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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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Happy Holidays from ADAC!
December 16th, 2009
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.
Another 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!
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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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Former president Steve Mehallo has a new blog
October 12th, 2009
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
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Sacramento startup Webvanta is having a web site design contest
October 12th, 2009
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
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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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::: A D A C Summer Design Network
August 11th, 2009
Summer Design Network
An ADAC event
Sponsored by Image Wise Packaging Communications & GraphXStaff.com
Open to both members and non-members. A free event!
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm
at the Image Wise Packaging Communications studio, 920 24th Street, Sacramento
916-492-9900
Come join us for an ADAC summer networking event!
Door Prizes — You could be rewarded for just showing up!
Our goal: To create a relaxed and informal setting in which you are provided opportunities to promote yourself, make new contacts, develop valuable expertise and share ideas. It’s the BEST way to meet up with that interesting, lively mix of Sacramento’s creatives and other business professionals. Sacramento design studio owners will be there!
Business Card “Art” Creation: It’ll be an experiment using wires & thumbtacks, an endeavor to create an organically growing, huge business card and info display.
A “Looking and Seeking” Job Board: Post what you are seeking for everyone to see. “Plogger” Discussion board: Join a discussion by post-it! See the concerns in the new and changing landscape of design and watch the discussion evolve as the night goes on.
Questions? Want to get involved? Contact webmaster@adac.org.
Directions to Imagewise studio, 920 24th Street, Sacramento – 916-492-9900: (MapQuest link)
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sacramento&state=CA&address=920+24th+Street
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