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American Artifact
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for drinks and chit chat. Film begins at 7 p.m.
Location: Heights Theater, 339 West 19th Street, Houston, Texas 77008
American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the ’60s.
Director Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century “rock poster art movement”, where thousands of artists around the country are doing silk screened rock poster art inspired by their local scene, the music of our time, and the spirit of our era.
The film explores the history / rise of the current rock poster movement in America, and features a cast of quirky / interesting, and extremely talented rock poster artists, talking about their work, and telling the story of their underground art movement.
This extraordinary film, which includes interviews with over 30 artists, takes the viewer on a journey through the different decades and incarnations of this rebellious art form, and spends time with, arguably, some of the finest artists of this era talking about what inspired their truly American works of art.
To learn more about this film please visit www.americanartifactmovie.com
closes at 5 p.m. March 17
Pre-Registration Pricing:
$10 AIGA Members
$20 Non-Members
$5 AIGA Student Members
$10 Student Non-Members
Pricing at the door:
$15 AIGA Members
$30 Non-Members
$10 AIGA Student Members
$20 Student Non-Members
Q: Is a Cliche as Rose by any other Name?
In printing, a cliché was a printing plate cast from movable type. This is also called a stereotype. When letters were set one at a time, it made sense to cast a phrase used repeatedly as a single slug of metal. “Cliché” came to mean such a ready-made phrase. The French word “cliché” comes from the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a printing plate.
Most such phrases were originally striking, but they lost their force through overuse. In this connection, David Mason and John Frederick Nims cite the particularly harsh judgment of Salvador Dalí: “The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.”
CS Creative Job Openings
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AIGA Dallas Welcomes Alexander Flores
Alexander Flores has been the art director of Dallas, Texas’ only alt-weekly publication, the Dallas Observer, since 2007. Exclusively freelancing and consulting immediately before accepting the position at the Observer, Alexander brought nearly 10 years of advertising and design experience to the table, earning recognition and awards for his editorial design work from organizations such as the Dallas Society of Visual Communications, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the Society of Publication Designers. A fan of pop-art, pop-culture, film, and all-things design-related, Alexander also has a sincere interest in photography, music, Vespas, vintage ephemera, technology, and other nerdy pursuits. Alexander resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife, two cats, and an extensive media library.
Join us Wednesday, March 10, 2010 — 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Clampitt Creative Center
9207 Ambassador Row
Dallas, Texas 75247
Pecha Kucha Volume 2
Pronounced “peh-chak-cha”, a mix of show-and-tell, open-mike night and happy hour, it has become the forum for ideas on design, culture and a lot more that has swept the world in just four years now having taken place in over 200 cities globally.
Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.
What do we have lined up for PK Vol 2? Neuroscientists, Graphic Designers, Artists, Architects and Industrial Designers. And thats only half the roster!
There’s no charge to attend this event and is open to the public. Cash bar.
Seating is limited so get there early.
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Speakers
Joshua Gowin – Neuroscientist
Andrea Grover – Curator/Artist
Brenden Macaluso – Industrial Designer
David Morris – Programmer/ Artist
Zach Moser – Workshop Houston
Derek Rankins – Photographer
Brittanie Shey – Writer/Journalist
Judith Uzcategui – Designer/Illustrator
Abram VanElswyk – Designer
Tito Vargas – Architect/Student
Andrew Vrana – Architect
Sponsored by
UH College of Architecture Alumni Association
with support from AIGA Houston
