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AIGA NOLA Grants awards

AIGA New Orleans congratulates all the recipients of the
AIGA New Orleans Design Aid Grant Program!

Designed to support the creative graphic design economy in New Orleans, ten individual $500 assistance grants where made available to the following AIGA New Orleans members to use to help rebuild the local community using their design talents based on their recently submitted grant proposals as reviewed by BIll Klingensmith, AIGA Upstate NY; Miguel Martinez, AIGA Houston; and Samia Saleem, AIGA NYC.

Allison Dugas
Daniela Marx
Emma Schall
Lynne Baggett
Mitch Wallace
Nancy Collins
Justin Shiels
Lori Reed
Dave Roberts
Rachel Osborne

 

Initiatives

Center for Sustainable Design AIGA (click here)

The AIGA Center for Sustainable Design is dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable
business practice. Through case studies, interviews, resources and discourse, this site will encourage and support designers as they incorporate sustainable thinking into their professional lives.

Announcements

AIGA New Orleans 2008-2009
Board of Directors

Executive Board:

President: Wes McWhorter
Vice-President: OPEN
Secretary: Lisa Smith
Treasurer: OPEN

Other Board Members:

Development Director: Rob Hudak
Membership Director: Suzan Matherne
Programming Director: Blake Haney
Education Director: Karin Eberhardt
Interactive Director: Sean Caillouette
PR & Communications Director: Claire Thomas
Special Projects Director: Nancy Collins

Additional Chairs:

AIGA New Orleans 
Biennial Design Awards Chairperson:
OPEN
Anniversary Chairperson: OPEN
Diversity Chairperson: OPEN
Sustainability Chairperson: OPEN
Fellows Gala Chairperson: OPEN

Volunteer Coordinators:

Daniela Marx (student volunteers)
Emma Schall and Mitch Wallace (professional)

Student Representative:

OPEN (to be determined by Education Director)

Regional Coordinators:

Lafayette: Ron Domingue
Baton Rouge: OPEN
Shreveport: OPEN
Alexandria: OPEN

These positions have been created to further serve our valued membership in the areas outside of the New Orleans metropolitan area. These positions will coordinate/chair programming in their geographic area, will act as the representative of the membership in their area and will report to the Programming Director and general board on membership, events and design news within their area.

 


If you would like to volunteer for any of the open positions above, please contact AIGA New Orleans President, Wes McWhorter at 504.256.8800 or email president@neworleans.aiga.org.

 

Volunteer

Flex your leadership muscles. Be a decision maker for your AIGA New Orleans Chapter. Be on the cutting edge of initiatives at the local and national level. It's your profession so get involved. You can make a positive impact and gain invaluable experience. Become a board member, Event Chairperson or Volunteer today. 
Email: president@neworleans.aiga.org


Voice: AIGA Journal of Design

Smears and Straight Talk by David Barringer
The political season, as in sports, is a marathon, not a sprint, loaded with replays, commentaries, cheers and cries of foul. Barringer referees from home.
How Not to Be Motivated by Steven Heller
Can design nirvana be achieved through the motivational teachings of an uber-guru? Heller meditates on the matter.
Power to the Panels: An Interview with Paul Buhle by Michael Dooley
Comics have always been an unruly medium. Dooley reins in Paul Buhle, editor and author of some of the genre’s most radical.
Gone in Sixty Seconds by Phil Patton
The Polaroid Corporation shook up fans when it announced the end of its instant film products. Patton looks at the developing picture.

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