D.I.C.E. | REDUX: A Conference for Creatives

D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovation, Creativity, and Energy) brings together creatives, artists, and designers for a half-day symposium featuring speakers whose work celebrates and advocates the value of good design. Join us for D.I.C.E. 2019 as we explore the theme REDUX. While the ideas of the past are always revived, D.I.C.E. will delve into how design re-imagines and re-envisions those ideas, and fits them into contemporary environments. Without history and context, our world would not be as complex and interesting, and arguably, neither would design. 2019 D.I.C.E. presenters have been challenged to examine the concept of REDUX and how it is applied to the design process.

As part of the symposium, D.I.C.E. will host a chair design competition that challenge designers to re-imagine the basic aluminum folding lawn chair, an easily recognizable with much the potential for evolution and innovation. For more information on D.I.C.E., the speakers and the chair competition, please visit designconferencenv.com

2019 SCHEDULE:

AIA members can earn three (3) AIA LU(Learning Units) by attending the full event.

NOTE: If you are not able to participate in the full D.I.C.E. Conference, but would like to purchase a ticket to the Keynote lecture featuring Rick Joy, please click here for a separate ticket option to attend the Keynote only.

2017 Art + Environment Conference

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 TO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017

For three days (Thursday, October 19 through Saturday, October 21), the Nevada Museum of Art will present the 2017 Art + Environment Conference. Our guests will traverse time and space across the unsettled terrains, shifting frontiers, and limitless horizons of a super-region we call the Greater West. The Greater West was the last part of the planet to be explored and settled by Homo sapiens. It spans the entire west coast of the Americas, from Alaska to Patagonia, and across the Pacific Basin to Australia and New Zealand. It is a geography of frontiers characterized by vast expanses of open land, rich natural resources, diverse indigenous peoples, colonialism, and the ongoing conflicts that inevitably arise when these factors coexist.The Conference investigates this exploration in multiple overlapping spheres: the cultural tectonics of the New World from Alaska to Colombia; the radical self-reliance and civic evolution of Burning Man; the fluctuating ecotones of rural/urban land use; and outer space—the ultimate mirror for humanity’s aspirations. NOTE: Conference guests are invited to attend the Members’ Premiere for the Art + Environment Season on Thursday, October 19 from 5 to 9 pm.

PURCHASE TICKETS BEFORE FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017 AND THE EARLY BIRD SAVINGS OF $100 WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM EACH REGISTRATION FEE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

D.I.C.E. 2016: ADAPT

For the past 6 years, DICE has served as a platform for all design disciplines and how they improve our future. With the Nevada Museum of Art’s space as a creative catalyst, DICE presents an annual competition and gathers some of the world’s most inspiring speakers. The goal is to challenge our thinking and explore the power and potential of good design. Featuring renowned graphic designer Karin Hibma, landscape architect Gena Wirth, Reno’s own Stan Byers and Libby Brokaw from STANCAN Design, and urbanist Ashley Z. Hand, the afternoon is full of multi-disciplinary design ideas and a creative competition, capped off by a brief reception. More information can be found at www.designconferencenv.com

Reception to follow.

D.I.C.E. 2015: PLAY

D.I.C.E. ’15 brings together creatives, artists, and designers for a series of talks by speakers whose work explores ideas about play in design, including award-winning public artist Roman de Salvo, design thinker and Pinterest Brand Design Manager Everett Katigbak, and landscape architect Kevin Conger. A curated selection of local video presentations will explore playful ideas for urban interventions on the downtown Reno ReTrac “lids,” and ideas for revitalizing this downtown area as Reno rebounds. A reception follows the afternoon’s events.

2pm Roman de Salvo

3pm Everett Katigbak

4:15pm DICE PLAY Competition

5pm Kevin Conger

Art + Environment Conference 2014 Sky Room

SKYROOM TICKETS:
Theater seating has sold out. Register now for expanded seating in the Museum’s Nightingale Rooftop Sky Room. Includes access to private lounge, in addition to full range of Conference programs, receptions and parties.

ASSISTANCE:
For registration assistance, please contact Sara Frantz, Center for Art + Environment Librarian/Archivist at 775.329.3333 ex. 261 or sara.frantz@nevadaart.org.

D.I.C.E 2014: CRAFT

DICE 2014: CRAFT brings together creatives, artists, and designers for a series of talks by speakers whose work explores ideas about craft in design, including award-winning landscape architect and planner Jim Stickley, lighting designer Charles Stone, and architect Tom Kundig. A curated selection of local videos about the craft of design in Reno rounds out the program, with a reception to follow.