FSDA’s 2024-2025 Lecture Series

The Friends of San Diego Architecture presents inspiring lectures on architecture, design, and the built environment by speakers who stimulate thoughtful, community-centered discussions. After more than 39 years, the conversations continue.

November 16, 2024

The ArtReach Mural Program

Ignite Creativity (Esteban Sánchez, Ian Stiles-Mikl, Isabel Halpern, September 2024)

The ArtReach Mural Program aims to foster meaningful social connections and transformation of physical space through collaborative mural making. It spotlights youth and community voice and 7+ working mural artist partners through large-scale, public, collaborative murals. The program is unique to San Diego and is one of the only organizations in California that works with and hires both youth (through the ArtReach Mural Artist Apprenticeship Program) and local artists to create transformative murals collaboratively, working with approximately 1,100 youth/community participants each year.

ArtReach aims to ignite youth creativity through visual arts expression and community connection. The organization emerged in 2007 in response to the detrimental effects of budget cuts on arts education. Today it engages San Diego County youth and communities in artist-led Visual Arts and Mural Programs at schools, community centers, housing spaces, and other community serving sites. The members of ArtReach believe art and creative practice play a crucial role in human development and are an essential part of education for all. Through the transformative power of hands-on and collaborative artmaking, their Teaching and Mural Artists inspire communities to harness their artistic potential and apply it throughout their lives.

9:30 a.m.
NewSchool of Architecture & Design
1249 F St. (Enter on Park Blvd.)

Friends of San Diego Architecture Image Library of the Month

Southwestern USA

Enjoy our collection of historic architecture, maps, and more in this featured Southwestern USA gallery.

FSDA News of Interest

Missed a lecture? Check out our videos: Since September 2017, FSDA has been videotaping our lectures. They have been a work in progress. If you missed one of our lectures, you now have a chance to view them here. Architect Manuel Oncina talks about Libraries: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; Architect Hal Sadler and Modernist Keith York have a dialogue about Evolving Styles: From the Sixties; Architects Ken Baldwin and Andy Darragh discuss From Labs to Libraries; Landscape Architect Vicki Estrada revisits San Diego Design Decisions, and, Architects Kathleen McCormick and Ted Smith present An Alternative Practice. We have now added our September and October lecture videos. We would love to have your comments.

November 2019: Diane Kane – Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Irving Gill: Modern Architecture Emerges

February 2020: Glen Schmidt – Mission Valley: An Open Space Renaissance

January 2022: Panel of Speakers – San Diego-Tijuana: World Design Capital 2024

The latest video now available and one you won’t want to miss!

UC San Diego: Billions in Development

FSDA Image Library: Our image library continues to grow with new images added often, so you might want to bookmark this link. We started with the Ned Paynter Collection and have now added the Diane Kane Collection, Competitions, Exhibits, and FSDA Events. This image is from the Southern California Gallery in the Diane Kane Collection.