Please join us for several upcoming events in conjunction with the Bemis Gardens exhibition and design laboratory. The Bemis Center is hosting weekly charrettes and dialogues that will convene professionals from diverse fields to consider macro urban land use futures and speculate on specific possibilities for the Bemis Center’s site. The charrettes are intended as collaborative dialogues and will be formalized as actionable proposals. This process will take place in the gallery and be presented in real-time through lectures, renderings and fabricated prototypes.
Design Charrettes: Every Thursday April 28 – July 28, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | FREE
Charrette 11: Thursday, July 7, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charrette 12: Thursday, July 14, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charrette 13: Thursday, July 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charrette 14: Thursday, July 28, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Lecture: el dorado architects | Thursday, July 28 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Bemis Center, AIA & AIAS members: $5.00 Public: $10.00 | Co-Presented with AIA Omaha
PREVIOUS CHARRETTES
Charrette 2: Thursday May 5, 4 p.m | Anne Trumble: What is a Garden?!
Landscape Designer Anne Trumble presented a rapid fire slide show spanning garden histories. Her perhaps overwhelming, somewhat humorous, dizzying, broadening presentation will offer a hypothesis on the space between agrarian and perspectival "gardens." Addressing issues related to organic farming, stormwater collection, community gardens, and farmers markets, Trumble says "Yes, these things make plants and our interaction with them more multi-functional, but are they ultimately limited? Missing something? Or are we not doing them enough? Could we brainstorm evolutions of them that layer even more types of systems?"
Charrette 3: Thursday May 12, 4 p.m | Peter P. Goché: Water Hutch
Charrette 3 was conducted by Peter P. Goché. Participants include Elizabeth Zimmerman (musician), Annie Binder (Poet), Scott Ricketts (Writer), John Kerner (Design student, ISU), Jasmine Singh (Design student, ISU). This public workshop included a series of oratories presented by Peter P. Goché, Annie Binder and Scott Ricketts; a musical performance by Elizabeth Zimmerman; the development of a literary piece and the fabrication of a 1:1 paper landscape for the hutch. These initial works (written and visual) were further developed over the course of a ten-day visiting artist's residency.
Charrette 4: Thursday May 19, 4 p.m | Min | Day with Jeff Day and E.B. Min
Lecture: Min | Day Thursday May 19 6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m. | Bemis Center, AIA & AIAS members: $5.00 Public: $10.00
| Co-Presented with AIA Omaha
Charrette 5: Thursday, May 26, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The fifth charrette was led by artist James Woodfill, who the Bemis Center has commissioned to design and fabricate the guardrail, handrail and signage systems for the dock and front entry. These works extend a collaborative dialogue initiated during Woodfill's 2010 exhibition Stations, and the charrette opened this dialogue for public discussion.
Charrette 6: Thursday, June 2, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charrette 7: Thursday, June 9, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The seventh charrette will be led by artist Ruth Dusseault and will be an open discussion of macro urban land use futures and will speculate on specific possibilities for the Bemis Center’s site.
Charrette 8: Thursday, June 16, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Please join us for this week's Bemis Gardens design charrette led by renowned Kansas City design firm el dorado architects. For the past seven weeks the Bemis Gardens exhibition and design laboratory has convened professionals from diverse fields to consider macro urban land use futures and speculate on specific possibilities for the Bemis Center's site.
Charrette 9: Thursday, June 23, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charrette 10: Thursday, June 30, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
