Join us for the Oregon design community’s favorite annual gathering – afo’s Honored Citizen Dinner, October 13 at the Oregon Convention Center.

More than 600 afo friends will celebrate the contributions to Oregon’s designed environment of esteemed artist, Lee Kelly.

Highlights of the evening will include Jeff Gianola’s video story of Lee and his work, a conversation amongst a trio of the very large Lee Kelly “fan club,” and a musical surprise.

Order individual tickets here. 

Become a sponsor or reserve a full or half table here. 

If you are already a sponsor or table sponsor, make sure your guest list has been submitted here And watch your inbox next week for advance viewing of tantalizing silent auction items.

135 classroom teachers in Oregon have requested participation in the 2016-17 Architects in Schools program for their 3rd-5th grade students.

65 design professionals are still needed to meet this demand.

If you are an architect, engineer or contractor, an emerging professional in any of these fields, a related design professional, or a graduate student in architecture, you can help these young people understand the designed and built environment while seeing your own world through their eager, young fresh eyes.

Design partners are needed for teachers in:

• Ashland
  
• Aumsville
  
• Beaverton
  
• Bend
  
• Cottage Grove
  
• Dallas
  
• Estacada
  
• Eugene
  
• Gresham
  
• Hillsboro
  
• Jacksonville
  
• Medford
  
• Oregon city
  
• Phoenix
  
• Portland
  
• Redmond
  
• Salem
  
• Welches

Click here to apply today. You will be glad you did!

Training will take place in late Fall. Design professionals will be paired with a classroom teacher for six school visits through the Spring, culminating in public exhibition of student work in May and June. Many volunteers tell us this is the best thing they could do to re-instill vigor and enthusiasm into their practice.

• Cassidy Bolger
  
  
• Deschutes Investment Consulting
  
  
• DLR Group
  
  
• Geffen Mesher
  
  
• GBD Architects
  
  
• Hennebery Eddy Architects
  
  
• Interface Engineering
  
  
• Lease Crutcher Lewis
  
  
• McKinstry
  
  
• Merryman Barnes Architects, Inc.
  
  
• Michael McCulloch
  
  
• Miller Consulting Engineers, Inc.
  
  
• Peter Pope
  
  
• PlanB Consultancy International, LLC
  
  
• Arlene Schnitzer and Jordan Schnitzer in memory of George “Bing” Sheldon
  
  
• Stoel Rives LLP

Tues, Oct 4, ForWARD presents Urban Landscape Tour with Carol Mayer-Reed and her team discussing the planning and creation of Simon & Helen Director Park. 5:15-6:30pm, Director Park @ SW Taylor Street & SW Park Avenue; meet next to the large chessboard.  

Sat, Oct 8, DoCoMoMo_OR presents Tour Day 2016: Modernism In Your Backyard, 10am-2:30pm, Reed College Campus, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland. $15-$30, more info and tickets available here.

Sat, Oct 8, the Architectural Heritage Center’s 21st Annual Heritage Auction,  5:30-9pm, Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder Street, Portland. $85-$100. Buy tickets and view auction items here.

Tues, Oct 11, UO John Yeon Center and Pioneer Courthouse Square present an evening with landscape architect Douglas Macy, “Portland’s Urban Parks: Mapping the DNA Of A Dynamic Downtown,” 6pm, Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland.$10; students free. Reserve tickets here.

Wed, Oct 19, ForWARD resumes its Connect With A Leader series with mentor and architect Jennifer Nye, project manager & lead designer at William Wilson Architects. 12-1pm, William Wilson Architects, 1022 SW Salmon Street, Portland. $15-$18 includes lunch and beverage. Register here.

Thur-Fri, Oct 20-21, Bend Design Conference, a conference for designers, entrepreneurs, educators, civic leaders, students, trade professionals and all who are curious about how design can interpret, connect and shape our world. Tower Theater, Bend. $75-$150. Details and tickets here.

For a more robust calendar of all Portland area design events, go to 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.