March 11: Cannes Clios West, New Date
Featuring the best in international advertising awards. Showcasing award-winning commercials and video from around the globe, this event provides an evening of entertainment as well as a peek at what is considered to be the best in this genre.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, March 11
6:30 – 9:30 pmLOCATION:
Synapse Group,
StamfordADMISSION:
$10 members; $20 non-members; FREE for students w/ valid student ID; FREE for Foundation Members (please RSVP)
Everyone is welcome. Bring friends, clients, significant others. It’s a perfect antidote to the winter doldrums. Refreshments will be served!
Seating is limited, please purchase your tickets online here.
6:30-7:30 Appetizers and beverages
7:30-9:30 Cannes Clios Award Reel showing
Synapse Group, Inc.
225 High Ridge Road, East Building
Stamford, CT 06905-3038
Free parking is available. Bear left when approaching the top of the hill. Parking for the East Building, Synapse is on the right.
March 25: Rebrand — Remix. Reclassify. Reintegrate.
Anaezi Modu, founder and CEO of REBRAND™, joins the stage with two past winners of the REBRAND 100® Global Awards — Josh Silverman and Kristine Merz.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, March 25
6:30 p.m.LOCATION:
Bentara
New HavenADMISSION:
$20 members; $30 non-members; $15 for students w/ valid student ID; FREE for Foundation Members (please RSVP)
Anaezi Modu: Founder & CEO of REBRAND™, Anaezi has grown the organization to become the #1, expert-led, global resource on brand transformations in just six years. Its REBRAND 100® Global Awards, is the highest recognition for effective brand repositioning. Featured in such media as The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, BusinessWeek, and Yahoo! Finance, the annual program is juried by an international panel of business and design leaders. Past awardees have included Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Virgin Atlantic, to nonprofit organizations, regional, and local small businesses. Join us and learn about REBRAND and listen to case studies on winning examples. They’ll help you learn what to do and what NOT to do. Review. Revive. REBRAND.
Josh Silverman: Josh, Agent of Perspective, and President, Schwadesign, Inc., considers the big picture while minding the details. In 1997, he created the award-winning, adaptive collaborative model studio. Independent strategists, designers, writers, and developers convene and collaborate in project teams of one to twenty—as each discrete opportunity dictates. Josh has taught at RISD, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, and MassArt, and has lectured and critiqued about the power of design. He is currently the Regional Development Director serving five New England AIGA chapters, and is co-founder and President Emeritus of the AIGA Rhode Island Chapter. When he’s not turning what-if’s into ways to make the world a better place through design, he’s mixing tunes as his alter-ego, DJ Dijon.
Kristine Merz: As her brand strategy and design firm, Orange Square, grew over the years, Kristine Merz developed powerful insights into the dynamics and drivers of the organizations she was helping. Today, as Orange Square applies its expertise to helping nonprofit and mission-driven companies reposition and transform their brands by connecting with their deepest defining principles, Kristine also shares her passion and knowledge in presentations to audiences at companies, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, educational institutions and others. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an expert in brand strategy, Kristine clarifies how brand and business strategy are inextricably linked, and reveals how “Listening to Design” can transform your organization in ways you never imagined.
Seating is limited, please purchase your tickets online, in advance.
March 27: 2010 Student Conference & Scholarship Competition
The CADC holds an annual Student Conference and Scholarship Competition, open to all Connecticut undergrads, free of charge. It is a fantastic opportunity for students to hear real-life perspectives on creative careers from leading design professionals and to compete for scholarship awards.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, March 27
8 am – 5 pmLOCATION:
Sacred Heart University,
Trumbull Campus,
101 Oakview Drive, Trumbull
Real Advice.
Join us as Connecticut’s creative community presents advice on working in the real world of Design, Broadcast, Illustration and Photography.
Keynote Address: Scott Lerman
Broadcast Presentation: Kira Karlstrom
Photography Presentation: John Madere
Design Presentation: Plaid
Illustration Presentation: Adam Niklewicz
Real-Life Perspective.
Attend sessions on finding a job, selecting quality papers or fire questions at a panel of recent graduates out there working.
Get Noticed — Career & Social Media Visibility: Karl Heine and kHyal, creativeplacement
Mohawk Fine Papers: Lee Moody
Recent Graduate Panel: Featuring Students from 2005-2009
Bring your portfolio for review with some of Connecticut’s top talent!
Real Money!
Drop off your portfolio for consideration to win one of three $500 scholarships (portfolios must be submitted by 9:00 am for consideration). Plus prizes raffled throughout the day!
Register Today!
This is a COMPLETELY FREE event, and includes breakfast and lunch!
April 1: Out of the Box Hartford County
Out of the Box hits Hartford County on Thursday, April 1 — at The Corner Pug in West Hartford — from 6:30 to 9:30. Share Happy Hour with your fellow creatives. Absolutely fun. Absolutely free. (Well, except for the cash bar.)
