2023 AIA Nebraska
Mid-Year Symposium
 Registration
Friday, April 14, 2023

April 14, 2023
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Younes Conference Center North | 707 Talmadge St, Kearney, NE 68845

The AIA Nebraska Mid-Year Symposium provides education, training, and assistance for the betterment of architecture and planning across the State of Nebraska.

Registration: Deadline for registration is April 7, 2023. Registration fees are non-refundable after April 7, 2023.

Prize Giveaway: Exhibitors will be collecting business cards from attendees for visiting their booths. Make sure you bring enough to share and register to win various prizes.

Questions: Contact Tyler Patterson, Marketing & Programming Coordinator at [email protected] or (402) 858-1929.

(Tentative schedule, subject to change.)

Friday, April 14, 2023

8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration / Exhibitor Interaction / Breakfast

9:00 am | Welcome - Mayor Stan Clouse, Kearney

9:00 am - 10:00 am 1 LU Ethics | What has Ethics got to do with it?– the why and how this subject is essential today

This presentation will explore the relationship between the artistry and skill of architecture, and the moral and intellectual virtues that enable an architect (and, more broadly, any artistic or skilled person) to live well and to excel in their work.  

10:00 am - 10:30 am | Exhibitor Interaction

10:30 am - 12:00 pm 1.5 LU | UNL College of Architecture - Students

The UNL Architecture students will present undergraduate and graduate design projects completed in 4th year DSGN410 Collaborate Design studio and M.Arch final year Design-Thesis. In DSGN410, students from Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and possibly other disciplines from outside the College come together to work on critical issues that transcend the purview of a single design discipline. The 4th year collaborative design studio engages interdisciplinary teams of 4th year students in real-world design problems and issues. At the Master Level, the design thesis offers students the ability to conceive and execute an independent architectural investigation in their final year of the M.Arch program. Design Thesis investigations are instrumental in their role for future professional development and may also act as springboards for further academic pursuit.  

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch + Prize Drawing

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 1 LU | Urban Sketching and the Art of Seeing - Hands-on Exercise 

John Lillyman, AIA, WILKINS ADP, Kearney, and architect Kevin Clark, AIA, Clark Architects Collaborative, Lincoln, will present through a combination of lecture, practical group activity and discussion the importance of maintaining and developing the simple hand sketching skills related to visual observation and communication. They will advocate for the need of a renaissance of hand sketching and yet without abandoning the best of our latest electronic communication and visualization tools and software.  

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm 1.5 HSW | Tour: Yanney Heritage Park Pavilion and Gardens  

2020 W. 11th St. Kearney, NE 68845 PPE Requirements: Hard hats, No Open-toes shoes, No shorts | dresses.

Directions from Crowne Plaza to Yanney Park Pavilion:

• Head West on Talmadge Street
  • Turn Right onto 10^th Ave
  • Merge onto W 3^rd Street for approximately .75 miles
  • Turn Right onto Yanney Ave and continue for .65 miles
  • Turn Right onto W 11^th Street
  • Take your first right into Yanney Park 

The Yanney Heritage Park Foundation is continuing the legacy of a strong public/private partnership with the City of Kearney, area schools, community organizations, and the public through the construction of seven botanical gardens at Yanney Heritage Park in Kearney, Nebraska. Our project is called "The Gardens at Yanney Park."  Once completed, these gardens will showcase the relationships and value of plants and plant groups to people and our environment. 

As each phase is completed, alongside our partnership with the City of Kearney, we will open a world of educational and environmental opportunities to help the public understand and appreciate the beauty and healthful value to society of each of the plant groupings contained in the botanical gardens.  We will have a botanical garden that is accessible to all – our goal is to be inclusive, educational, inspirational, recreational, intergenerational and amazing!

4:00 pm | Social (not hosted)
McCue's Nebraska Taproom, 2008 Avenue A, #A, Kearney, NE 68847