April 2009 - Newsletter

There are many new design events happening in the coming weeks. To mention the newest additions to the calendar: The Albany Design community has banded together and scheduled a Student Portfolio Review. The RIT Student Group has confirmed another showing of Beautiful Losers! It is great to see such great leadership from various areas of our community.

It is that time of year again to put out the call for nominations for your board. If you would like to become involved in the chapter board, please send your inquiries to us. With all the new energy in the chapter, it is a great time to get involved and assist in strengthening the Upstate Design Community. We will be publishing a list of open positions in the coming weeks.

Thank you for getting involved!
Bill Klingensmith
President - AIGA Upstate New York

CAPITAL REGION STUDENT PORTFOLIO REVIEW

We would like to thank Doug Bartow and the professional design community in the Capital Region for organizing this event for the students. Space is limited for students and unlimited for reviewers. Please register ASAP!

Capital District Student Portfolio Review
Monday April 27, 2009 6–9pm
The Crossings at 580 Albany Shaker Road in Colonie, NY
Cost: $5 AIGA student members // $10 for student non-members // Free for reviewers

register as a student // register as a reviewer
http://portfolioreview.eventbrite.com/

The Upstate NY Chapter of the AIGA invites the 2009 graduating graphic design students from Upstate NY to our first annual Capital District Student Portfolio Review.

MORE INFORMATION: Portfolio Review

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS | RETURNS TO ROCHESTER

YES!!!
The RIT AIGA Student Group has arranged the second showing of Beautiful Losers in Rochester.  Thanks to Megan Clegg for leading the charge and making this happen.

Date: Friday May 1st, 2009
Location: Webb Auditorium (7-1350), College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (7A), RIT
Time: 7:30pm to 9pm TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:
http://beautifullosersrit.eventbrite.com
STUDENTS: $3.00
NON-STUDENTS: $5.00

MORE INFORMATION: Beautiful Losers Movie

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE at PrattMWP - Utica NY

Friday, April 17th, 2009
10:45 AM -12:00  Noon
Armin Vit and Byrony Gomez-Palacio., founders of Underconsideration.com and the popular SpeakUp blog.
http://www.underconsideration.com/uc/founders/

The lecture will be in the museum auditorium - -all are welcome.

CREATIVE EATS: April

Meet up with design professionals in your region!
Please note: Buffalo will be meeting on Wednesday, April 15th at Western New York Book Arts Collaborative
http://www.wnybookarts.org/

Registration is now easier!
EVENTBRITE: Creative Eats Buffalo | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th
EVENTBRITE: Creative Eats Rochester
EVENTBRITE: Creative Eats Syracuse
EVENTBRITE: Creative Eats Albany

Review of March Nitty Gritty "Abdication, Delegation or MicroManagement: What’s Your Style?"

by Lori Reed

Another great teleforum was led by professional graphic design business coach Pam Bryan this month. This time the topic was  “Abdication, Delegation or MicroManagement: What’s Your Style?�. Interestingly enough, it appeared that this was actually attended mostly by those feeling frustrated from being micromanaged more than anything else. Tools for how to identify and how to cure this negative behavior and how to become a better delegator were discussed.

ARTICLE CONTINUED

Students Ask, Professionals Reply

The school year is wrapping up and students have a lot on their mind. We have created an online dialogue to help answer questions that may not have been answered in your studies. The extension of this is to offer an opportunity for students to directly ask a panel of professionals for their feedback.

We have a tentative date to hold this type of panel in Rochester. Tuesday April 28 @ 6:30 on the RIT Campus. The goal is to have students present tough questions that they are burning to know the answers and have the professionals give honest feedback. We hope to video the dialogue and make it available in our Q+A section of the web site.

We will let you know more about this event when we confirm the details.

If you have a question that you want answered, please submit it to us at:
QUESTIONS

Posted by newyorkupstate in News | April 7, 2009