PORTFOLIO ONE-ON-ONE DAY!

Sign up ASAP if you're interested in participating in THE AIGA'S PORTFOLIO ONE-ON-ONE! It's taking place on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at Solera. "Since 1993, AIGA MInnesota's annual Portfolio One on One event has brought design students together with experienced designers to share conversations, experience and ideas, all to help you develop further."

Cost:: $90 AIGA student members // $185 AIGA non-member students



And there are scholarship opportunities for those who attend-- AIGA Minnesota, Larsen Design, and the scholarship for this year's DESIGN CAMP, which costs $600.

Register for this event by April 8! All the details can be found online HERE.

2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards!

Isn't this widget fun? This year you can see the exact number of entries that have been submitted so far for each category (just click on those colored bars).

Now there's definitely time to submit since the deadline isn't until May, but I just wanted to get the word out there early. You can win a trip to New York and cash$$$$! MCAD students won some awards last year, so who's to say MCAD students won't win again in 2008?

Let me know if you have any questions! (I'm sure you'll be hearing much more about this as the semester goes on.)

Your loyal MCAD Adobe Student Representative,
Jenny

the library is ours, too

The Midway Contemporary Art Gallery is very open to our suggestions for books, from the KIOSK exhibit or otherwise, that they will purchase for their permanent library collection!!
Midway Library

SUBMIT SUBMIT! contact

Design for $$$

"If you submit the winning design for the cover of Vita.mn's anniversary issue, you'll earn $400, you'll have a published portfolio piece that will be distributed all over the Twin Cities, and you and a guest will rock out with us at our first anniversary bash at the Varsity Theater."

____More details here____

No purchase/payment is necessary to enter the contest! The deadline is November 1.

Collapse and Recovery-the 35W Bridge Poster Project

In response to the 35W Bridge collapse tragedy, AIGA Minnesota is orchestrating a poster project. We are asking members to design a poster that reflects some aspect of the 35W Bridge collapse—the shock of the event itself, the heroism of the survivors and rescue workers, or the importance of disaster preparedness. On November 8, 2007, a full-sized mounted print of each poster will be exhibited during AIGA Minnesota’s monthly Cocktails with Creatives at Spill The Wine, located on 11th Street and Washington Avenue, just blocks from the bridge collapse site. Each one-of-a-kind poster will be on sale through silent auction, and all proceeds will benefit the Minnesota Helps—Bridge Disaster Fund™.

How to enter [you must be an AIGA member]
To contribute a poster, please complete the attached form (found in below website) and email your poster file to AIGA_35WPosters@mac.com. Posters should be no larger than 24" x 36" at 300dpi, and entries are limited to two per member. You must be an AIGA member to contribute a poster. All entries are due by Monday, October 29, 2007. Posters will be printed and mounted by Skyline Exhibits in time for the November 8, 2007, exhibition.


for more info & entry form:
35W Poster Project

FLUX: Design Competition

Call for entries. Only (9) nine days until the flux competition deadline—Friday, October 5, 2007.
AIGA BlueRidge and Shepherd University have teamed up to produce Flux, a student design competition. 

>Deadline: work must be received by Friday, October 5 to be eligible

>Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate school projects, freelance and pro bono work created between August 2006–October 2007

>Categories: Posters, Packaging/Environmental Design, Publications, Identity, Websites/Interactive and Motion, (New Category!!)Miscellaneous

>Entry Fee: $5 per entry for AIGA members and $10 for non-members,
 4 or more pieces the fee is $20 for AIGA members and $25 for non-members

Visit the website for more information at::
http://www.shepherd.edu/aigaweb/