Point, shoot and submit! Help us celebrate afo's 2016 Honored Citizen and promote our October 13 tribute by entering the Lee Kelly sculpture photo contest. Since Lee has more than 30 significant works of public sculpture in Oregon, we are inviting you to photograph a Lee Kelly sculpture (creativity counts!) and post it to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #afohonoredcitizen. Be sure to either like AFO on Facebook or follow us on Instagram or Twitter. We’ll post as many photos as possible on our Facebook and Instagram sites. There are two deadlines: September 23rd and October 7th. Prizes for each round will be:

• Sept 23rd – one ticket to the October 13 Honored Citizen dinner honoring Kelly ($125 value) and Lee Kelly, monograph by Bruce Guenther
  
• Oct 7th – Lee Kelly, monograph by Bruce Guenther, and PLACEnotes Portland, a travel guide in a box

Guest judge for the competition is Sally Schoolmaster, Associate Professor of Photography, Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Whether or not you enter the photo contest, please join us for our very special evening honoring Lee Kelly. Order individual tickets here.  Become a sponsor or reserve a full of half table here. This celebration will reinforce all that we love about Oregon.

The Oregon Community Foundation invited afo to submit our entry in their second annual Grantseekers Haiku Contest. Rules were stringent with successive lines describing the organization, the need addressed by the project, the solution. We hope they like what we had to say about Architects in Schools (above), and we hope you will, too.

Deadlines are fast approaching for Design Professionals and Classroom Teachers to participate in the 2016-17 program:

Design Professional Application - deadline September 23, 2016

School Application - deadline October 7, 2016

Architecture Student Application - deadline October 14, 2016

Renew your enthusiasm for architecture: volunteer for Architects in Schools! If you’re an architect, engineer or contractor, an emerging professional in any of these fields, or a graduate student in architecture, you can view your world through the fresh eyes of elementary school students as you develop their awareness, encourage their involvement and give them a greater understanding of their environment through the Architects in Schools program.

Click here for more information and the Application Forms that open the door to participate in this most invigorating program.

Many volunteers tell us this is the best thing they could do to re-instill vigor and enthusiasm into their practice.

The following individuals and organizations have made a commitment to help afo share design’s role in shaping our future. We are deeply grateful for their gifts during August and early September:

• Civilis Consultants
  
  
• GBD Architects
  
  
• General Sheet Metal
  
  
• Jeanette Shortley
  
  
• Jill Sherman
  
  
• KPFF Consulting Engineers
  
  
• Performance Contracting Inc
  
  
• Richard Brown
  
  
• Rosendin Electric
  
  
• William Tripp

You can join afo’s growing family of supporters and help share design’s role in shaping our future. Choose from a variety of ways to be involved here.

Thurs, Sept 8, the City of Portland’s URM Policy Committee is holding the first of two public forums to solicit input on the recommendations regarding standards, timelines, and incentives to retrofit all of Portland’s Un-Reinforced Masonry buildings. 6-8pm at the Exchange Ballroom, 123 NE 3rd Avenue, Portland. Additional information here.

Sat, Sept 10, the Architectural Heritage Center presents its Classical Downtown Portland Tour, 10am to 12noon, $20. Register here.

Wed, Sept 21, Institute for Real Estate Management presents New Trends in Lighting Controls, 12:00Noon to 1:30pm at the World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland. $25 includes lunch. Register here.

Thur, Sept 22, ForWARD Portland invites you to re-connect with friends and colleagues while enjoying complimentary drinks and appetizers at their September Happy Hour, 5-7pm, Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue, Portland. Email your favorite summer photos to be added to the slide show, forward.portland@gmail.com.

Thur, Sept 22, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon presents Portland’s Future: How Do We Accommodate Growth & Global Warming?—an evening with Portland urban architect George Crandall, 5:30 reception, 6:30 program, Neil Kelly Design Center, 804 N. Alberta St., Portland. $25. Register here.

Thurs, Sept 22, the City of Portland’s URM Policy Committee is holding the second of two public forums to solicit input on the recommendations regarding standards, timelines, and incentives to retrofit all of Portland’s Un-Reinforced Masonry buildings. 6-8pm at the Portland Development Commission, 222 NW Fifth Avenue, Portland. Additional information here.

Sat, Oct 1, The Tool Bank unveils their 1st Annual Hammers & Ales Silent Auction and Party, 6-9PM, at the Portland Community ToolBank, 6424 NE 59th Place, Portland. $30-$100 tickets include Slicks Big Time BBQ dinner, beer, soda, and water. Sign up here.

For more upcoming design events, visit Portland Design Events.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Do you have events that would be of interest to Oregon architecture and design fans? Email them to Candice@af-oregon.org by the 25th of the month for inclusion in the following month’s newsletter. afo retains the right to determine all content.