The State of the Graphic Novel – Event Ended

 

Tuesday, February 19

A panel discussion on

The State of the Graphic Novel

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Presenting

Bay Area Graphic Novelists:

see their work, hear about their process and how their work gets to press.

Exciting New Venue:

Book & Job Gallery . . . a space fully committed 

to the advancement of all forms of contemporary art.

838 Geary Street, San Francisco (Near Civic Center/UN Plaza BART)

6:00 reception • 6:30-7:30 panel discussion

Mixer after at a nearby Polk Street neighborhood bar TBA.

Guild Members $8 • Students $5 • Non-Members $18

Non-Members who join at event FREE!

Tickets are on sale now!

Click here to purchase

Sponsored by NorCal Graphic Artists Guild

For information contact: Danielle Breaux: norcalgag@gmail.com

Event Ended

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Panel Event November 6th: Will Work for Work How to Get Work or Be Your Own Boss

Panel Moderator:

Gary Acord / AiCA-SF Lead Faculty, Advertising

Panelists:

Sibaha Basrai / Design Action Collective

Kim Miller Hershon / Consulting Coach

Rodrigo Martucci / Community Manager, PeoplePerHour

Elka Vera / Consulting Coach

Tuesday, November 6, 2012: 5:00-8:15 pm

5:00-5:30 reception • 5:30-7:00 panel discussion

7:00-8:15 catered light dinner for guild members & guests

The Art Institute of California-San Francisco

A campus of Argosy University

10UN Plaza (Room 410) at Civic Center BART, San Francisco

(next to Carl’s Jr. at Market & 7th Streets)

 

Panel event FREE to all AiCA-SF students, faculty & staff.

Guild Members $14 • Students $10 • Non-Members $24

Includes panel event & light dinner.

Non-Members who join at event are FREE!

Reservations for dinner are required

RSVP by noon on Tuesday, November 6 

To Buy Tickets – click here

Co-sponsored by NorCal Graphic Artists Guild & AiCA-SF Career Services.
For information contact: Danielle Breaux: norcalgag@gmail.com

Event Ended

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Tuesday, May 22nd The Ins & Outs of Contracts

Event Ended

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March 20th Victorian Color Talk & Slideshow

 Tuesday, March 20 Mixer & Dinner

followed by Talk & Slideshow on

Color, Pattern and

the Victorian Imagination

Guest speaker, Alexandria Volk, educator, practicing artist, art historian, and historical costume specialist, will present a talk/slideshow on how color permeated 19th century life as it never had before:

“Depth of tone, richness of colour, and exquisite gradation of
tints” was present in all aspects of life: Science, religion, rites of
passage – not to mention textiles, wallpaper, and bookbinding.
See beyond the sepia-tone prints to the vivid lives of this era.

Alexandria’s presentation coincides with the exhibition: The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-garde, 1860–1900 currently at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Legion of Honor (February 18, 2012 – June 17, 2012).

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Time: 6:00 pm: Mixer & Dinner • 7:00 pm: Talk & Slideshow Location: AiCA-SF Building 10UN • Room 410

Serving Vegetarian Mediterranean Buffet 

Fee: includes Buffet Dinner & Talk/Slideshow 

• Guild Members, AiCA-SF Faculty & Staff: $14 • Students $10 • Non-members: $24

Event Ended

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Tuesday, January 17th Mixer, Buffet Dinner and Demo on the Marvels of Adobe Muse

EVENT SOLD OUT

Tuesday, January 17th Mixer,

 Dinner and Demo on the
Marvels of Adobe Muse

Guest speaker, David Overstreet, educator and graphic designer, will demo how to create a website using Muse (code name): software that enables graphic designers to design and publish professional, unique HTML websites without writing code or working within restrictive templates.

Date: Tuesday, January 17

Time: 6:15 pm Mixer & Buffet Dinner ~ 7: 15 pm Speaker and Q&A(Board meeting at 5:45 pm- all members welcome)

Location: The Art Institute of CA-SF, 10UN Plaza at Civic Center BART(next to Carl’s Jr. at Market & 7th Streets) – see map below

Serving Vegetarian Mediterranean Buffet from “la Mediterranee”

Fee: includes Buffet & Talk • Guild Members $10 • Students $8 • Non-Members $20 • Non-Members who join at event FREE!

AiCA-SF Students, faculty & staff receive member rates for buffet or can attend the after dinner Talk free. 

RSVP by January 16 at Noon

Tickets


David Overstreet is an educator and talented graphic designer, with many years of experience using Adobe applications and more. Based in San Francisco, he divides his time between teaching at The Art Institute of California–San Francisco, freelancing and visual consulting.

Overstreet’s design work focuses on identity development and branding for a wide range of organizations including non-profit and independent businesses. He has been teaching design and foundation classes for over 10 years at universities and colleges in the west coast and has also earned a National Endowment for the Humanities Award in 1999. Currently Overstreet is working with Bay Area youths at Cameraworks’ “First Exposures” Mentorship Program. He graduated in 2001 with a MFA in Studio Art from University of Idaho, focusing on Mixed Media and Graphic Design.

Join us for a fun and informative demo on the marvels of the – still fresh in beta –Adobe Muse software.

Guild News is looking for Submissions!

GUILD NEWS
Winter Issue
Submissions Accepted through December 19.
This 8-page issue will feature intellectual property & graphic design. 
We are looking for the following submissions:
-Volunteer illustrator for cover and spot illustrations for feature article (if interested, contact Sara Chapman at sara@artsquadgraphics.com).
-Volunteer for Member’s Desk (free publicity for your services/work; all you need to do is provide digital photos of your workspace and three sentences of copy; illustrator Ned Harrision does the rest). This issue has been reserved already, but you can sign up for a future issue.
-Your personal professional news for the Spotlight column.
Also-
Your ideas for articles and info you’d like to see in Guild News.   
Send all ideas and submissions to
Deborah Kantor, Editor

Chapter Administrator Position Available

Are you looking for some part time work and to get more involved with the Guild??

Then we have the job for you!

Northern California Graphic Artists Guild is looking for a Chapter Administrator.
It is a paid position involving 20 hours a month work helping to organize the chapter.

Contact Fuzz for more details;

norcalgag@gmail.com

 

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