Volunteer & get FREE ticket to Venice Home & Garden Tour

The annual Venice Garden and Home Tour, a self-guided walking tour, will feature 30 gardens and architectural homes in the charming, secluded Walk Streets neighborhood and streets south of Venice Boulevard. 

If you're interested in becoming a volunteer for this event on Saturday, May 7, 2011, please e-mail docents@venicegardentour.org and/or visit www.venicegardentour.org.  Each docent is assigned a half-day shift at a particular home to greet tour-goers and answer questions.

·        Volunteer as a Docent for a half-day and receive a FREE ticket for the Tour for the other half day

·        Get behind the scenes to see the beautiful Venice gardens and iconic architecture

·        Refer a friend and docent together!

·         Meet design professionals and add the experience to your resume!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY with California State Parks Association

Volunteer Opportunity - Trail Repair Day at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overview

Friends of the Los Angeles River Hosting Tour of River from Elisian Valley to Long Beach

Tour LA's mighty River, w/Friends of the LA River! -- special water-in LA version! 

Speakers from Santa Monica Baykeeper, Food & Water Watch, & Environment Now 

Sat. Mar. 12   8:30am-`5pm 

Carpool tour (option to leave midday)
Led by Jenny Price for FoLAR
Co-leaders: Santa Monica Baykeeper, Food & Water Watch, Environment Now  

Everyone in Los Angeles has seen the LA River, and has heard that it's being revitalized. But who knows where it is, exactly--and what exactly is happening on its banks?

The tour convenes at the River Center  (570 W Ave. 26, near the 5/110--8:30am sharp!--for a 9:00 departure), where we form carpools, and stops at the verdant Glendale Narrows, a new stormwater park in the same stretch, and the historic Arroyo Seco confluence, and the industrial downtown stretch that everyone's seen in movies and on TV.

We'll eat lunch at an excellent Boyle Heights taqueria en route (or you can bring your own)--and we'll head into the even less well-known South, to the new Maywood Riverfront Park and the stunning new Dominguez Gap wetland.

Bring snacks and water and shoes that can get a little wet.  Dogs welcome.

DIRECTIONS TO RIVER CENTER:
http://www.lamountains.com/maps/riverCenter.pdf   (or Metro Gold Line--Lincoln/Cypress exit, W 3 blocks on Ave. 26, entrance on S side 1/2 blk after Figueroa)

Alumni Connection is hosting a tour/presentation of SPJ Lighting March 18, 2011

Association of Women in Architecture Foundation Announces Annual Scholarship Awards

The Association for Women in Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce our Annual Scholarship Awards. We offer cash awards to women students who have completed by April 15, 2011 at least 18 units in their major in a program granting a degree or certificate in one of the following majors:

·         Scholarships will now be awarded based on merit alone, so, no financial statement is necessary.

·         Five $1000 prizes will be awarded to the selected winners.

·         Application interviews are not required, but a small portfolio must be submitted as part of the application package.

·         Applicants in their final year of study are now eligible, so that prize money may be used for special projects (such as a trip abroad) or to offset expenses already incurred for study.

·         Prizes will be awarded at a reception on the weekend of May 7th allowing the scholars to present their work to the Association. The specific time and location will be announced at a later time.

All instructions and application forms are available on our website:  www.awa-la.org

 

PORTFOLIO Symposium by UCLA Alumni Connection

Landscape Architecture Alumni Connection at UCLA Extension is hosting a panel discussion about how to craft a winning portfolio.

When: February 28, 2011: 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Where: UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center (Room TBA)
Cost: Free to Alumni Connection members; $15 to non-AC members; $10 to non-AC member students

Please RSVP by Feb 23 to CRmaison@gmail.com

ASLA Southern California Presents

The Role of Landscape Architects in Urban Development


John O'Brien from Brookfield Homes along with Paul Hayden from Collaborative West discuss how landscape architects fit into a multi-disciplinary team in the expanding market of infill development.

When: Thursday, February 17, 2011
5:45-6:45 p.m. Networking & Mixer
6:45-8:00 p.m. Welcome & Presentation

Where: MUSEO Museum; 241 So. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim 92805

$10 for ASLA student members.

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102741462117-105/February_Announcement_Anaheim%282%29.pdf