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Upcoming CRSC Events

  • Light: Visionary Perspectives exhibition at Aga Khan Museum
    Light: Visionary Perspectives exhibition at Aga Khan Museum
    Light: Visionary Perspectives exhibition at Aga Khan Museum
    Sat, Oct 26
    Aga Khan Museum
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Mar 17, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr, North York, ON M3C 1K1, Canada
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Mar 17, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr, North York, ON M3C 1K1, Canada
    Marking the Aga Khan Museum’s 10th anniversary, Light: Visionary Perspectives dives into the omnipresence and impact of light, placing visitors at the centre of an immersive exhibition filled with contemporary installations by renowned artists.
  • Color Shifts - Call for Entry
    Color Shifts - Call for Entry
    Color Shifts - Call for Entry
    Sat, Oct 26
    Online submission for Virtual Exhibition
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jan 15, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Online submission for Virtual Exhibition
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jan 15, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Online submission for Virtual Exhibition
    How does color affect how we communicate? What perspectives and experiences are evoked through color? Can color shift and re-frame our viewpoints? Submit work from any discipline to Color Shifts - deadline Jan. 15 2025. Virtual exhibition from June 16, 2025, as part of Color Impact at RIT.
  • The Molecular Basis of Colour Vision and its Variation Among Vertebrate Animals
    The Molecular Basis of Colour Vision and its Variation Among Vertebrate Animals
    The Molecular Basis of Colour Vision and its Variation Among Vertebrate Animals
    Wed, Jan 22
    Virtual Event
    Jan 22, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Jan 22, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Discover the fascinating science behind how we perceive color, from the molecular magic in our eyes to the extraordinary visual systems of animals that see more colors—or in dimmer light—than humans, and uncover groundbreaking research on the visual evolution of frogs and ancient turtles.
  • Color, Shape, and Space: Material and Conceptual Spaces through Print Media
    Color, Shape, and Space: Material and Conceptual Spaces through Print Media
    Color, Shape, and Space: Material and Conceptual Spaces through Print Media
    Tue, Feb 11
    Virtual Event
    Feb 11, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Feb 11, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Dive into a vivid exploration of color, where abstract forms and layered prints weave stories of time, play, and discovery, as Laura Berman uncovers the cultural and material depths of color in contemporary printmaking.
  • Facts and Myths about Colour
    Facts and Myths about Colour
    Facts and Myths about Colour
    Sat, Mar 01
    Virtual event
    Mar 01, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
    Virtual event
    Mar 01, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
    Virtual event
    The 2025 Colour Literacy Forum series explores the plethora of misconceptions about colour that are abundant in textbooks, articles, and all over the internet. The first panel features Robert Hirschler & Andreas Schwarz on "Colour Misconceptions and Their Impact in the Classroom". Mar 1-details TBA
  • AIC Congress 2025: Color for Future
    AIC Congress 2025: Color for Future
    AIC Congress 2025: Color for Future
    Sun, Oct 19
    Taipei City, Taiwan
    Oct 19, 2025, 7:00 a.m. – Oct 24, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Taipei City, Taiwan
    Oct 19, 2025, 7:00 a.m. – Oct 24, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
    Taipei City, Taiwan
    The 16th Congress of the AIC will be held in Taipei, Taiwan: Oct 19-24, 2025. Organized by the Color Association of Taiwan. Call for papers now open: Jan 1-Mar 31, 2025.

Past Events

  • Call for Proposals - Color Impact 2025
    Call for Proposals - Color Impact 2025
    Call for Proposals - Color Impact 2025
    Sun, Dec 15
    Online submission
    Dec 15, 2024, 12:00 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.
    Online submission
    Dec 15, 2024, 12:00 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.
    Online submission
    Submit a presentation proposal for Color Impact - Color as Communication, to be held at Rochester Institute of Technology, June 16-18, 2025. Submission deadline Dec. 15. Presented by the ISCC.
  • CRSC Members' Night Bookclub: Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color by Kai Kupferschmidt
    CRSC Members' Night Bookclub: Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color by Kai Kupferschmidt
    CRSC Members' Night Bookclub: Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color by Kai Kupferschmidt
    Wed, Dec 11
    Virtual Event
    Dec 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    Virtual Event
    Dec 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    Virtual Event
    CRSC Members' Night!! Discuss Kai Kupferschmidt's fascinating treatise on the story of blue. Meet and network with fellow CRSC Members.
  • The Cultural Palette: Colour’s Role in Identity, Gender and Society
    The Cultural Palette: Colour’s Role in Identity, Gender and Society
    The Cultural Palette: Colour’s Role in Identity, Gender and Society
    Fri, Dec 06
    Virtual event
    Dec 06, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    Virtual event
    Dec 06, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    Virtual event
    Colour Literacy Forum with Alexandra Loske (author, Colour - A Visual History); Carolyn Purnell (author, Blue Jeans) and Dominique Grisard (University of Basel, author Gendering Terror)
  • Chasing Colors: Evolutionary Insights into Why We See Red (and Everything Else)
    Chasing Colors: Evolutionary Insights into Why We See Red (and Everything Else)
    Chasing Colors: Evolutionary Insights into Why We See Red (and Everything Else)
    Tue, Dec 03
    Virtual event
    Dec 03, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual event
    Dec 03, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual event
    ISCC 'Cutting Edge Color' Webinar by Julia Hartling, on why we see in color, and what informs our relationship to colors.
  • Colour and Birth Spaces: Research for Transformational Change
    Colour and Birth Spaces: Research for Transformational Change
    Colour and Birth Spaces: Research for Transformational Change
    Thu, Nov 28
    Virtual Event
    Nov 28, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Nov 28, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Since every human being on Earth is born somewhere, birth spaces must be given more consideration – we ought to design such important places with conscious and informed awareness. And colour, whether physical or ephemeral, can play a strong role in transforming birth places and birth experiences.
  • Fifteen years of spinning colour wheels and analysing dragons: Alexandra Loske's work on colour
    Fifteen years of spinning colour wheels and analysing dragons: Alexandra Loske's work on colour
    Fifteen years of spinning colour wheels and analysing dragons: Alexandra Loske's work on colour
    Tue, Nov 26
    Virtual event
    Nov 26, 2024, 3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m.
    Virtual event
    Nov 26, 2024, 3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m.
    Virtual event
    Colour Society of Australia webinar (Note: CRSC members have access to CSA's webinar recordings)
  • Members visit to Aga Khan Museum
    Members visit to Aga Khan Museum
    Members visit to Aga Khan Museum
    Wed, Nov 20
    Toronto
    Nov 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
    Toronto, 77 Wynford Dr, North York, ON M3C 1K1, Canada
    Nov 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
    Toronto, 77 Wynford Dr, North York, ON M3C 1K1, Canada
    Come and visit the Light: Visionary Perspectives exhibition at the AGA Khan Museum, with fellow CRSC members. Wed. Nov. 20, 4pm. Admission is free
  • Colour Literacy Forum- Colour through time: Histories, meanings, practices
    Colour Literacy Forum- Colour through time: Histories, meanings, practices
    Colour Literacy Forum- Colour through time: Histories, meanings, practices
    Fri, Nov 08
    Virtual event
    Nov 08, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
    Virtual event
    Nov 08, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST
    Virtual event
    with Patrick Baty, Spike Bucklow and Judith Mottram.
  • CIE 2025 - Call for submissions
    CIE 2025 - Call for submissions
    CIE 2025 - Call for submissions
    Sat, Oct 26
    Online Submission
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Dec 10, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Online Submission
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Dec 10, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Online Submission
    Submit to CIE 2025, to be held in Vienna, Austria, July 4-11, 2025. Submission deadline Dec 10, 2024. The CIE is devoted to worldwide cooperation and exchange of information on all matters related to the science and art of light and lighting, colour and vision, photobiology & image technology.
  • Color Impact - Color as Comminucation - Call for presentations
    Color Impact - Color as Comminucation - Call for presentations
    Color Impact - Color as Comminucation - Call for presentations
    Sat, Oct 26
    Online submission
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Nov 15, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Online submission
    Oct 26, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Nov 15, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Online submission
    Submit a presentation proposal for Color Impact - Color as Communication, to be held at Rochester Institute of Technology, June 16-18, 2025. Submission deadline Nov. 15. Presented by the ISCC.
  • Colour Vision Deficiencies in Hypoxic Environments
    Colour Vision Deficiencies in Hypoxic Environments
    Colour Vision Deficiencies in Hypoxic Environments
    Thu, Oct 24
    Virtual Event
    Oct 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Oct 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Colour perception is affected in low-oxygen (hypoxic) environments, like at high altitudes. This presentation looks at how these environments affect colour perception in those with and without colour vision deficiencies.
  • A Novel Technique for Visualizing Multispectral Images
    A Novel Technique for Visualizing Multispectral Images
    A Novel Technique for Visualizing Multispectral Images
    Wed, Sep 18
    Virtual Event
    Sep 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Sep 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    At the intersection of color phenomenology and imaging systems, a novel technique for visualizing multispectral images is proposed by CRSC's 2024 Student Award Recipient, Trevor Canham.
  • AIC 2024 Midterm Meeting
    AIC 2024 Midterm Meeting
    AIC 2024 Midterm Meeting
    Mon, Sep 16
    São Paulo
    Sep 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – Sep 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
    São Paulo, São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
    Sep 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – Sep 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
    São Paulo, São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
    Color Design, Communication and Marketing 16 — 19 September 2024. São Paulo, Brazil
  • Larissa Tiggelers: The Remembering Kind
    Larissa Tiggelers: The Remembering Kind
    Larissa Tiggelers: The Remembering Kind
    Sat, May 11
    Regina
    May 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jul 17, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Regina, 2311 12 Ave, Regina, SK S4P 2M1, Canada
    May 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jul 17, 2024, 11:00 p.m.
    Regina, 2311 12 Ave, Regina, SK S4P 2M1, Canada
    CRSC Member Larissa Tiggelers exhibition at Dunlap Art Gallery, Regina SK. May 11-July 17, 2024. Curated by Wendy Peart
  • Universal Color Design: Creating Rich Experiences for a Color-vision Diverse Population
    Universal Color Design: Creating Rich Experiences for a Color-vision Diverse Population
    Universal Color Design: Creating Rich Experiences for a Color-vision Diverse Population
    Thu, May 09
    Virtual Event
    May 09, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    May 09, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Contemporary color-design often limits access to media, education, wayfinding, safety, and careers, for the 40% of the population that live with visual impairments, such as color blindness, low vision, and light sensitivity.
  • Jaan Poldaas: 2018 The Last Picture Show and 30th Anniversary: TTC Commission Proposal Studies
    Jaan Poldaas: 2018 The Last Picture Show and 30th Anniversary: TTC Commission Proposal Studies
    Jaan Poldaas: 2018 The Last Picture Show and 30th Anniversary: TTC Commission Proposal Studies
    Sat, Apr 27
    Toronto
    Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – May 25, 2024, 5:00 p.m.
    Toronto, 129 Tecumseth St., Toronto, ON M6J 2H2, Canada
    Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – May 25, 2024, 5:00 p.m.
    Toronto, 129 Tecumseth St., Toronto, ON M6J 2H2, Canada
    Birch Contemporary presents two bodies of work from the celebrated Canadian artist Jaan Poldaas (1948-2018). April 25-May 25, 2024. Open Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm. (Image credit: Birch Contemporary)
  • Blue – The Science of Nature’s Rarest Color
    Blue – The Science of Nature’s Rarest Color
    Blue – The Science of Nature’s Rarest Color
    Tue, Apr 23
    Virtual Event
    Apr 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Apr 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    ISCC Webinar with Kai Kupferschmidt. The color blue has challenged scientists for as long as they have investigated the natural world. Kai will delve into the history and mysteries of the scientific investigation of how nature makes blue, and how humans talk about it.
  • Lighting for Older Adults
    Lighting for Older Adults
    Lighting for Older Adults
    Thu, Apr 11
    Virtual Event
    Apr 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Apr 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    The spectral quality of lighting in buildings has a significant impact on the regulation of human biological clocks. As people age, they experience progressive neurodegeneration, which affects their visual and non-visual performances.
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