Empowering Tomorrow’s Builders, Makers, and Dreamers
SCI-Arc Gala 2023: Forging the Future
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Sponsor SCI-Arc Gala to Support Student Scholarships
The Grand LA
100 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles
Thursday, October 19
6:30–10 pm
Join SCI-Arc’s community of friends and supporters to celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of today’s most inspiring designers from diverse creative fields, and support the next generation of builders, makers, and dreamers.
SCI-Arc is proud to announce this year’s scholarship fundraiser Gala, Forging the Future. On October 19, from 6:30pm - 10:00pm, friends and supporters of SCI-Arc are invited to gather at The Grand LA—for a festive cocktail party that shines a spotlight on the achievements of today’s most inspiring designers from diverse creative fields, including honorees Helle Søholt, Trina Turk, and Ma Yansong.
Guests will enjoy specialty, themed cocktails with culinary pairings at sponsored bars, bid on exclusive experiences in a silent auction, and will feature performances by comedy duo The Sklar Brothers.
![Spotlight Sponsors: Related, Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly, Tom Strickler Sustaining Sponsors: Bestor Architecture, Suzanne Boda and George Grindahl, Clark Construction, Hernán Díaz Alonso and Florencia Pita, Thornton Tomasetti, Griffin Enright Architects, Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, MAD Architects, Thom Mayne and Blythe Mayne, The Max Collaborative + Ratner Family, Byron and Kerstin Merritt, Eric Owen Moss Architects, Jerry Neuman, Ellen and Dan Strickler, STUN Contributing Sponsors: Actual Objects, Bernstein, Mary Blodgett and Carlton Calvin, Roy and Janet Choi, CO Architects, Tim Disney, Jennifer and William Fain, Foster and Partners, Hsinming Fung and Craig Hodgetts, Hathaway Dinwiddie, HKS Architects, SCAAA, Abby Sher, Relativity Architects Friend Sponsors: Aviva Carmy, Jack London Freedman, Sue and Tom Gosney, Marcelyn Gow + William Mohline, David Hertz FAIA, Nerin Kadribegovic, FAIA and Coomy Kadribegovic, KGM Architectural Lighting, Jack P. Lipton, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, Bruce Loewenthal, Hassan Majd / HM DG Inc., Elena Manferdini and Fabio Zangoli, RIOS, Shubin Donaldson, Silverlake Wine, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, Murray Company, Ahmad Tahir, Tutor Perini Corporation, US Bank, Richard Lee Walker, Jr., Hill Washburne](https://storage.googleapis.com/sci-arc/images/Gala23SponsorsFINAL2.jpg)
To purchase a sponsorship, see form below or contact:
Pamela Miller
Development Co-Director
pamela_miller@sciarc.edu
213.356.5355
SCI-Arc Gala 2023 Committee
Co-Chairs: Byron Merritt (M.Arch 1 '99) and Phoebe Yee
Members: Suzanne Boda, Hernán Díaz Alonso, John Enright, Fernando Gutiérrez, Thom Mayne, Jerry Neuman, Tom Strickler