Thursday, April 21, 2022
CiV - the Center for Architecture + Design
251 Riverside Drive, Memphis
11:30am Doors & Catering Open
12:00pm Program
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
by Tuesday, April 19
$25 Members & Partners
$40 Guests
1 LU (pending)
PARKING
Please do not park in the front drive.
This is reserved for Riverboat logistics, construction personnel and park staff.
Ample parking is within 1 block or download the
Groove Shuttle App to catch a ride for just $1.25 (add'l riders just $.75 each). Guests with mobility issues, please email Amber for a parking pass.
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Opportunities remain for 10x10 vendor booths.
The Civic Design Center, formerly the Nashville Civic Design Center, has been operating as a non-profit for over 20 years. The organization has had a great history of bringing together professionals across built environment industries to engage in debate and advocate for issues in their communities, like public space, health, and transportation. The Design Center is rooted in civic design visioning that may be beyond what the community ever imagined was possible, giving people an opportunity to “dream big.” It is critical to know how to educate and engage all people. At this event, Design Center leaders will share the history of the organization and elaborate on programs that could be adapted in Memphis, specifically focused on socially conscious design and youth education.
Learning Objectives
Gary Gaston, CEO
Gary Gaston is the CEO of the Civic Design Center, and serves as Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Architecture + Design. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from UTK, and a M.Ed. in Community Development and Action from Vanderbilt University.
Gaston helped lead numerous planning and design efforts for the Design Center, including its visionary The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City, published in 2005. Gaston served as executive producer of the National Endowment for the Arts funded documentary film Design Your Neighborhood, and co-authored two books, Moving Tennessee Forward: Models for Connecting Communities (2012), and Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2016.
Gaston is a TEDx Nashville Fellow, his talk on “Improving Public Health Through Community Design” can be viewed here. He received the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society Silver Medal “for extraordinary efforts to advance the field of design in the region” in 2016, and was recognized as a “Next American Vanguard” by Next City Magazine in 2010. Gaston serves on the board of directors of The District and Nashville Health steering committee. He lives in Germantown with his dog Lotti.
Melody Gibson, Education Director
Melody Gibson is the Education Director at the Civic Design Center where she leads the youth education programs Design Your Neighborhood (DYN) and the Nashville Youth Design Team (NYDT). After studying architecture in college and then teaching high school math, Melody discovered her passion for engaging youth in shaping the spaces they inhabit. Melody holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. Melody was a 2020 Nashville Emerging Leaders Award Finalist for her work with DYN and NYDT. She serves on the AIA Tennessee Chapter’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.
CiV : : the Center for Architecture + Design at Beale Street Landing
251 Riverside Drive
Memphis, TN 38103