Tuesday, April 19
1:00-2:00pm
Candidate: Young Mi Choi

Friday April 22
1:00-2:00 pm
Candidate: Calvin Chen

Location: Room FA 119

All faculty, students and staff in any department are welcome to attend.
DAI students and faculty especially encouraged to attend.

Candidates will be asked to detail their teaching and work experience in a presentation, followed by a Q&A Session

de Young Museum Call for Art

New Generations: Student Showcase
Call for student artwork to be featured at the
de Young Museum on April 22, 2011
Application deadline: March 14

TITLE: Where to? The Call of the Times

DESCRIPTION: Our communities are responding in different ways to the social issues of our times such as the recession, human rights or climate change. The challenges ahead are dynamic and often troubling, yet, we will continue to find solutions through activism and art.

SF State AIGA Student Group: First Meeting of the Term

Monday January 31 at 1pm

FA115

Agenda:

Class available for DAI Senior and Graduate students

Advertising, Creativity & Production

If you are interested in advertising campaign development for a real client,
please join us in our interdisciplinary course. We produce TV, Radio & Print Ads for the real world client. You can earn 3 DAI/BECA units

Time: Wednesdays from 2-5
Place: CA 128 (Studio 1)

For more information contact: Professor Gomes or Professor Khani.
You are welcome to come to the first class meeting on Wednesday January 26, 2011.

Cohousing: Community by Design

PRESENTATION BY CHUCK DURRETT
"COHOUSING: COMMUNITY BY DESIGN "
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
1:30-3:30 pm and 7:00-8:30 pm 

San Francisco State University - Institute for Holistic Health Studies. A discussion of key strategies to designing cohousing communities with social and physical structures that support thriving neighborhoods and sustainable lifestyles. 

Humanities and Social Services (HSS) Building, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco State University; 1:30 pm (Room 306); 7:00 pm (Room 213).