Columbus Auditorium
280 S Columbus Dr
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Courtesy Becka Lynn Photography
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Thursday Feb 16 (6pm)
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SAIC alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2005) founded the nonprofit design firm Project H to use creative capital to improve communities and public education from the inside out. Trained in architecture (University of California, Berkeley) and product design (SAIC), Pilloton believes in design as an honest process of building and activism that benefits communities by engaging them in public education experiences. She spends most of her days in a woodshop with high school students in Bertie County, North Carolina as part of Studio H, a one-year design/build/community program that teaches design thinking and vocational construction skills within the public school system. Pilloton is the author of Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People, and has spoken worldwide, from the TED conference stage to the Colbert Report. Presented in collaboration with SAIC's Alumni Relations.
