Art Career

This Weekend’s Geekend: Geek your way to a job

Posted by admin on Nov 7, 2010 in Art Career, Customer Engagement, Events, Office Space & Networking | 0 comments

This weekend I was traveling through Savannah. Every store, museum, and restaurant had these small 4×6 flyers of robots and the word, GEEKEND: Get Your Geek On, which was definitely brought to my attention.

Geekend is the interactive conference phenomenon you have been waiting your whole life for. Geekend is your chance to interact with people taking the tech and creative industries by storm.

Mission:  to bring together the brightest geeks, designers, artists, social media mavericks and forward thinking entrepreneurs.

During November 4-6, 2010 the brightest geeks, designers, developers, artists, and social media mavericks took flight for a weekend filled with cutting edge speakers, fun-filled after parties, and amazing networking opportunities.  This year the event was held in Savannah, which was later tagged “Hostess City with the Mostess” due to it’s melting pot for some of the country’s most in-demand trendsetters.  The city is a thriving culture of creativity and “geeks run this town” says Geekend.  Nicknamed the “Creative Coast,” Savannah produces creative talent from its base of 49,000 students, many of whom focus on art, design, and technology.  The creative juices are always flowing in Savannah, making it the ideal location to geek out.

While I was reading my Sunday Savannah Morning News, I noticed the front-page headline, “Geek your way to a job.”  This article written by Adam Van Brimmer describes how the Geekend’s panel “talks up value of social media to job seeks and employers.”  Job seeks are utilizing social media to search for, research companies, and in some cases even apply for jobs, while employers continue to expose their companies news, achievements, and updates on blogs, videos, and networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.

Read more tips from the panelists and more from Adam Van Brimmer’s article.

Information Courtesy of Geekend2010.com and Adam Van Brimmer from Savannahnow.com

3 Contests for Artists, Graphic Designers, and Songwriters

Posted by admin on Sep 29, 2010 in Art Career, Contests, Events, Freelance | 0 comments

Prize:  Win a FREE trip to Berlin and get your work published!

Details:  The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artist, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art.  The are no special qualifications requested for entry. The contest is open to all artists or groups of artists and professionals who work permanently in one of the countries eligible (see the contest’s website). Learn more.

Program Guide Designer Prize: your design will be used for our Spring 2011 program guide. We will ship you 10 guides, list you on the web site and announce your name on-air as the winner.

Tshirt Design Winner Prize: Your design will be the one we use for our annual fund drive in May 2011. We will send you three tshirts, list you on the web site and announce your name on-air as the winner.

Details: 88.9FM KUCI is a non-profit public radio station located in Orange County, California. Not everybody can live near us and be a DJ, but you can get involved by creating some stuff to help us run the station.  This contest is two in one.  You can submit a design program guide cover designs and/or t-shirt designs.  Learn more.

Free International Songwriting Competition

Prize:  $6,000 is available for the winners

Details:  Anyone is welcome to submit one original song or lyric, entirely for free. Winnings will be divided between the winner, finalist and runner-up in each of the three categories: Singer/Songwriter, Songwriter, and Lyricist.  Participants will receive a free songwriting competition score card within 30 days of the submission deadline.  Submit for free!   Learn more.

Opportunities

Posted by admin on Sep 27, 2010 in Art Career, Freelance | 0 comments

Social Brand Aid seeks new upcoming talent from young professionals interested in building their portfolio and getting their brand recognized.  Email us at info@socialbrandaid.com for more information.

Calling Entries for Visual Overture Magazine

Posted by admin on Sep 10, 2010 in Art Career, Events, Freelance | 3 comments

We just discovered Visual Overture Magazine, an Atlanta based magazine that promotes and empowers the emerging artist, and connects that artist with potential exhibitors and investors.  What a great concept!  They introduce international emerging artists to galleries, curators, and art collectors worldwide through a juried quarterly competition, resulting in an exhibition-in-print publication.

Pushing Professional Women in Work and in Life

Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2010 in Art Career, Business Tools, Events, Office Space & Networking, Women in Business | 2 comments

I’ve recently become a great fan for supporting organizations that help push women in business and life.  In this article, I’ll describe 3 major organizations that I find extremely inspirational.