Portland Fashion Week discount tickets
October 7 - 11, 2009
Attending Portland Fashion Week? Use the discount code AIPD when ordering tickets online!
There's a vibrant energy at The Art Institute of Portland , one that fuels a desire to do your best. You are supported by a close and caring community bound by mutual respect for individuality and creativity. You are also part of the Portland creative community and can contribute to the texture that makes Portland one of the nation's most livable cities. Education at The Art Institute of Portland also has a practical focus. We have a reputation within the design community for graduates who make a real contribution to the firms that employ them. We are here to make sure your educational experience is the best that it can be. Join us, seek us out, tell us how we can enrich your learning experience and help you achieve your career goals.
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Community By Design Speaker Series: Michael Curry
The Art Institute of Portland is proud to announce the “Community By Design” speaker series, dedicated to bringing design education to the community through lectures with influential creative professionals.
October 19th, 2009
Michael Curry, one of the world’s leading production designers, launches our series at the Gerding Theatre.
Curry works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the foremost entertainment companies in the world such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, LA Opera, and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regularly with directors such a Robert Lepage, Nicholas Hytner, Julie Taymor and William Friedken. Michael has been the recipient of many prestigious awards from his peers, including several awards for his puppet and costume work on Broadway, at Olympics cerrmonies, and his continuing innovations in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design.
Michale owns and operates Michael Curry Designs, Inc. His company designs and creates live-performance oriented dimensional characters and productions, such as those seen by worldwide audiences in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, Superbowl 200, and New York City’s 2000 millennium event.
Currently, Michael is working on the production of Le Rossignol at the Paris Opera with Robert LePage, the 2010 Asian Games with the design team from the Beijing Summer Olympics, the 2010 World Cup Opening Ceremonies as well as Spiderman on Broadway, directed by Julie Taymor with music by U-2.
Tickets available October 5th
For more information, email aipdcommunications@aii.edu
Community By Design
Ellen Bye Studio at The Armory
128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Lecture begins at 7:30 PM
$10 | Free with student ID
Spaces limited, to reserve your tickets email: aipdrsvp@aii.edu
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The Art Institute of Portland participates in Art in the Pearl, a multi-disciplinary event bringing together artists and the public. The Art Institute of Portland had an education booth with collage materials, and our Culinary facility was open to the artists participating in the event. Students in our culinary arts program prepared lunch and fresh cookies for all of the artists.
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitute-portland.com
Photos: Lulu Hoeller
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Students in Typography II create their own typefaces and critique others’ during a class at The Art Institute of Portland.
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitute-portland.com
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
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Portland Fashion Week 2009 MODEL CALL
Sunday August 30, 2009
2:00 - 5:00 PMLocation:
Art Institute of Portland, Room 263
1122 NW Davis
Portland, OR 97209Females:
MINIMUM 5’8” - 6’0”
DRESS SIZES 0-6
BRING HEELSMales:
5’10” - 6’2”
Waist 28-32
Jacket Sizes Up to 42L+ Compensation for PFW 2009 Models is Work-for-Trade. PFW is the Most Widely Covered Fashion event in the Pacific NW.
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Beginning Apparel Design students learn the basics of fashion sewing on an industrial machine during class at The Art Institute of Portland.
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitute-portland.com
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
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During an advertising class at The Art Institute of Portland, students learn the fundamentals of advertising.
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitute-portland.com
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
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Whom: APPAREL designers only, please.
Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Art Institute of Portland (Room 263)
Street: 1122 NW Davis St
City/Town: Portland, OR
Email: talent@portlandfashionweek.netAccessories designers can email any questions about PFW participation to us at talent@portlandfashionweek.net.
Fashion industry leaders converge to select the next big stars; attractive award package to help catapult the best in emerging designers.
Portland Fashion Week has long been a launching-point for emerging talent into the marketplace. By making a high-production fashion week affordable to independent designers through business sponsorship, PFW lowers the barriers to entry, and reaches a broad range of press and public.
Designers selected by the jury will qualify for a $350, 7-look show at Portland Fashion Week on Thursday, October 8, less than half the cost of a normal entry-level show. Selected emerging designers can enjoy all the benefits of a PFW designer’s attention from press, public, and buyers, and be featured in a high-end production, the best of the best in the Pacific Northwest.
The jury will include leading fashion industry professionals in Portland: (in alphabetical order)
Sue Bonde, Dir. of Apparel Design, Art Institute of Portland
Jo Carter, Owner/Buyer of Physical Element
Anna Cohen, Internationally renowned Eco-designer
Alice Dobson, Owner/Designer of Sofada
Marie Saturn, Owner of Saturn Style Studios
Marjorie Skinner, Managing Editor of Portland Mercury
Modi Soondarotok, Owner/Designer of IDOM
Lisa Radon, Publisher of ultrapdx.com, writer for Portland Spaces Magazine.Button Magazine will provide a spread for the winning designer in the October/November 2009 issue!
World class New York fashion photography and online media company Fashion Wire Press will provide full-res images of their runway collection to the designer, AND provide photography for a photo shoot for the designer’s SS/2010 look book.
Creating innovative designs that tell compelling stories, Marketing & Branding firm 24notion will provide 3 hours of business/marketing consultation, AND will design the winner’s SS/2010 look book.
Option Model Management is a premiere model agency based in Portland, Oregon. OMM will provide the models to the winning designer to shoot their collection look book and marketing materials. In addition, they will provide a hair/make-up artist from OMMStyle, their make-up/hair/wardrobe division.
AT THE SHOW, THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2009,THE PORTLAND FASHION WEEK AUDIENCE WILL BE INVITED TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE DESIGNER COLLECTION!!! THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THAT NIGHT’S PFW AFTER-PARTY!!
DESIGNERS,PLEASE BRING A REPRESENTATIVE NUMBER OF FULLY CONSTRUCTED SAMPLES OF YOUR APPAREL DESIGN WORK FOR THE SELECTION JURY ON AUGUST 23. YOU MAY INCLUDE SAMPLES FROM PAST COLLECTIONS IF YOUR SS/2010 COLLECTION IS NOT YET COMPLETE.
Good Luck!!!!!
Portland Fashion Week
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Portland’s Creative Community in 30 minutes
3BY10 is a monthly presentation and networking event, in which three creative professionals or students from the Portland area get ten minutes each to present a recent project, discuss a trend, or just talk about the local design scene. Talks are followed by a round table discussion and social hour at a nearby lounge. Admission is always free.
This month’s 3BY10 will be held on Wendesday, August 26. We’re moving the entire event to the Art Institute ID Shop (722 NW Couch btw Broadway and 8th), allowing us access to their beautiful space and projection facilities. The schedule will also include a short intermission, and Q&A after each speaker, rather than clustered at the end. Come join us!
6:00p - First two presenters + Q&A
6:30p - Intermission
6:40p - Third presenter + Q&A
7:00p - Social hour - Someday Lounge @ 125 NW 5th AveThis month’s presenters:
Sean Denham of Renovo Bikes
Kat Sampson of HighGear and New Balance
John Economaki of Bridge City Tool Works -
The Art Institute of Portland, in cooperation with Portland City Art, hosted a live art door paint on First Thursday in which both local and national artists created custom art on doors. In September, those doors will be showcased at The Art Institute of Portland and auctioned off with a portion of the proceeds going to the Creative Arts Scholarship Fund.
Learn more about The Art Institute of Portland: http://www.artinstitute-portland.com
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PDX Fashion Synergy at The Art Institute of Portland
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