SPOT09: TRIESTA HALL + STUDENT SHOWCASE + PORTFOLIO REVIEW

AIGA Orlando presents SPOT09. A yearly, single-night event bringing you a guest speaker, a student showcase of this year’s AIGA Mentorship program participants (you get to vote for the winner!) and a portfolio review for students needing some feedback on their portfolios. 

Thursday, May 14, 2009, 6-9pm
6-7:30 pm – Portfolio Review
7-7:30 pm – Student Showcase and Voting
7:30 pm – Guest Speaker Triesta Hall
Venue TBA

Guest Speaker Triesta Hall
What Makes a Designer?
Whether you re getting ready to embark into a new career, or feeling the shifting sands of mid-career crisis, it’s always good to dive more into why it is we do the crazy design thing we do. Triesta Hall, department chair for Digital Publishing at Full Sail University, unearths the crazy world of design in hopes to entertain, inspire, and inform. The presentation runs from humor (we all need that) to the serious (resources) and ending with a call to action (i.e sustainability). Come and be a part of the fun… and we promise we won’t pass around any kool-aid.

Portfolio Review
A panel of Orlando’s top creatives will be available for casual one-on-one portfolio reviews with students and professionals alike. Professionally presented portfolios are required and laptop portfolios are welcome. This review is open to anyone and is a $15 additional fee to the event. Please contactprogramming@orlando.aiga.org by May 7th. All portfolio reviewees must arrive by 5:45pm day of event.

PORTFOLIO REVIEWERS
Will Gay; Disney Design Group
Tom Hope; UCF Marketing
Julio Lima; Say It Loud
Jeff Matz; Lure Design
Thomas Scott; Disney Design Group

Mentorship Program Exhibit
A special case where being covered in spots looks real good. In the AIGA Mentorship Program, student members and professional members are matched and collaborate over four months to encourage creative and professional growth. This year’s program focused on creating a piece to create awareness about sustainability. SPOT is the culminating event for the program and the resulting work is the spotlight for the evening. The winning work is given a $500 scholarship presented by AIGA Orlando!

Register Online: (CLICK HERE TO GO TO ONLINE REGISTRATION)
$5 Members
$15 Non-Members
$20 – $5 Member Entry + $15 Portfolio Review
$30 – $15 Non-Member Entry + $15 Portfolio Review
NOTE: If you select any of the bottom two options that include the portfolio review, please contact programming@orlando.aiga.org by May 11th.