Its that time again folks, time to check out what exactly we have planned for the rest of October and into November! For those of you that are members and non-members, stop by! For those interested in FORUM Phoenix, there will be a mandatory meeting after, so please be in attendance.
If you haven’t seen this years first Membership video check it out below!! It is still not to late to join, remember you will be entered into a raffle in addition to all the discounts and exclusive events we offer our members.
Updating you on 2 events that the College of Architecture/ IIT will be hosting in the month of October. First is the Chicago Architecture + Design College Day, Saturday October 15th and will play host to 40+ Architecture Schools. This is your chance to check out Undergraduate and Graduate programs; mark your calendars and stop by! October 20th the College of Architecture will also play host to this years first Profession Day, Perkins + Will, HBRA Architects, and Rebuilding Together will be in attendance. Look at the posters below to get more information on these 2 great events! Questions, email Sarah Pariseau (sparisea@iit.edu) or (aias@iit.edu).
iitAIAS launches its Professional Development with 3 confirmed Firm Crawls and more to come. See the post below and RSVP to aias@iit.edu for registration form. AIAS members receive priority but spots are open for non-members as well, just another reason to join!
In a joint venture between iitAIAS and the College of Architecture we will be hosting two lectures Oct. 5 and 7th. One will be from AIA Chicago and the other will be an informative lecture on NCARB and the process of licensure. Mark your calendars and don’t miss out!!
iitAIAS invites you to our first General Body Meeting of the semester! If you want to know who we are and what we do, this would be the perfect meeting to go to!
For those of you unfamiliar with our Itty Bitty Competitty’s; this is a weekly competition that is meant to take little time for the cleaver thinkers. We provide a simple theme and ask for entries, we then post all entries on this site and allow students to vote, then choose a winner. Easy as pie and you if you win you get a $20 Gift Card!! Who doesn’t like some easy money.
For our first Competitty of the school year we will be accepting submissions until Monday August 29th. To submit, send to aias@iit.edu and file must be 8.5×11 PDF format. Voting will then be open from Tuesday August 30th until midnight Thursday September 1st, with the winner announced on Friday at our Board Meeting. The same schedule will be implemented for every competitty that follows!
iitAIAS just returned from the national AIAS conference in Washington D.C. A weekend full of helpful sessions, keynotes, and lots of new friends! We can’t wait to start the school year off sharing what we learned and hosting some incredible events four our new and returning members. We would like to thank:
Without the above support none of this would have been possible! Interested in becoming involved? Looks fun right?! Email aias@iit.edu for more information.
We are pleased to announce that iitAIAS has received an Honorable Mention in this years Chapter Honor Awards! We were recognized for our tremendous strides in reviving and growth of the chapter, graphic presentation, engagement of faculty, and for our positive impact on the culture of the College of Architecture. This will be formally announced in Washington D.C. at the Grassroots Leadership Conference (end of July) as well as conferred in Phoenix at FORUM (December).
We would like to thank our board and most importantly our members!
iitAIAS will be taking a trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum to visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition currently on display. This is a great opportunity to visit a building in which is famously designed by Santiago Calatrava and will house the works of Wright. Dean Sennott will be in attendance with his class on Wright, offering an academic insight. This will be a lengthy day but will allow attendees to stay at the museum for as long as they wish or venture out into the surrounding grounds (exp. Eerro Saairnen’s War Memorial). Bus Departs Chicago at 9:00 am and will arrive back in Chicago no later than 8:00 pm. Tickets can be bought at the contact listed on the below poster or at said times during the week of the 21st, which will be announced at a later date.
The Beaux Arts Ball was a tradition started in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. This annual costume ball gave students a chance to celebrate the end of exams by staging outrageous all-night revels and masked balls that encouraged freedom of expression and offered social equality for the disguised. In 1931 the tradition jumped the pond and appeared in New York, however this time the attendees were architects, who famously dressed up as their buildings.
To date the tradition has taken root in American Architecture schools. This spring SAIC and IIT chapters of AIAS with be hosting their 2nd annual Chicago Beaux Arts Ball held at the historic School of The Art Institute’s Ballroom at 112 S. Michigan Ave.
This years theme is Visible Invisible, interpret as you wish (costumes must be appropriate or entrance will be denied, cocktail attire suggested)
Event will consist of two portions:
- Professional Reception 5:00-7:00pm, 21+ event, Ticket are available through RSVP to aias@iit.edu @ $20 which includes 2 drinks and hors d’oeuvres
- Main event for all ages 7:00-11:00pm, Tickets available at iitAIAS events or by contacting aias@iit.edu @ $10 for iitAIAS members and $12 for non-members
