UIX Program Schedule

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 // THE ART OF PLACE
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9:00am - 12:00pm
UIX FORUM: THE ART OF PLACE
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
Free & open to the public. Advance registration closed.
 

• Ryan Myers-Johnson, Sidewalk Festival for the Arts (Detroit)
• Erik Howard, The Alley Project (TAP) Gallery (Detroit)
• Amy Kaherl, Detroit SOUP (Detroit)
• Sebastian Jackson, Social Club Grooming Company (Detroit)
• Hunter Franks, League of Creative Interventionists (San Francisco)
• Joan Vorderbruggen, Artists in Storefronts & Made Here (Minneapolis)
• Eve Picker, CityLab Pittsburgh & smallchange.com (Pittsburgh)
• Sara Blumenstein, Garfield Night Market & Tiny Houses (Pittsburgh)
• David Jurca, Pop Up City (Cleveland)
• Greg Peckham, LAND studio (Cleveland)
• Megan Deal, CoSign & People's Liberty (Cincinnati)

12:00pm - 1:00pm
DETROIT INNOVATION INSIGHTS
Key learnings & insights from 3-year UIX innovator study
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
 

• Claire Nelson, Urban Innovation Exchange
• Jessica McInchak, Data Driven Detroit

1:00pm - 3:00pm
UIX SITE VISIT: THE ART OF PLACE
Power House Projects, Banglatown
Bus departing from & returning to MOCAD
Registration closed

• Popps Packing
• Power House
• Play House
• Ride It Sculpture Park
• Write A House

5:30-8:00pm
DDF: HIP HOP ARCHITECTURE
University of Detroit Mercy - School of Architecture
4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI 48221
Presented by Detroit Design Festival #ddf2014
Register here

6:00-8:00pm
DDF: ACTIVI-TREE OPEN HOUSE
Lincoln Street Art Park
5926 Lincoln Street, Detroit, MI 48202
Presented by Detroit Design Festival #ddf2014
Register here

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 // THE FUTURE OF FOOD
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9:00am - 12:00pm
UIX FORUM: THE FUTURE OF FOOD
The Detroit Mercantile Co., Eastern Market
3434 Russell Street, Detroit, MI 48207
Free & open to the public. Advance registration closed.
 

• Dan Carmody, Eastern Market Corporation (Detroit)
• Devita Davison, FoodLab Detroit & Detroit Kitchen Connect (Detroit)
• Brittany Sanders, Detroit Food Academy (Detroit)
• Anthony Hatinger, CDC Farm & Fishery (Detroit)
• Peter Dalinowski, (revolver) (Detroit)
• Dwayne Wharton, The Food Trust (Philadelphia)
• Kim Bartmann, Tiny Diner (Minneapolis)
• Keymah Durden, Rid-All Green Partnership (Cleveland)
• Bobby Fry, Food Revolution Cooking Club (Pittsburgh)
• Sara Blumenstein, Pittsburgh Canning Exchange (Pittsburgh)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
UIX SITE VISIT: THE FUTURE OF FOOD
McClure's Pickles, Hamtramck
Brush Street Farm, Michigan Urban Farming Initiative
Bus departing from & returning to Detroit Mercantile
Registration closed

7:00pm-midnight
DDF: EASTERN MARKET AFTER DARK
Presented by Detroit Design Festival
Eastern Market, Detroit
#ddf2014 #emafterdark

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 // THE MAKER MOVEMENT
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9:00am - 12:00pm
UIX FORUM: THE MAKER MOVEMENT
Passenger, Capitol Park
119 State Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Free & open to the public. Advance registration closed.
 

• John Fetterman, Mayor, Braddock, PA (Pittsburgh)
• Jen Guarino, Shinola (Detroit) and The Makers Coalition (Minneapolis)
• Jeff Sturges, Mt. Elliott Makerspace (Detroit)
• Matt Anthony, First Batch & Cincinnati Made (Cincinnati)
• Michael Evans, LOVELAND Technologies (Detroit)
• Clement Brown Jr., FAME Shop (Detroit)
• Sara Aldridge & JeanMarie Morrish, Our/Detroit (Detroit)
• Gabriel Craig, Smith Shop (Detroit)
• Blair Evans, Incite Focus (Detroit)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
UIX SITE VISIT: THE MAKER MOVEMENT
Ponyride, Southwest Detroit
1401 Vermont Street, Detroit, MI 48216
Bus transportation departing from & returning to Passenger
Registration closed

• The Empowerment Plan
• The Smith Shop
• Stukenborg Press
• Detroit Denim

3:00pm - 4:30pm
DESIGNING CITIES: A PHILANTHROPIC PERSPECTIVE
Passenger, Capitol Park
119 State Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Presented by Detroit Design Festival
Space is limited. To register, click here.
#ddf2014 #UIXDET @knightfdn

Join Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen and Vice President for Community and National Initiatives Carol Coletta for a conversation about designing cities to accelerate talent, opportunity and engagement. Detroit, one of Knight Foundation’s eight resident communities, provides a unique opportunity for learning and exchange about the future of cities.

5:00pm-7:00pm
CREATIVE EXCHANGE HAPPY HOUR
Passenger, Capitol Park
119 State Street, Detroit, MI 48226
@createexchange #UIXDET
More info here

4:00pm-7:00pm
DDF DESIGN CRAWL
Presented by Detroit Design Festival
Downtown Detroit
#ddf2014
More info here

7:00pm-12:00am
DLECTRICITY
Nighttime festival of art + light
Midtown Detroit
#dlectricity

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UIX is made possible thanks to support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. @knightfdn