May 2008
5/1
Catalog Release Party for the Seattle-Havana Poster Show
Thursday May 1st / 6-8pm
Vérité Coffee & Cupcake Royal
1101 34th Ave, Madrona / Seattle
Join us at Vérité Coffee & Cupcake Royale in Madrona (34th & Spring) on Thursday, May 1st to celebrate the release of The Seattle-Havana Poster Show catalog. The full-color catalog documents the Seattle/Havana silk-screen poster pairings presented at Bumbershoot 2007 and most recently at Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), Havana. Curators Daniel R. Smith and Jacob McMurray will present slides from the April 17th Cuban premier. Exhibit catalogsand limited edition silk-screen posters by Havana designers Grupo Camaleón will be available for purchase with proceeds going towards print costs. Plus, Lisa Baer from Baer Winery, Woodinville will be pouring their newest release, the 2005 Ursa, an amazing blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec & Petit Verdot.
The Seattle-Havana Poster Show exhibit catalog made possible with the generous support of the American Poster Institute, AIGA Seattle, Girlie Press and Society Co. Only 500 copies available in the U.S.! Of 1,000 copies printed, 500 were transported to Cuba and donated to CDAV to help fund their ongoing exhibitions.
The Seattle-Havana Poster Show is a selection of over 40 silkscreen-printed posters sharing cultural themes such as music, film,theater and other arts events from these two cities. Cuban artists include Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (1937-2001), one of Cuba's most famous poster designers, and recent graduates of Havana's design school, el Instituto Superior de Diseño (ISDI). Cuban posters are paired with the work of established Seattle designers such as Art Chantry and Jeff Kleinsmith, as well as works by up-and-coming young designers. The show is a collaborative curatorial effort between Seattle's Jacob McMurray (Senior Curator, Experience Music Project), Daniel R. Smith (Creative Manager, Starbucks Coffee), Havana's Pedro Contreras Suárez (Curator,CDAV) and Pepe Menéndez (Design Director, Casa de las Américas).
Complete your May Day celebration with Cuban music at St. Clouds restaurant starting at 8pm. After the catalog release party, walk down the blockfrom Vérité where Seattle's own Supersones will be playing the St. Clouds bar. This six piece band plays Son, a unique blend of Spanish guitars and harmony, Afro-Cuban percussion and swing. St. Clouds islocated at 1131 34th Avenue, Madrona.
FURTHER INFORMATION
seattlehavana.com
baerwinery.com
stclouds.com
veritecoffee.com
5/8
Let Your Ideas Take Flight
An Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium Workshop
Presented by Colin Fleming
Thursday, May 8 / 1-4pm
Adobe Campus
Seattle, WA
Let your ideas take flight from print to web to mobile with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium. In this workshop you will learn new ways to:
Leverage a new and improved user interface
Incorporate vector graphics and images into print, web, interactive and mobile projects
Enjoy seamless integration between Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Illustrator® CS3, and Adobe Flash® CS3
Jumpstart your web designs by exporting XHTML from InDesign® to Dreamweaver®
Use Live Color to save color combinations and apply them to multiple objects at once.
Streamline mobile content creation with Device Central CS3
And more...
Adobe will also be raffling off a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium at the event!
So mark your calendars for this important and timely event. Make sure nothing comes between you and creative excellence.
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Register early. Seating is limited. Sorry, no refunds.
For more information contact Kathy Fridstein.
5/29
AIGA Design Social
Thursday, May 29 / 6-8pm
Viceroy Bar
Belltown
The design community is growing and AIGA Seattle would like to invite you to come out, share ideas, passions, excitement, and meet new friends. It's not just about graphic design anymore; designers of all fields are invited as AIGA Seattle is expanding our circle. Everyone welcome!
Please join us, Thurs, May 29 from 6-8 pm, at the Viceroy Bar in Belltown. So walk up to that hip, square, cool, nerdy, designer, artist, creative, business person buy them a drink and talk shop!
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