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Upcoming CRSC Events

  • 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.
  • 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
    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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.

Past Events

  • 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
    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
    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
    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.
  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Colour Literacy Forum: Colour in Context
    Colour Literacy Forum: Colour in Context
    Fri, Mar 22
    Online
    Mar 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. EDT
    Online
    Mar 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. EDT
    Online
    To celebrate International Colour Day, the Colour Literacy Project is kicking off its next Forum series: Colour in Context. In this series, we will explore how the spatial, philosophical, cultural and historical contexts all affect the ways we perceive colours.
  • Out of The Blue? Colour as Strategic Tool in The Built Environment to Engage With The Community
    Out of The Blue? Colour as Strategic Tool in The Built Environment to Engage With The Community
    Thu, Mar 21
    Virtual Event
    Mar 21, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Mar 21, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Celebrate International Colour Day with Keynote Guest Speaker, Udo Schliemann, who will focus on colour's use in branding, signage, and building identification for cultural centres, public buildings, and the workplace environment. Colour is inherent to the form, shape and function of these spaces.
  • Annual General Meeting
    Annual General Meeting
    Thu, Mar 21
    Virtual Event
    Mar 21, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Mar 21, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    To celebrate International Colour Day, CRSC members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting, followed by Keynote Speaker Udo Schliemann.
  • Colorful Landscape - Vibrant City
    Colorful Landscape - Vibrant City
    Wed, Mar 13
    Online Event
    Mar 13, 2024, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. GMT
    Online Event
    Mar 13, 2024, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. GMT
    Online Event
    International Colour Day event. Organized by Beichen Yu jointly with Verena M. Schindler and Juan Serra Lluch, Chairs of the Study Group on Environmental Colour Design.
  • The Power of Red - A Critical Look at Color Psychology
    The Power of Red - A Critical Look at Color Psychology
    Tue, Feb 13
    Virtual Event
    Feb 13, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    Feb 13, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
    Virtual Event
    There are roughly 700 million webpages that claim to provide insights into the psychological power of color. But almost all lack credible evidence for these claims. Join John Seymour as he scrutinizes the literature, using the psychology of red as a litmus test for the whole psychology of colors.
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