AIGA Orange County

24/01/2022

Hey OC! 👋 Join us this Wednesday, January 26 at 6pm for our first Community Meeting of the year – a virtual Tips ‘n Tricks happy hour! ⚡️

Got a keyboard shortcut that changed your life? Maybe a resourceful website you wish you’d known about forever, or a plugin that changed the game? Or how about that one task you said “there must be a faster way to do this,” and figured out that faster way? 🤯 Share your favorite tips ’n tricks – and learn from the rest of our community – in this casual social event.

We’ll be catching up, hanging out, and learning everyone’s favorite AI plugins. We’ll even have a prize for the tip voted most mind-blowing, so bring your favorites and we’ll see you there!

RSVP for free at the link in bio. 🧡

12/06/2021

Just a few snippets from today’s visit to the at Great Park Gallery in Irvine. Special thanks to Rachelle Chuang for curating such a special collection of work and for taking us through the show. We were so happy to see new and familiar faces in real life today! Thanks for coming out to join us in seeing some art.

08/06/2021

Our friends at are hosting an interactive virtual talk this Thursday 6/10 from 4-6PM PST with panelists from , .co, .co. Register at the link in our bio.

Designers will be sharing their career journeys, lessons learned and best advice. Plus, creative talent recruiters will be there to share what they look for in hiring candidates.

Free for AIGA Members, $10 for Non-Members.

More information at designerlaunchseries.com.

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02/06/2021

Join AIGA OC on Saturday, June 12th from 2-4PM for a FREE open house-style meetup to check out Ink on Paper: A Letterpress Showcase, currently on exhibit at Great Park Gallery in Irvine. Link in bio.

If you can’t join us Saturday, check out the exhibit Thursday-Sunday.

Kickstarted by Rachelle W. Chuang (), friend of AIGA OC, large-scale exhibition in Orange County featuring work from national and international letterpress printers and artists. This exhibition will also give visitors unique insight into the art of letterpress through processes, photography, and publications.

30/04/2021

Sometimes, it’s good to get silly. We had a blast with our Community Bingo Night, and we even made some new friends. Thank you to our host with the most, .design and for color commentary.

🏆 Congratulations to our winners!

Classic: and Ariel

Blackout: and Nichelle

28/09/2020

Join us this Wednesday, 9/30 from 5-7PM as Fernando Del Rosario of and CREATIVEAID shares his creative journey. Register for this ✨FREE✨ event at the link in bio.

Fernando developed CREATIVEAID as a response to COVID-19 in support of businesses in need. He and his students work with small businesses on a pro-bono basis to provide content creation and marketing support.

24/08/2020

? We have an active Slack that community you can join for FREE! It's the best way to get involved with AIGA OC and get to know our community members.

Slack is where work flows. It's where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done.

09/08/2020

Art & Craft Beer: Who Knew They Went Together?


The OCMA / Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) may not be physically open right now, but that doesn't mean there aren't interesting art projects being created. In fact, OCMA releases a new interactive art event each week to keep art lovers connected.

OCMA's latest interactive art project will teach you simple embossing techniques to create a special, personally-crafted metallic hanging. Led by teaching artist Elizabeth Cardenas, this creative online exploration draws inspiration from concepts of craft and labor in Allan Sekula's photograph from OCMA's collection Dockers Unloading Sugar Ship.

Supplies for this project will be available free of charge beginning on Thursday (August 6th) at the Green Cheek Beer Company drive-thru in Costa Mesa. In addition to picking up the free art pack, you will also receive a 10% discount on a 4-pack of any craft brew purchased at the drive-thru. (No purchase is necessary to pick up the free art pack.)

The art class will be held online the following Thursday (August 13th).

To learn more, click here: https://www.ocmaexpand.org/events/crafting-craft-beer-1

09/06/2020

OC creatives — join us for Watercooler today at 3PM for a conversation with one of our community leaders, Chris Wright ().
Watercooler is a twice-weekly video chat hosted on ’s Slack channel. Our Slack channel is free to join, open to all and a link is in our bio. The call will be started by our chapter leaders at 3PM — just click “Join” and you’re in!
Chris will share his personal journey as a creative as well as his experience as an educator and a father, touching on how race, diversity and inclusion and the Black experience has influenced these roles in his life.
[About Chris] Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Chris relocated to Florida pursuing a career as a graphic designer. He quickly realized that his greatest impact to the graphic design industry could be made in the classroom. Chris recently migrated from Florida to the Inland Empire to continue fulfilling his purpose as an educator, passing on the vast design knowledge he gained working with youth groups, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies. Chris received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University () and an MA and MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design (). He finds absolute joy in helping students navigate through their creative journey. His personal mantra: Mentor. Mold. Motivate. Chris currently serves as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Visual Experience at California Baptist University (). Yearning to get involved in the creative community, Chris joined the AIGA OC, started the CBU student group (.cbu) and now serves as our Director of Education.

02/06/2020

02/06/2020

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