• "Naqoyqatsi," a Godfrey Reggio film, will be shown in TLC Room 028. The film provides a visual montage of the contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence. It features mesmerizing images, which are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques.
• "Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America," produced and directed by Kelly Duane, will be shown in TLC Room 029. The story of a true American legend, the film documents the life of Brower, an outdoorsman, filmmaker and environmental crusader, whose fiery dedication not only saved the Grand Canyon, but also transformed the Sierra Club into a powerful national political force, giving birth to the modern environmental movement.
• "Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western," will be shown in TLC Room 030. Produced by Jeff Gersh and Chelsea Congdon, the documentary shows how sprawl impacts peoples' lives in cities, suburbs and towns, and what some people are doing to change the way they grow. It covers history, transportation problems, social concerns, environmental impact and potential solutions.

Following the viewings, Department of Architecture and Interior Design faculty members Phil Mead, Randy Teal and Ron Jelaco will participate in discussions with students. 
 
Wednesday, March 21
Students are invited to participate in a collaborative and free-spirited, one-day competition/exhibition to construct a wearable, sustainable and inventive design called “Embody’d Energies.” 

Registration forms can be obtained at the College of Art and Architecture departmental offices and the dean’s office. They must be submitted in the dean’s office, at the Art and Architecture building, room 202, by Monday, March 19 at noon. Interested persons also can obtain the form by e-mailing Ellen McKenzie at mckenzie@uidaho.edu. 

Registrants will meet on Wednesday, March 21 at 10 a.m. in the Art and Architecture North building, room 208, to review the rules and deadlines and begin the design process.

Students may work in teams of up to five individuals to create a wearable design that will be exhibited that evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Prizes for the event are $600 first place; $300 for second place and $150 for third place, in addition to other recognitions. The Kenworthy exhibition is open to the public.

Following the Kenworthy exhibition, at approximately 8:45 p.m., a reception will be held at the Prichard Art Gallery for College of Art and Architecture students, faculty and staff, alumni and advisory council members.  
 
Thursday, March 22
The sustainability celebration will conclude with two lectures by Eban Goodstein. An economics professor at Lewis and Clark College, Goodstein will discuss “Seen Inconvenient Truth: Now what? Focus the Nation on Solutions to Global Warming” at 2:30 p.m. in the Aurora Room of the Idaho Commons and at 7 p.m. at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Presented by the College of Art and Architecture, the university's Department of Geography and the University of Idaho Sustainability Center, the lectures are free and open to the public. The 2:30 p.m. lecture is a brown-bag lunch.
 
For information about any of the events, call the College of Art and Architecture office at (208) 885-5423 or e-mail mckenzie@uidaho.edu. 

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