4 Arts Camp in Sacramento to feature national design stars

The International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) at Sacramento will host a four day art and design workshop beginning June 21, 2010.

This summer studio event will allow participants to experience earning an education from IADT through hands-on learning. IADT’s 4 Arts Camp will feature several national design stars. Special guest appearances and instructors include:

Bobby Trendy - Celebrity Interior Decorator
Naima Mora – America’s Next Top Model Winner (Cycle 4)
Kit Scarbo – Project Runway (Season 4) and
Jany Lee – DesignStar (Season 4)

The workshop cost is $149.95 for all four days. Breakfast and lunch are provided in the cost for all four days.

IADT offers degrees in many technology and design disciplines. If you are interested in learning what it would be like to build a future in Interior Design or Fashion Design at a school in Sacramento, you won’t want to miss this opportunity.

The workshop is open to anyone who has an interest and a passion for design, though space is limited for the sessions. Call IADT Sacramento to register and reserve your seat today: 888-798-0111.

Sac State Department of Design Spring Show

The Department of Design at Sacramento State presents its Spring Show, Illusion.

Department of Design Spring Show is an annual exhibition featuring the best work of graduating seniors as well as many undergraduate students from the programs of graphic design, interior design and photography.

Show info:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
5-8:30 p.m.
University Union Ballroom

Admission is free.

You can download a PDF of the postcard and print it as a parking permit for the event at Sac State.

ADAC presents What’s Next?

ADAC (the Art Directors and Artists Club) presents What’s Next?, a panel featuring four Sac State graduates speaking about the different paths they’ve taken in the design world since graduating five years ago.

Hans Bennewitz, Christopher Lee, Rob Martin and Jeffrey Tanhueco will spend the evening recounting very different paths taken post graduation. Design degree in hand they have found homes for their particular design talents in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Come hear their stories of trial and tribulation and ask questions as this panel of young award winning and published designers share their relatively new found wisdom.

Event info:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6-9 p.m.
AIA Central Valley Building
1400 S Street, Sacramento

Open to members and non-members.
Free admission for members. $5 admission for non-members, $3 for student non-members.

All four participants created posters for the event. Do take a look (click on the image to see a larger version):

From Hans Bennewitz:

From Christopher Lee:

From Majorminor (Rob & Jeffrey):

GCOM@SCC presents annual student show

The Graphic Communication department at Sacramento City College and the GCOM Club present Brainstorm: The 2009-2010 Design Showcase featuring Student Awards and Face-Off competition.

Time and Date:
May 17, 2010
2pm – 7pm
SCC Student Center

View the award-winning Student Design Competition entries and see which design will pick up “Student Design of the Year” and the “Popular Choice Award” during the Awards Reception.

Brainstorm will also feature an “Iron Chef”-like event in which four competitors will be challenged to create an original design in 30 minutes. There will be four different Face-Off competitions: one for design, 3D modeling, motion and faculty.

Schedule
(may be subject to change)
2pm Welcome
3:00pm Student Graphic Design Face-off
3:45pm Faculty Design Face-off
4:30pm Student 3D Design Face-off
5:15pm Student Motion Design Face-off
6:00pm Student Design Awards/Reception

For more information, visit the GCOM@SCC blog or gcomclub.com.

Sac City GCOM & Photo Club putting on 2nd Saturday show

GCOMPHOTOpostcardF2The GCOM Club (GCOM 490: Studio + Club) students will be featured in a Second Saturday Show, January 9, 2009, from 6-10pm at Beatnik Studios.

Joint projects will be featured by showcasing GCOM and PHOTO Club students’ collaborative efforts to reproduce iconic advertising.

Local art directors, designers and photographers are welcome to see what these up-and-comers can do.

Visit gcomclub.com/ransom for more info.

Happy Holidays from ADAC!

Happy Holidays and thank you for being a part of ADAC!

For those of you who made it to our event, By Hand & by Cam, with David Danz and Jayson Carpenter we thank you and hope it was a great experience. We are honored to have such excellent speakers who share their work, experience and stories. It was really incredible.

ADAC holiday treeAnother great effort ADAC took part in was the Holiday event Splendor of the Trees which benefitted The Gathering Inn charity for the homeless. ADAC built a beautiful art sculpture that lit up like a holiday tree and donated it to the Gathering Inn’s silent auction gala. The tree is currently being appreciated at a local school. The entire event earned over $50,000 to benefit the homeless.

Thanks again for a great start to the season to all our volunteers. Looking forward to 2010!

Trademarks Workshop in October

If you’re an artist, designer or creator of some sort, you probably won’t want to miss this workshop presented by the California Lawyers for the Arts.

TRADEMARKS WORKSHOP

Tuesday, October 27th
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: Elliott Fouts Gallery
4749 J St. Sacramento, CA. 95819

Phone: (916) 442-6210 or email prclasacto@aol.com to register

Admission: $5 students/seniors, $10 members of CLA, $20 others

Embarking on a new project? Unsure about ownership or protection? Attorney Mark Leonard, partner in the law firm of Davis and Leonard LLP, will provide an overview of trademarks, including how to search for potentially conflicting trademarks, registering and maintaining trademarks, selecting trademarks and more. Mr. Leonard will be available to answer your questions related to this form of protection.

www.davisandleonard.com

Hosted By: Elliott Fouts Gallery,  www.efgallery.com

Former president Steve Mehallo has a new blog

If you’ve been missing ADAC’s old online Etc. newsletter, former club president Steve Mehallo is keeping the energy going with a new blog.

Mehallo had been involved with ADAC’s monthly newsletter for several years — compiling the Initial Caps column, writing prickly commentary and corralling as much art + design content as possible. He also used to post (mostly) daily design links on ADAC’s old home page.

Drop by http://mehallo.com/blog to see what he’s been up to.

And check out his new fonts over at MyFonts: http://tinyurl.com/mehallofonts

AND (featured recently on I Love Typography) his FONT Me mug – now available thru Zazzle: http://tinyurl.com/kol3jk

Sacramento startup Webvanta is having a web site design contest

Build a great site using Webvanta and win a Macbook Pro or iPod Touch! We built Webvanta to empower designers with more control over how their sites look and function. Now we want to see how that power’s being put to use, and reward the designers making the most of it. See our site for details and official rules:  http://www.webvanta.com/contest

Capital Creative Collective ‘Helvetica’ screening & party

The Capital Creative Collective presents “Bier und Design – Helvetica screening & Oktoberfest party.”

The folks at Capital Creative Collective are screening the Helvetica the movie at the Urban Hive on Wednesday, October 14th from 6-10 p.m. In recognition of fine Bavarian culture, they’re also serving up some great German bier und bratwurst.

The Urban Hive is located at 1931 H Street, midtown Sacramento.

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