Monday, March 1 class and Wednesday, March 3

Hey guys,

Monday's class will be in the painting lab for the ceramics workshop. If you are an art major you must attend both days. I will be looking for you in the time slot of 9 to 9:50 and taking attendance for class. Make sure you that bring your sketchbook or laptop so that you might be able to work while you watch.

Wednesday's class - I need all the roughs of your forms, business package as well as the files for your progress on the film festival. Please make sure that all your assignments are ready to go. See you then!

Business Package

Hey guys,

Here's the things that you need for business package
-logo
-letterhead
-envelope
-business card
-website

Business forms / job folder (check your e-mail for the ugly version of these forms)
-approval sheets / change sheets
-invoice
-client brief / creative strategy form
-printer quote
-client questionare
-travel reimbursement
-creative checklist
-non-disclosure agreement
-acceptance of proposal

We will go over website / blog publishing on Friday. Be sure to make sure that you have your images of your portfolio. If you don't have these please make sure that you shoot your images soon! Will need to have a working site by next week Friday.

Wed. Feb 24

Please read the Rudy VanLands interview out of Adrian's book. Also be working on your logo and business card package. Ash should be sending out the film festival logo and needed materials. You have your assignments. If you have any questions about design please field them to her.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT AIGA MEETING MONDAY NIGHT!! 7 PM great pizza, movies and randomness.

Monday, Feb. 22

Create a logo and a look for your own freelance business. You can dub it with an agency name and branding / with a worker of one:) or you can just brand yourself. We will be designing like mad this coming week...forms, resume, website....so be thinking about the logo living in all those formats. Also read over the freelance chapter out of Adrian's book.

FRIDAY CRITIQUE DAY

Okay guys...critique day on Friday. You know the drill:) Don't forget your design brief in your folder. Also please on a typed sheet list out billable hours. We will use this next week when we start to do invoicing and backend stuff. Please have this in your folder when you turn in your final. Make sure that you have things printed out and mounted.

Wed. Feb 17

Make sure you bring everything you need for Wednesday. Keep working! Deadlines fast approaching. Work day for Wednesday.

Monday

Revise your design brief. Make sure that you have subheads...not just numbers. Format like you would present to client. Have this printed and ready to go. Also, have a final version of the Variety Show logo. Send me a pdf of this when you are set. Finally keep working on your package. Got to keep going on this. Monday will be a work day, bring everything you need. No reading for this weekend.

Friday Class, Feb. 12th

So please read chapter 9 of Adrian's book. Also please have a rough of your variety show logo ready to go. Don't forget to send me your client briefs as well.

Here is the list of required pieces for your final critique of the film festival on the 19th

-logo
- awards / trophy / ceritifcate
-registration form
-Dvd disc / DVD case / DVD menu
-program
-poster

REQUIRED EVENTS LIST

Here is that list of events from the art department. Remember 75% attendance...counted toward final grade.

Tuesday, February 16, 3:05 p.m.
Lee Benson’s department-wide lecture
D-3 (This is during the regular art history hour but NOT the regular art history room)

Monday-Tuesday, March 1-2
Matt Long Two-Day Ceramics Workshop
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day with break for lunch

Thursday, March 11, 5:30 p.m.
Reception/gallery lecture: Lee Benson faculty exhibit
Art gallery

Monday, March 15, 5:30 p.m.
Reception/gallery lecture: Cynthia Greene exhibit
Art gallery

Monday, March 22, 8:00 a.m.
Deadline for student show submissions. Forms will be in
Angela’s door box in about a week. Only two submissions per
person this year.

Wednesday, March 25
10 am James Romaine speaks in chapel
3:05 p.m. James Romaine addresses the art dept., D-3

Monday, April 5, 12:00 noon
Deadline for art scholarship applications. Form will be in
Angela’s door box in about a week.

(Note: James Romaine, art historian, is also making himself available to give a few one-on-one critiques. The sign-up sheet and times are on the wall outside Mrs. Angela’s office. First come, first serve!)

Thursday, April 22, 5:30
Student Show Reception/Awards/Scholarship Presentations

Tuesday, April 27, 5:30 p.m.
Reception/gallery lecture: McDaniel Family exhibit
Art gallery

Wednesday class

So make sure that you have your design brief ready to go for Wednesday. Keep working on your identity and developing out your ideas. Also if you can have a working rough of the variety show logo for Wednesday that would be great. Please read the Neville Brody interview at the end of the "Attributes of a Modern Designer" for class as well. Again...if someone could get Katy the notes from class today that would be much appreciated. Thanks again guys....and enjoy the snow!

MONDAY, FEB. 7th

Hey guys,

Make sure that you have some extensive research done concerning the culture of film festivals and the perception of the film festival at Union. Have this information printed off and included in your job folder. Also make sure that you getting started in the branding process. Start listing out some ideas that you might have for possible materials to include and create the structure for the overall brand / culture.

Remember

"Structure - Behavior - Results"
- David Butler

WELCOME TO CLASS

Welcome to class!

Design thought of the day / thought on consumerist society:

"Tell me what you buy and I'll tell you who you are and what you want to be." - James Twitchell, marketing sociologist