Explore the SD/TJ map
After a year of deep reflection and changes in the way we work and live, we’re exploring the power of design in action — to rethink, transform, and renew — as we envision a path forward. Check out all of the events and sites in our 2021 line-up.
ExploreWed, September 8
In Person • FreeArt Power Equity Exhibition: Jean Cornwell-Wheat
4-7pmArt, Power, Equity (APE), J. Walcher CommunicationsVirtual • FreeA Studied Transformation: Lilian J Rice 100 Years Later | Talk
4-4:45pmLisa Kriedeman / Island Architects, Michelle Salz-Smith / Studio SurfaceVirtual • FreeThe Next Urbanism - Exploring a New Vertical Context in Downtown San Diego
5-6:30pmHoward Blackson / AVRP StudiosThu, September 9
Virtual • FreeCo-designing With 7.1 Million: Our Bid To Become The World’s Design Capital
9-9:45amUC San Diego Design Lab, The Design Forward AllianceVirtual • FreeSparking delight with language: The craft of product content design
10-10:45amJulia Falkowski + Patricia Swesey / IntuitIn Person • $45Reimagining Restaurant Design
12-2pmTravis Swikard / Callie Restaurant, John Resnick & Chef Eric Bost / Jeune et Jolie, Greg Bleier / Studio UNLTDIn Person • FreeArt Power Equity Exhibition: Jean Cornwell-Wheat
4-7pmArt, Power, Equity (APE), J. Walcher CommunicationsIn Person • $20Mujeres Brew House Tasting: A women-led culinary approach to craft brewing and food
5-6pmCarmen Velasco Favela / Mujeres Brew HouseVirtual • FreeCreating Citizen-Focused Smart Cities: Bottoms Up
6-6:45pmSDXD, Sheba Najmi, MetaLabFri, September 10
Virtual • FreeCommunity Placemaking and Identity of Public Parks in San Diego
2-2:45pmSociety for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)In Person • FreeMingei International Museum Transformation Tour
2-2:45pm and 3:15-4pmLUCE et studioVirtual • FreeHOW WE MAKE OUR STUDENTS LOOK MAGICAL ONLINE
3-3:45pmSan Diego City College Graphic DesignIn Person • FreeArt Power Equity Exhibition: Jean Cornwell-Wheat
4-7pmArt, Power, Equity (APE), J. Walcher CommunicationsVirtual • FreeOn Process: Importance of flexibility, ambiguity, and resourcefulness in design process
4-4:45pmMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), Happening StudioVirtual • FreeDesign Conversation in the Kitchen with Chef Marcela Valladolid
5-5:45pmCasa DuhagónSat, September 11
In Person • FreeMingei International Museum Transformation Tour
9:45-10:30am and 11-11:45amLUCE et studioVirtual • FreeKidSketch and the Urban Jungle
11-11:45amSan Diego Architectural Foundation / Built Environment Education ProgramIn Person • FreeWelcoming Personal Growth: Journaling Workshop
11am-12pmSusie Ghahremani, The Library ShopIn Person • FreeThree Centuries of Letterpress and Printmaking
12-8pmSibyl Rubuttom / Athenaeum Art Center Print StudioIn Person • FreeCity Heights Made
12-4pmEl Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association, IRC San DiegoIn Person • FreeArt Power Equity Exhibition: Jean Cornwell-Wheat
1-5pmArt, Power, Equity (APE), J. Walcher CommunicationsVirtual • FreeFrom Bichi To Radicante: The Evolution Of Mexican Natural Wine
4-4:45pmCharlatán - Brebajes del FuturoSun, September 12
In Person • FreeArt Power Equity Exhibition: Jean Cornwell-Wheat
1-5pmArt, Power, Equity (APE), J. Walcher CommunicationsIn Person • FreeDowntown Public Art Tour by Real Working Art Administrators
1-3:30pmCity of San DiegoIn Person • Free¡“EARTH to San Diego” Handbook Release Party + Workshop!
2-6pmA Reason To Survive (ARTS), Casa TamarindoIn Person • Free“Dearly Beloved” — An Interactive Fashion Exhibition & Runway Show
4-7pmRiza Clave (Weriza)In Person • FreeGaslamp Quarter Architectural Tour
4-5pmGaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation (GQHF)All week
Virtual • FreeMexico Curated - Edition ONE
Object, Verónica Hernández, Andrés Ferrandis, Javier Gonzalez Vizcaino, Amar HarragVirtual • FreeSalvando A Los Pasajes, Historia Tijuanense
Carolina Gómez Bernal, Se Hace ArquitecturaIn Person • FreeWe are all made of Starstuff: Augmented Reality Installation and Risograph print fundraiser
Chitra Gopalakrishnan, The House of Resilience, The Hill Street Country Club, You Belong HereVirtual • FreeConnecting Wildlands and Communities: Designing for Climate Change
Climate Science AllianceVirtual • FreeCelebrando LatinX | Celebrating LatinX
American Institute of Architects San Diego (AIA SD)