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Sac City GCOM & Photo Club putting on 2nd Saturday show
December 17th, 2009
The 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.
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Trademarks Workshop in October
October 19th, 2009
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.
Hosted By: Elliott Fouts Gallery, www.efgallery.com
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Capital Creative Collective ‘Helvetica’ screening & party
October 10th, 2009
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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Typographic exhibit at the UC Davis Design Museum
October 1st, 2009
The UC Davis Design Museum Presents:
TYPOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION IN HANGUL
An exhibition of work by Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo
On view at the UC Davis Design Museum
October 4 – December 6, 2009
Guided tour with the designer and the curator
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 1 p.m. at the Design Museum, 145 Walker Hall, UC Davis
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This exhibition presents typographic explorations in Hungul by two Korean Designers, Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo, and is curated by UC Davis Design Professor Mihyun Kang.
The designer’s typographic roots began with Hangul, the native script of Korea that was created in the mid-fifteenth century. The two-dimensional works introduce the form, pattern and emotion of Hangul typography as an expressive medium. The exploration and manipulation of Hangul characters offers a contemporary glimpse into Korean life and culture.
Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo were born and raised in Korea and then went on to pursue their graduate education in very different cultures. Lee studied visual communication in Japan receiving her MFA from Tama Art University in Japan and her PhD from Tokyo National University of Music & Fine Arts. She is currently an Associate Professor of Human Environment and Design at Yonsei University in Korea. Choo earned his MFA in graphic design from Iowa State University and is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Oklahoma State University.
Regular Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: noon – 4 p.m.
Sunday: 2 – 4 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays, November 11, 26, 27
Free admission
For directions, parking and information, please visit: http://www.designmuseum.ucdavis.edu/
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:: A D A C event … “By Hand & by Cam” Speakers: David Danz & Jayson Carpenter
September 2nd, 2009
Open to both members and non-members.
Free for members, but $5 for non-members and $3 for student non-members.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:30 pm
AIA Central Valley building, 1400 S Street, Sacramento
Come join us and find out what some of our best local creatives are doing! David Danz, an illustrator of exceptional talent, and Jayson Carpenter, a photographer capturing unique images from around the world, will discuss what it’s like to be a creative in today’s fast-paced and digital world.
David Danz has been working as a freelance illustrator for the past 24 years. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, David first began illustrating in wood and linocut prints before abandoning his carving tools for scrapers and x-acto blades to accommodate the faster and more forgiving medium of scratchboard. Today he works out of his Placerville home studio, creating a variety of woodcut and wood engraved looking illustrations utilized in packaging, advertising, and editorial publications. His clients include the NY TImes, Chevron Oil, Wells Fargo Bank, Del Monte Foods, Coors Brewing Company and more. http://www.daviddanz.com/
Jayson Carpenter is a photographer currently based in Sacramento, specializing in humanitarian, advertising, editorial, and travel photography. His images have graced the pages of numerous national publications including Hour Detroit, Sunset magazine, and Running world. Some of his advertising campaigns include, South lake Tahoe tourism, The California Five a day, Save Mart and Safe banks and the NBA Sacramento Kings. While commercal work pays the bills, working with NGO’s and Non Profits fuels the soul. After Four continents and over 20 countries later Jaysons sense of curiosity is still strong. In March of 2009 he returned from a fourteen-month journey thought much of Asia. There he worked on a book and shot for several non profits. Jayson will be sharing the fruits from his journeys. http://www.jaysoncarpenter.com/
Questions? Want to get involved? Contact laurel@mysticdesign.net
Map to the AIA Central Valley building (via Google Maps):
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=1400+s+street+sacramento&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=cCypSpycNIOosgOqpKSIBQ&z=16&iwloc=A
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Speaker series at Art Institute
August 24th, 2009
The Art Institute presents a Design Speak Lunch Series on Wednesdays at noon on its campus. Four speakers are left in the summer-long series.
Pizza is served at these talks, first-come, first-served. Talks are in Room 241 at the Art Institute campus, 2850 Gateway Oaks Drive, Sacramento.
Speaker series:
Wednesday, August 26
Michael Osborme
President and Creative Director of MOD, Inc.
Topic: Design = Craft + Art + Ideas + Coffee
Wednesday, September 2
Michael Kennedy
Principal of Michael Kennedy & Associates
Topic: Graphic Design is a Funny Business
Wednesday, September 9
Steve Barbaria
Principal of TACKETT + BARBARIA and Illustrator
Topic: Illustration and Design
Wednesday, September 16
Ghedeon Bere
Design Manager of the Office of State Publishing
Topic: Balancing Creativity and Security
For more information, visit the Art Institute’s website.
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The Sierra Letterpress Tour at Full Circle Press
April 26th, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
The weather has been great, let’s hope it stays that way. It’s been a few
years since ADAC’s run this popular tour – so after many requests, the Full
Circle Press tour is back!
Tour this full-service Grass Valley letterpress facility run by longtime
ADAC member Judith Berliner … And after, we’ll journey to Nevada City for
a quick lunch (and we’re going dutch for that).
RSVP!
The favor of an RSVP is requested – so we have a rough headcount. Email to:
tour@adac.org. (We can also put you in touch with other attendees if you
wish to car pool)
Tour Cost:
FREE
Where + When:
Full Circle Press 12803 MacBoyle Way Grass Valley
www.full-circle-press.com
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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::: adac sponsored … FREE LECTURE …
April 10th, 2009
INTERACTION DESIGN FOR CULTURAL PLACES
by Alessandro Marianantoni, UCLA Researcher
Rael Hall rm 162
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Wednesday, April 15 2009
American River College
Lecture Focuses on interaction design for people and cities, in particular between the visitor, citizen and the urban civic places. How can the city respond to the flow and the movement of people using interactive technology. Lecture will also overview workshop “Interactive Castle 2009” in Italy, July 11-24.
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Sac City student showcase & Animator’s Ball
March 27th, 2009
The Graphic Communications department at Sacramento City College and GCOM Club present Brainstorm: the 2008-2009 Design Showcase featuring the Animator’s Ball. This event is May 19 from 2-9 p.m. at the SCC Student Center.
Stop by to view all 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” live design competition in which four students will be challenged to create a design in 30 minutes. There will actually be three different Show-off competitions: one for design, one for 3d modeling and one featuring faculty.
And don’t miss out on the Animator’s Ball showcasing the best animations from GCOM students and other local animation students.
Schedule (may be subject to change):
2pm Welcome
2:30pm 3D Show-off
3:15pm Faculty Show-off
4:00pm Design Show-off
5pm Student Design Awards/Reception
6:30pm Animation Guest speaker
7-9pm Animator’s Ball
Visit the GCOM@SCC blog or gcomclub.com or animatorsball.com for more info.
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Coming up at the Crocker
March 24th, 2009
Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
May 8 – July 19, 2009
Info from the Crocker website…
Though recent scholarship has paid increased attention to Maxfield Parrish’s career as a fine artist, the immense popularity of his work during the early 20th century rested on his appeal as a commercial artist. In many cases, Parrish’s original paintings were a direct result of his commercial enterprises. Before abandoning figurative work in the 1950s, Parrish undertook hundreds of commissions for book illustrations, magazine covers, advertisements and lithographs that reveal both his sense of humor and his eye for graphic design. This exhibition presents a comprehensive sampling of Parrish’s printed works, offering insight into the multifaceted relationship between the worlds of commercial and fine art.
For more information go to the Crocker web site
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