Apr. 25: 2009 Student Conference
And Scholarship Competition
The Connecticut Art Directors Club is proud to present the 2009 Student Conference and Scholarship Competition for students in design, web, media, illustration and photography. This will be a fantastic opportunity for students to get some real-life perspective on creative careers. The conference is free to attend and open to all students on Saturday, April 25th from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford.
DATE/TIME:
25 April 2009
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.LOCATION:
Hartford Art School at
the University of Hartford,
West Hartford, CTADMISSION:
Free
8:45 – 9:15
Registration and portfolio drop-off;
Coffee, juice and donuts provided
9:15 – 9:30
Welcome and introduction for the day
9:30
All portfolios must be entered by this time
9:30 – 10:00
Keynote speaker, Alexander Isley, Principal, Alexander Isley, Inc.
10:00 – 10:30
Broadcast — Dan Ben-Kiki, Art Director for ESPN
10:30 – 11:00
Photography — Rick Koconis, Principal, Rick Koconis Photography
11:00 – 11:30
Illustration — Gerard Huerta, Principal, Gerard Huerta Design, Inc.
11:30 – 12:00
Design — Karl Smizer, Principal, Smizer Perry
12:00 – 12:30
Web/New Media — Glen Kennedy, Interactive Creative Director
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 1:30
Scholarship winners announced and door prizes
1:30 – 3:00
Afternoon breakout sessions — Karl Heine, Principal, creativeplacement. Karl will present “Designing a Design Career”, a real-world insight to graduating students, as well as tips and tools for success; Lee Moody, Business Development Manager for New England and Canada, Mohawk. Lee will discuss Mohawk’s Commitment to Sustainability & how you can strive to be part of the solution; Recent Graduate Panel. Moderated by Deb Kline, Director, Branding, Packaging & Merchandising, Group 4.
Keynote address by Alexander Isley
Alexander is principal of Alexander Isley Inc., a multidisciplinary design consultancy with offices in Connecticut. His firm’s clients include the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Giorgio Armani, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, MTV, Texaco and Scholastic. Isley is also a partner, with Dave Goldenberg, in The Dave and Alex Show, a brand development and marketing communication agency that lists AOL, PepsiCo, Nickelodeon and MasterCard among its clients. Prior to founding his own company, Isley was the senior designer at the influential design firm M&Co. and art director of Spy Magazine. His work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He was an inaugural member of the ID 40, and has been elected to membership in the Alliance Graphique Internationale. Alex has taught at the School of Visual Arts and The Cooper Union, and has been a visiting lecturer at the Yale Graduate School of Art since 1996. He has written a design commentary column for the marketing website reveries.com and is a contributor to Folio magazine.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Learn about paper and printing with Lee Moody from Mohawk Papers, job hunting with Karl Heine from Creative Placement, plus an informal panel of recent graduates out working in their fields to share their experiences and answer questions.
And don’t forget the scholarship opportunities!
Three $500 scholarships (one each in design, illustration and photography) will be awarded to undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited CT program. Portfolios must be logged in by 9:30 am to be eligible for the scholarship review. Door prizes and great gifts will be raffled off throughout the day!
Location
Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford
Wilde Auditorium & VCD Classrooms
200 Bloomfield Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117
860.768.4827
To download a campus map (in PDF format), click here. The conference will be held in #15, Harry Jack Gray Center (HJG) Wilde Auditorium.
Directions
From Boston and points northeast:
Follow Route 90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike) to I-84 (exit 9).
Travel I-84 West and take exit 61 onto I-291 West.
Follow I-291 to exit 1 (Route 218) and turn left at the end of the ramp onto Route 218 West.
OR Travel I-84 West to exit 44 (Prospect Avenue). Turn right at the end of the ramp. At the next traffic light, take a left onto Prospect Avenue.
From Long Island:
Take the Throgs Neck Bridge to Hutchinson River Parkway and exit onto I-684 North.
Travel I-684 to I-84 East and follow into Connecticut. Take exit 44 and bear left at the stop sign. At the traffic light, turn left onto Prospect Avenue.
From New Jersey and points south:
Take the Tappan Zee Bridge East (I-287) to I-684 North to I-84 East.
Follow I-84 into Connecticut and take exit 44.
Bear left at the stop sign and then, at the traffic light, turn left onto Prospect Avenue.
From New York City:
Travel I-95 (Cross Bronx Expressway) to Hutchinson River Parkway and exit onto I-684 North.
Travel I-684 to I-84 East and follow into Connecticut. Take exit 44 and bear left at the stop sign.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Prospect Avenue.**
From Springfield, Massachusetts, and Vermont:
Travel I-91 South to exit 35B and turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 218 West.
Directions from exit 35B, I-91, and from exit 1, I-291:
Travel Route 218 West approximately four miles, passing a major shopping center on the left, to the junction of Routes 218 and 189. Take a left onto Bloomfield Avenue (Route 189) and pro ceed to the University of Hartford entrance two miles on the left.
Directions from exit 44, I-84:
Follow Prospect Avenue 2.5 miles to its downhill end at the junction of Route 44.
Take a right onto Albany Avenue (Route 44), followed by a quick, sharp left onto Bloomfield Avenue (Route 189). The campus is a half-mile on the right.
