Upcoming Opportunities

  • Membership Meetup

    Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

    Time: 5:30 PM

    Location: Columbus Commons, 160 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215

    An afternoon gathering for wellness, movement, and connection! This is a FREE eventption goes here

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  • Licensure & Accreditation Cohort

    Join us for our monthly Licensure & Accredidation Cohort, this months session will be IN-PERSON

    Thursday, May 21st | 6:00 - 8:00 PM

    Main Columbus Library | 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215

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  • Walking Tour

    Join us for an inspiring afternoon of urban exploration, creativity, and community connection. This guided walking tour through Franklinton and the Scioto Peninsula invites participants to engage with the city through creative activities like sketching, photography, creative writing, and observation. Together, we’ll explore the built environment, share perspectives, and experience the city in a more thoughtful and imaginative way.

    Whether you’re an artist, creative, designer, or simply curious, this experience is designed to encourage movement, inspiration, and meaningful connection.

    Date: May 30, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Location: Franklinton / Scioto Peninsula
    Specific meetup location will be shared closer to the event date.

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  • All Members Meeting

    Come connect with fellow NOMA members for an engaging evening centered on community, leadership, and the future of our chapter. This month’s meeting will include updates on the NOMA National Conference, chapter business, upcoming opportunities, and ways to stay involved and connected throughout the year.

    Date: May 26, 2026
    Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
    Location: MA Design; 775 Yard St Suite 325, Columbus, OH 43212

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  • Volunteer at the Columbus Arts Festival with AIA Columbus + NOMA Columbus

    AIA Columbus and NOMA Columbus are excited to partner for the 4th year to bring hands-on architectural activities to the Columbus Arts Festival Kids Hands-On Activities Village in front of COSI, June 12–14, 2026. 🎨🏛️

    We’re looking for volunteers to help engage children and families through fun, interactive activities that introduce architecture and design in creative ways. Returning this year is the popular pool noodle building station, along with NOMA Columbus’ color-and-cut-out building activity, architecture-themed coloring pages, and informational takeaways about the profession.

    Volunteer shifts are broken into 2+ hour time slots throughout the weekend, and we encourage AIA and NOMA members to volunteer together. Whether you’re a student, emerging professional, architect, or industry partner, we’d love to have you join us. 🤝

    All volunteers are also invited to a casual get-together/orientation at Little Grand on Saturday, June 6 from 2–4 PM. Snacks provided! 🍴

    Help us inspire future designers and connect with the community through architecture.

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2024 NOMAColumbus Impact Report

We are NOMACOlumbus

Intersecting the DESIGN PROFESSION through the lens of DIVERSITY in range of cultures, beliefs and backgrounds. NOMAColumbus provides programming centered around the ADVANCEMENT & DESIGN JUSTICE of it’s members and community.

We aim to raise awareness and change to the architecture, engineering and construction industry at large for future NEXT GENERATIONS.

Together we Connect, Champion, and Celebrate YOU!

Our Mission

We strive to provide agency for all collaborators of the built environment in the greater Columbus area. We champion minority members within the design field by providing a platform to empower voices and a place where their unique perspectives or experiences are celebrated. Through our efforts, we strive to promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion so that our design community is wholly representative.

Our Vision

Is to provide a space that empowers the design community by creating opportunities for all individuals to participate in order to create a better future for all.

WHY IS NOMACOLUMBUS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

  • "It is important to diversify the voices at the table to create change in design."

  • "Building a bridge for the next generation."

  • "NOMA Columbus is a opportunity to share a common passion for design with people from different backgrounds, traditions, ad perspectives."

  • "To see the design profession represented by people that look like me."

  • "Bringing minority voices into every space that they may have been excluded from in the past. Creating access as I gain access. Growing community as I grow myself. "

Highlights from the 2024 NOMA National Conference in Baltimore, MD.