http://www.adobeawards.com/us/

Three years in the works, CANVAS will serve as the Corcoran Library’s digital collections platform. These collections will highlight the Corcoran’s contributions to local, national, and international artistic and academic communities. In the future, these collections will be synchronized with WorldCat and our local library catalog, making our digital collections more visible and discoverable to the world.

Initial priority has been given to the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Graduate Theses Collection. The Graduate Theses Collection showcases original research accomplished by graduate students at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. An added benefit to this project is the ability to better preserve our students’ scholarly contributions. We have loaded about 80% of the theses at the Library, and will continue to add items on a regular basis.

Our second priority is to develop the Corcoran Library Image Collection. This homegrown image library is for educational use and complements our subscriptions to image databases. This collection is shaped directly from student and faculty image needs.  The initial collection will be grown from the Corcoran Library’s 36,000 slide collection.

Future collections will be determined by an institution-wide collection development committee.  Ideal collections should support the learning, teaching, and research goals of students, faculty, and staff.

Possible future collections include:

·         Digitization of the Corcoran Library’s Artists’ Books

·         Documentation of senior theses

·         Documentation of student/alumni/faculty/staff artwork and digital scholarship

·         Corcoran Biennial catalogs

·         Select material from the Archives

·         Documentation of College exhibitions (Gallery 31, White Halls, White Walls)

·         Documentation of ArtReach programs

·         A repository for videos of lectures and programs

·         A repository for event photography, and more.

CANVAS can be accessed at http://canvas.corcoran.edu, http://canvas.corcoran.org, and through a forthcoming Digital Collections navigation link on the Corcoran Library website.  We ask for feedback on the look, feel, and functionality of the site, and are happy to answer any questions. If you are interested in serving on the CANVAS committee, please contact me.

Saturday, March 10, 2012
10:00am – 1:00pm
Corcoran College of Art + Design
500 Seventeenth Street, NW
North Atrium
Washington, DC 20006

Register today for the 2012 AIGA DC Portfolio Review at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. The event will be held on March 10, 2012 from 10:00am–1:00pm. Student registration and sign-in begins at 10:00am at the museum’s North Atrium. This is an opportunity to meet with creative directors, art directors and designers in the DC area to receive valuable one-on-one feedback on your portfolio and resume from the foremost experts in the field.

All registered participants will have a chance to win a PLAZA gift card towards the purchase of a Pina Zangaro aluminum portfolio. The winner will have an opportunity to have their portfolio engraved for FREE during the week of March 12th–16th (a $72.00) value!! Don’t miss out!

Improve your interviewing skills, increase your professional development and obtain necessary information to help jump-start your career! In conjunction with the portfolio reviews, there will be several breakout sessions with tips on career preparation topics.

Make sure to bring either a print portfolio and/or a laptop for your digital projects. Note: Save website and interactive work to your computer because internet connections WILL NOT be available for the event.

This event is FREE for AIGA student members. There is a $10 fee for non-AIGA members. Light refreshments will be served.

Gift Card donated by Plaza Artist Materials

Corcoran College of Art + Design
500 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.corcoran.org

For questions about the event please contact:
Nathan Hill
Education Director
email: nathan@aigadc.org
or
Alyssa Martin
Education Coordinator
alyssa@aigadc.org

Looking forward to seeing you there!

If you’re interested in making the transition from print to digital publications, or curious to see the inner workings of creating tablet interactive through Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, this is the event for you.

With the rise of mobile and tablet device usage, publishing, as we know it has changed. This evolution is reflected in the industry, where designers are now expected to add interactive features and user experience know-how to recreate print publications. In this event, you’ll connect the dots between designing a magazine for print and designing for a digital platform.

Melissa Wiley, Director of Electronic Publishing at National Geographic, will present National Geographic Magazine as a showcase and lead the discussion. You’ll learn the design and production processes National Geographic uses to translate their iconic print publication into a successful magazine on the iPad.

While the iPad will serve the primarily tablet device of discussion, others will be touched on.

CORCORAN BFA DESIGN STUDENTS: FREE ADMISSION
Student Members, $5 | Members, $7 | Non-members, $10

Driving:
Limited parking available on Corcoran’s Georgetown campus
(Accessed by turning at the stop light onto 34th Street from Wisconsin Avenue. The entrance to the Corcoran parking lot is the first driveway on the right.)
Street parking also available

Metro:
DC Circulator (stops at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and 34th Street)
Metrobus Routes 31, 32 and 36
Metrobus Routes D1 and D2, which stop at 35th and S Streets, NW

Design by Ambica Prakash, Eighty2degrees

Questions? Contact event coordinator K. Bisola Momoh

Arkitypo: Letter Rotations