Please take a moment to visit The Burnley Gallery, and enjoy our newest exhibition:
Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering & Experimental Typography.
A traveling exhibit, Alphabet comes to us from Baltimore, MD, designers Post Typography (www.posttypography.com). Curators Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen describe their show like this:
“26 shapes form the basis of our written communication. We usually process these ubiquitous forms without a second thought, rarely considering their composition or the meaning they possess. Yet, for some, letters are a fascinating subject; the Alphabet exhibition explores these elemental forms in a variety of nontraditional ways.”
Please feel free to pick up a brochure from the gallery, and learn more about typography and experimental type.
Special thanks to Shelly DuBois & the Executive Committee, Tim Barger, Lisa Zenno, Deborah Yates, Chris Galbraith, Thomas Manley, Catherine Guyot, Carol Winders, Russ Huston, (the incomparable) Yvonne Mills, Bonita Bilton, and Ellen Rempfer.
The Alphabet exhibit runs through June 6th in The Burnley Gallery.
Enjoy!
Mark Livingston
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Check out your competition....
Gallery Hours:
May 9 to May 30, 2008
Open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5pm.
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 8, 5 to 9pm
Locations:
A.
B. Design Department
1000
For more information, call 206-726-5011
You Should Go to this!!!!!
FREE! 101 More Things Designers Can Do to Save the Earth
Wednesday, 5/28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Seattle Asian Art Museum Auditorium
A free event, but online pre-registration is required
We're bringing back last year's successful and inspiring workshop on how we designers can stop making such a global mess of things. We'll have speakers from Starbucks, Hornall Anderson, Getty Images, DOE (the design firm), Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Olympus Press, and Eric Karjaluoto from designcanchange.org. This outstanding day of learning is brought to you by SVC, AIGA, Olympus Press, and Aquent.
For more information on any of these workshops, or to register online, please head for svcseattle.com. Happy planting!
I'm Back....
As any of you who check this blog on a regular basis may have noticed, I was gone for a while. You should know that I was in Cuba. If you don't that means you don't come to graphic design club often or check your email or hangout on campus, or talk to me ever. Anywho, for those that missed my presentation at the GD club meeting on Wednesday, I have photos from my trip and blog entries at my own blog davidgallo.blogspot.com
Cheers,
David Gallo
Vice President in Charge of Communications (Czar)
The AIGA student Group at The Art Institute of Seattle
Thursday, April 24, 2008
This is a call for artists, collectors and galleries
to enter their works in the 3rd Annual ArtBash Live & Silent Auction!
Over our first two years, the ArtBash has sold dozens of artworks and raised over $7,000 for Ad Club's Kerin Keller Memorial Scholarship Fund (benefiting students affected by breast cancer in their family.) This year, we are excited to be adding the Ad Club Seattle Minority Marketing Scholarship at Western Washington University to the list of beneficiaries.
Auctioneer Jennifer Bolton of Allegria Auctions will return to preside over the popular and fast paced event.
Art donors receive exposure on the ArtBash Web site with a link to their own Web site, as well as a ticket to the event. Original paintings, giclées, artist's prints, photographs, ceramics, wood pieces, art glass, jewelry and three-dimensional sculptures are eligible for acceptance.
Please submit your entries as digital images (300 dpi, RGB, Tiff or JPEG at least 5" x 7") using our on-line donation form at http://www.artbashseattle.com.
Entries also can be mailed on CD to ACS, PO Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138. The following specifics must be included: title of piece, retail value, media, and dimensions. Details and a printable donor form are available on the ArtBash web site.
Key dates:
May 1 - Deadline for digital submissions
May 7 - Deadline for physical submission of donation and signed donor form
May 22 - ArtBash event
ArtBash returns to the See Sound Lounge on Thursday, May 22, 2008.
For more information, call Martin McGee at (425) 818-6056 or email info@artbashseattle.com.
Please click on "Send This Email to a Friend" below to forward this Call for Entries to those who might be interested.
Sponsored by:
Sunday, April 20, 2008
AIGA Seattle Presents
Hot Shipoopi Nights
Modern Dog turns drinking age and celebrates 21 years
Wednesday, April 23 / 6pm
Nectar / Fremont / 21 and over
If you're a designer that road-rages over bad kerning or gets beat down by mid-level management art directors, then come down and have some fun with others in the same boat.
Enjoy a night "Shipoopi Happens" and help celebrate Modern Dog's 21st anniversary and the release of their book "Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art".
That guy from Vern Fonk will be hosting the night which includes: Shit Oven, The Madeleines, DJ FOURCOLORZACK, and caricature artist Junichi Tsuneoka. We will also be raffling off Adobe CS3, a K2 Snowboard, signed copies of "Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art," a signed poster collection, cupcakes from Cupcake Royale, a Blue Q gift basket, an Lectro-Stik waxer and more. All proceeds to benefit AIGA Seattle. Be sure to arrive early so you can take advantage of Nectar's Happy Hour. Voted one of the best in town, you'll find cheap drinks and great food to sustain you throughout the night.
EVENT DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Much more information including online registration can be found at aigaseattle.org
Call for Entries:
Make Ready to Wear
Deadline Extended: April 21, 2008
 | We need your fashion talents for Make Ready to Wear! Forget Project Runway, let your "fierce" design be the highlight of the Spring & Summer season! Enter now for a chance to premiere your recycled couture at the AIGA Paper Fashion Show and Vendor Showcase on June 5, 2008. Please download the official rules and entry forms. More information can be found at aigaseattle.org. |
Next Month:
Catalog Release Party for the Seattle-Havana Poster Show
Thursday May 1st / 6-8pm
Vérité Coffee & Cupcake Royal
1101 34th Ave, Madrona / Seattle
Join us at Vérité Coffee & Cupcake Royale in Madrona (34th & Spring) on Thursday, May 1st to celebrate the release of The Seattle-Havana Poster Show catalog. The full-color catalog documents the Seattle/Havana silk-screen poster pairings presented at Bumbershoot 2007 and most recently at Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), Havana. Curators Daniel R. Smith and Jacob McMurray will present slides from the April 17th Cuban premier.
This event is free, but please visit aigaseattle.org for much more information.
Also Coming in May:
Adobe CS3 Workshop
Thursday, May 8 / 1-4pm
Adobe Campus
Let your ideas take flight from print to web to mobile with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium. This workshop will cover Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign and Dreamweaver.
Please visit aigaseattle.org for event details and more information.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
News from HQ
HIVE: INSIGHTS INTO INTERACTIVE
Thursday April 3rd / 6:30pm
MercuryCloud
511 Boren Ave N Suite 203
Join us for the evening as we share insights with a few of Seattle's top interactive firms as they reveal their process in creating unique and relevant interactive experiences.
The evening will consist of presentations by Tony Jacobson of Ratio Interactive and Kevyn Smith of Peel Interactive. Each firm will share in-depth insights on how their unique process allowed them to take a creative concept from ideation to execution. Presentation will be followed by a question and answer session where presenters will field questions from the audience.
Please visit aigaseattle.org for more event details and online registration.
ALSO THIS MONTH
Hot Shipoopi Nights
Wednesday, April 23 / 6pm
Nectar in Fremont / 21 and over
If you're a designer that road-rages over bad kerning or gets beat down by mid-level management art directors, then come down and have some fun with others in the same boat.
Enjoy a night "Shipoopi Happens" and help celebrate Modern Dog's 21st anniversary and the release of their book "Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art".
Please visit aigaseattle.org for more event details and online registration.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Make Ready to Wear
Deadline: April 14, 2008
We need your fashion talents for Make Ready to Wear! Forget Project Runway, let your "fierce" design be the highlight of the Spring & Summer season! Enter now for a chance to premiere your recycled couture at the AIGA Paper Fashion Show and Vendor Showcase on June 5, 2008.
Please download the official rules and entry forms. More information can be found at aigaseattle.org.
FOR THE STUDENTS
Reality Check
April 26th, 2008
SPU Arts Building
Reality Check is an event designed to provide students and newcomers to the field an opportunity to receive constructive portfolio feedback from roughly 60 experienced design professionals. Reality Check is the time to show your work and ideas to some of the best art directors and designers in the Northwest. All that is needed to participate is a portfolio with a minimum of 7 pieces and professional resume - it does not have to be perfect!
Registration and event details at aigaseattle.org.
