Diversity by DESIGN Call for Entries

For 2013-14, members of the AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable will join with local and Northwest regional partners to mount a travelling exhibit featuring individuals and businesses whose work in architecture reflects the inclusive spirit that has energized the Roundtable since its origins more than 25 years ago, with the intention of encouraging current and future generations to explore and manifest the power of diversity in their design careers.The "Diversity by DESIGN" exhibit, originated in Seattle, will travel to regional and national venues:* June 14, 2013: GRAND OPENING at the University of Washington Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center: a featured event in the Roundtable's 16th annual Summer Solstice celebration of diversity in design* August 28 - September 26: Bellevue City Hall, reception Friday September 19, 5:00-6:30pm* Autumn 2013: at the University of Oregon, and touring Northwest schools and other regional venues (including AIA Seattle Gallery?)* October 23-26: at AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Conference, Vancouver BC

* June 2014: at AIA Convention, Chicago

Diversity by Design Call for Entries/Deadline May 28, 2013

The AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable invites architecture offices directed by women and ethnic minorities to submit recent projects for an exhibit to open June 14, 2013 at the UW Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center as part of the Roundtable's 16th Annual Summer Solstice celebration.

Click HERE for details/entry ($100/submittal).

Thanks to sponsors: Jones + Jones, UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity

The Diversity by Design exhibit highlights the achievements and stories of individuals who have participated in the Roundtable 1986-present as well as the design offices and other businesses that have supported Roundtable activities through a complementary exhibit, tentatively titled "What Makes It DIVERSE?"

Background: Uniquely among similar efforts in architecture communities throughout the US, the AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable has brought together individuals from backgrounds under-represented in the profession -- women, US ethnic minorities, LGBT -- and at all stages of careers in architecture from

K-12 inquiry through architecture studies and in a range of practices. Participation in Roundtable activities has encouraged and supported these individuals in the pursuit of design discovery reflecting diverse ethnic heritage, the elevation of community, social justice, and a commitment to inclusiveness and universality. Roundtable activities since its 1984 origination include the annual Summer Solstice celebration, the endowment of the Denice Hunt Internship and the Marga Rose Hancock Scholarship for Diversity at the University of Washington which has supported the studies of 25+ scholars, outreach to students at schools throughout the greater Seattle area, community service projects, and other programs supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds in their learning and professional work. In 2010, the AIA honored the Roundtable's work with a national Diversity Recognition award.

will commission the development of exhibit boards representing the stories and projects (including buildings, publications, ventures of all kinds) expressing the engagement of those who have participated in the Diversity Roundtable over the course of its history, beginning in 1986.

Following exhibit at the University of Washington Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center June 14-? as part of the Roundtable's annual Summer Solstice observance, the exhibit will travel to University of Oregon and other NW schools of architecture, to the AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Conference (October 23-26, 2013 at Vancouver, BC) and to AIA Convention 2014 in Chicago.

Cumulatively, the exhibit will highlight individuals and businesses whose work in architecture reflects the inclusive spirit that has energized the Roundtable since its origins nearly 30 years ago, with the intention of encouraging current and future generations to explore and manifest the power of diversity in their design careers.

The design of the exhibit, built around submittals (words and images) solicited from Roundtable participants, will focus on these elements:

* "Diverse paths" that individuals have taken as they have defined and activated career goals in and beyond architecture

* How design processes and products express individuals' ethnic/cultural backgrounds (with specific examples/illustrations)

* Sources of inspiration and encouragement that support achievement by "minorities" in architecture

* Design projects and other work (including publications) resulting from the efforts of Roundtable participants.

EXHIBIT SPONSORSHIP

Diversity by Design Exhibit Team: Johnpaul Jones, M. Mario Campos, Rachael Kitagawa, Donald King, Marga Rose Hancock; with Debbie Lematta, Alex Rolluda, and Diversity Roundtable Cohairs Yong Sun Lee and Titus Uomoto