The Peter Miller Gallery has been exhibiting contemporary art by emerging and mid-career artists since 1979. The gallery's current direction spans a broad range of contemporary art practice, including photo-based work, sound + video installations as well as painting and sculpture. Gallery Director, Natalie Domchenko will review fine art and interdisciplinary projects from a variety of mediums and genre.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Interested in learning how to promote films with effective PR materials? IFP's Producing Series concludes with :
"MARKETING: Selling Your Film," an all day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. workshop on trailers and materials, developing a website and finding publicists and producer's reps. Extra: Pitch Your Film to Industry Pros," lead by Michael Moore's producer, Jim Czarnecki ("Fahrenheit 9/11").
At 1104 S. Wabash, 8th floor. Registration, 9 a.m., sessions 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch provided, noon-1:30 p.m. Cost for Columbia College students is $10.
May 3rd is a big day for you. First, you'll be at AdStock (at 9am) to meet with a number of recruiters and creative directors coming to see your work and share their advice with you. Later that evening, the good people at I Have an Idea have put together a mega-list of ad creative head honchos to look over your work.
Portfolio Night costs $35 (money well spent), and you'll need to get your tix ahead of time.
Picture editor Michael Zajakowski of the Chicago Tribune Magazine will make his third visit to Columbia to meet photographers and advise emerging photojournalists and photo documentarians on their work, and it's presentation. This session is open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Know what AdStock is? It's a must for students who want into advertising, events, marketing or public relations.
If you aspire to work in the ad, marketing, event or pr world, this is your chance to meet over fifty professionals from some of the biggest agencies and organizations in the Midwest. Professional guests visit AdStock to meet our students, look over resumes, portfolio samples and to give you some much needed career advice. They're also scouting talent for internships and full-time positions.
Each year a number of students find work directly from connections they make at AdStock. This could be your year. So look sharp, bring a resume, your card and your portfolio, and we'll see you there.
Our 2007 guest organizations:
Portfolio advisors Tom Kim and Sharon Potsch will visit to help students understand what an employer is looking for when they listen to emerging programmers and designers present their portfolio. Students can just observe, or bring examples of their work to practice presenting and interviewing with.
This session is designed specifically for programmers and designers (web, print, advertising, etc.).
This discussion is open to all students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago and takes place in the Portfolio Center. 623 S Wabash, Room 307.
Concrete's principal and decorated designer Jilly Simons will visit to meet design students looking for feedback on their work and on the presentation of their work. This will be an especially good session for design students looking for advice on talking an employer through their portfolio. This session is open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
The question isn't who should meet with Kelly Klawonn and Rebekah Levine from BuzzCo, but who shouldn't. BuzzCo has rightfully earned the reputation is a premium source for creative talent in Chicago and as a placement agency they match creative talent with agencies and studios in advertising, design, interactive and television post-production. Kelly and Rebekah will look at work samples and give students advice for packaging and marketing their work for Chicago's creative employment market. This session is open to seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Day1's top dog Denny Thorley will visit Columbia to review animation / game design samples and advise students on putting together a professionally impressive portfolio. Day1 produces the MechAssault series and F.E.A.R. for Xbox (and potentially for the Wii) and is considered by many to be the most successful independent game publisher in the world. This session is open to Seniors and 2006 graduates.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
New York based photographer Erica Shires will show her work and give a lecture in the Ferguson Theater (1st floor of the 600 S. Michigan Bldg) at 7pm on Thursday, April 26th. Erica does work for Nike, Kodak, Verizon and many others and her body of work spans advertising, fashion, conceptual, editorial, landscape/seascape, lifestyle, location and portrait.
This session is open to all students, alumni, faculty and staff of Columbia College Chicago. Her visit is sponsored by the Portfolio Center and the Photography Department.
NY based photographer Erica Shires is in constant demand both in the US and abroad. Her clients include, American Red Cross, Nike, Nivea, New York Magazine and Kodak. Erica will meet with students to review portfolios and answer questions about presenting work for exhibitions as well as commercial "gigs."
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Although the idea of a PR portfolio is not yet universal, there are many things an emerging PR professional can do to surpass those who represent themselves with only a resume. Two accomplished PR pros, Rebecca Thiem and Eva Penar, will work with students to brainstorm an effective strategy for building a PR portfolio that will help earn entry into the competitive field of public relations and publicity.
More about our guests:
Rebecca Theim, current VP of the Chicago chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), is a successful freelance PR manager/communicator whose professional experience includes times as Manager of Corporate Communications for Playboy and Director of Public Relations for Britannica.com.
Eva Penar is the Senior Marketing Manager for Publicity & Events with Time Out Chicago. Prior to Time Out, Eva worked on behalf of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum and as a communications associate for the Chicago Millennium Celebration, a project sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago.
This discussion is open to all students and 2006 graduates of Columbia College Chicago and will be held in the Portfolio Center (seating is limited); 623 S Wabash, Room 307.
Something for all creatives is the motto of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs/Chicago Artist Resource's annual Chicago Creative Expo. On Saturday, April 21, from 10AM-4PM at the Chicago Cultural Center, venders and seminars will be a plenty with resources on issues such as affordable housing, creating a business plan, protecting intellectual property, insurance and the list goes on. The event seeks to connect artists with tool and services available to them in Chicago. So go and get connected...it's FREE!
Motion designers are in high demand these days, and one of the places scouting talent is Chicago's own Mode, a collective of animators, designers and artists creating work for a range of clients in advertising, television, music and beyond. Managing director Brooks Ruyle and Creative director Steve Juras will visit to meet aspiring motion graphic artists, talk to them about their work and advise them on building a buzzworthy graphics reel.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Design director and studio manager Bryan Fox will visit to advise product design students on designing a portfolio that let's product design employers see what they need to in order to make a hiring decision on an emerging designer. Bryan has over ten years of design/development experience in the areas of consumer products, transportation styling and accessories, and mobile entertainment. This session is open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Guest writing and editing professionals Keidra Chaney and Marina Lewis will visit Columbia to look over writing samples and writing portfolios-in-progress. The guests will advise students on organizing and formatting text-oriented portfolios and give feedback to writers on the work itself.
More about our guests:
Keidra Chaney is a freelance writer and editor who has written primarily for the web and independent and alternative publications after a brief stint in trade magazines. She has written for Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, Blackvoices.com, Chicagoist.com, Colorlines, Not for Tourists.com, Venus Zine.com. She is a former section editor at the now-defunct Clamor Magazine, and editor at the soon-to-be-launched Chicago 6 Corners.com.
Marina Lewis is the Associate Editor of the nationally distributed, award winning literary journal, Other Voices, and serves as a Senior Editor for OV Books. She is a writer whose fiction and non- fiction have appeared in numerous journals including the Indiana Review and the Chicago Reader, and her first editorial position was at TriQuarterly in Evanston, Illinois.
This discussion is open to all students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago. Participating students must send two writing samples to mgreen@colum.edu no later than Tuesday, April 17th at 5pm.
Feedback sessions begin at 11am in the Portfolio Center, 623 S Wabash, Room 307.
Several reporters and editors will visit Columbia to network with J students, talk to them about their resume, their writing samples and provide advice on using writing clips to find internships and employment. Oh, and the pizza gets here at 6:30pm.
Guests include Michael McCarthy, the former deputy bureau chief of the Chicago office of the Wall Street Journal, an author and current Columbia College instructor; Rummana Hussain, reporter with the Chicago Sun-Times; Rui Kaneya, managing editor of the Chicago Reporter; Alice Chang, a freelance reporter and former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter; and Lorene Yue, an online reporter with Crain's Chicago Business.
This session is made possible by the Asian American Journalists Association and is open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Not that you need validation as an artist but a little recognition is always nice. So why not submit your work to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards? Projects must be original works created primarily with Adobe or Macromedia software. Individuals and groups may enter projects in the following categories: Animation, Digital Illustration, Digital Photography, Environmental Graphics and Packaging, Interactive and Web Design, Live Action, Motion Graphics, Print Design Multi-Page, and Print Design Single Page.
It is free to enter and a first place win gets you $5000, a paid trip to San Francisco or Adobe software. Very cool.
Submissions are due by April 27, 2007. For more information, visit www.adobe.com/education/adaa
Design basics are about layout, identity, and typography. The Grillo Group is known for their excellent work in each area. Senior Designer Gabrielle Schubart will visit to meet design students, talk about their portfolios and provide advice on presenting a body of work designed to gain entry into the corporate branding, identity and publication industry within the design field. This session is open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Alum and Disney special effects coordinator Marlon West will join local animators Wayne Brejcha of Calabash Animation and Jon Krusell (also an alum) of Red Eye Studio in advising animation students on their work and the presentation of their work.
More about our guests:
Marlon West
Marlon's credits include Meet the Robinsons; Chicken Little; Home on the Range; Atlantis: The Lost Empire; The Emperor's New Groove; Fantasia/2000; Tarzan; Mulan; Hercules; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Pocahontas; The Lion King; Bebe's Kids and Rover Dangerfield.
Wayne Brejcha
Wayne is a twenty year animation vet whose work for Calabash (which he now co-owns) includes seminal animation's for the Trix Rabbit and Lucky Charms. His animation directions extends past advertising and into short films, including his own Heads Will Roll.
Jon Krusell
Jon started at High Voltage, quickly advancing to the position of producer. In 2003, he headed to Sock Puppet Studio, where he helped create over 30 animated DVD releases, including: The Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Unthinkable - The Incredible Hulk Vol. 3: Transfer of Power - The Ultimate X-Men Vol. 6: Return of the King.
Currently at Red Eye Studio, Jon directs/produces motion capture and animation for games across many genre and studios. Projects include: Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude - Stubbs the Zombie - Call of Duty: Finest Hour - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Zathura.
Attending students can choose to show their work to guests with other animation students in a small group setting, or simply observe and ask questions. All students and alumni are welcome to attend, but only current Columbia College students, and December 2006 graduates are eligible to show their work.
This session will take place in the Portfolio Center, 623 S Wabash, Room 307.
Time Out Chicago Photo Editor Nicole Radja and photographers Martha Williams and Donna Rickles (who met Nicole and found her job at Time Out via Show Off two years ago) will visit Columbia to meet emerging photographers, critique their work, and talk about the issues of building and presenting a portfolio.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
After the chaos of pre-production, through the ordeal of production, and beyond the tediousness of post...lurks the (deep echo of a voice) festival submission process. Que scary music.
To some, it's the most daunting phase of any film project. You're a filmmaker, not a marketer...right? Wrong. You made a film. Ostensibly for people to see. Making the film, as hard as that was, is only half the battle. Now your attention should turn to building an audience. This is the intersection of films, film festivals and a film portfolio. Get busy getting into festivals or get busy being a frustrated filmmaker.
The Chicago Underground Film Festival could be a good place to start. It's no lame-o fly by night festival, nor is it a massively overproduced Sundance wannabe. It's a good place for emerging filmmakers, who pride themselves on having a unique vision, to submit their work. It's also been a helpful venue for several Columbia filmmakers searching for an audience.
The early entry deadline is May 1st, 2007. The late deadline is June 1st. Details at the CUFF website. So...good luck with that.
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Gallery Director Martha Schneider of the Schneider Gallery will visit Columbia to meet and discuss the work of emerging photographic artists. Past visits have resulted in showings and representations for some of Columbia's talent. (Including alum Howard Henry Chen.)
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Kavi Gupta Co-director Kristen VanDeventer will visit Columbia to meet contemporary artists working within photography, painting, video, sculpture and mixed media formats. Kristen will discuss the work itself and the presentation of such works to contemporary art galleries. This session is open to seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Print J professionals will visit Columbia to answer questions about presenting your clips to magazines and newspapers via mail, email, digital clips, portfolio websites and blogs.
Guests include Laurie Cunningham, editor of Crain's Focus section and Steve Rhodes, publisher and editor of the beachwoodreporter.com, and a veteran of Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Magazine among others.
This discussion is open to all students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago.
Flatfile's Owner/Director Susan Aurinko will make her annual visit to the Portfolio Center to meet emerging artists and provide feedback on their work and answer questions about presenting it to gallerists. Although the focus of these sessions is feedback, Susan's past visits have more than once resulted in shows at Flatfile for Columbia's talented artists. (Including alum Joy Whalen.)
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
Two bigwigs from the Chicago Tribune's Interactive division will visit the Portfolio Center to meet J students, review their clips (and radio demos if they have that) and advise them on best practices for presenting their work to potential employers.
Online Producer Melisa Goh will visit on April 18th at 9am and columnist, editor and senior producer Charlie Meyerson of the Chicago Tribune (also a longtime radio reporter and interviewer) will visit on April 25th at 11am.
If you want a little prep before you sign up for this, listen to our interview with Melisa last year about digital J portfolios (mp3) and read up on alum Mark Anderson's advice on best practices for presenting your printed writing samples.
These visits are open to juniors, seniors, graduate students and December '06 grads. Instructions for sending your samples to the guests ahead of time will be supplied when you sign up.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
The Portfolio Center welcomes all Columbia actor's to visit with alum Rusty Schwimmer. Rusty quickly found work in film and television after leaving Columbia College. Her credits include A Little Princess (1995), Twister (1996), Edtv (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Runaway Jury (2003) and North Country (2005). She also enjoyed roles in the television film The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV) for HBO and the series "The Guardian" (2001), "Gilmore Girls" (2000), "Picket Fences" (1992), "Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times" (1993) as well as a guest starring role on "Six Feet Under" (2001). Schwimmer will next be seen in the feature The Hawk Is Dying opposite Paul Giamatti and recently appeared in the television mini-series "Broken Trail" opposite Robert Duvall.
Rusty will engage emerging actors in a discussion about preparing for life after Columbia, and talk about the transition from Chicago to LA.
This event is open to all students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago.
Set your own hours. Get paid to work from home. Write to your hearts content. Sounds good, right? But to be a successful paid freelance writer or novelist, you need to know how to sell your ideas through clear writing - not gimmicks. Join agent Joanna MacKenzie and acquisitions editor Jacque Day discuss the do's and dont's of pitch and query letters.
This discussion is open to all students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago.
Devil's Due Editor Mike O'Sullivan will visit Columbia to meet and provide portfolio advice to illustration and animation students with an interest in comic book art, graphic novels and film. Devil's Due is both a commercial art studio and publisher whose 2001?s revamp of G.I. Joe was a breakthrough success. Other DD titles include: Forgotten Reals, Dragonlance Chronicles, America's Elite, Family Guy, Demonwars, Lost Squad, Nightwolf and Hack/Slash. DD will also soon begin development of two motion pictures properties.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
When you're good you're good. Nathan Beckner is good. He's one of a handful of Chicagoans (ok, he also moonlights as a New Yorker) working consistently as a fashion and beauty shooter but his work also spans editorial, advertising, architecture and exhibition. In addition to photographers, Nathan will meet interested fashion design students to speak to them about the photographic documentation of their designs.
If you haven't already, register with the Portfolio Center and make sure you select the 'Show Off' option. Then, call 312.344.7280 to sign up to show off your work.
If you're reading this after this review came and went, check the Show Off page for a current schedule of guests.
