Commercail Arts Guild Calendar

2010 CAG Calendar
Here is a list of activities that CAG is working on for 2009 & 2010.

3rd Annual Commercial Art Show
July 16 thru August 8
117 West Crawford St., Findlay
Opening Night July 16, 7-9 p.m.

June 2010 Speaker
Industrial Photography
Photographer Mark Oberst

2009

November Meeting
Is Illustration Dead?
Video
Just over 50 people attended the November 28, “Is Illustration Dead" with guest speaker Scott Hull and Mark Riedy. In attendance were students and professors from the University of Findlay and Freelance Illustrators as well as CAG members. Scott Hull’s PowerPoint answered question from the audience as to where the future of custom illustrations will be.
Video forth coming.

August Meeting
Next meeting will be August will be at 6:30, August 20
Rocking U Restaurant
318 W. Main Cross St.
Findlay, Ohio
Side Room

Discusion of Fall Speaker and trips, introduction of new members.

2009 Commercial Arts Show
This years show was was great!
View slide show.

French Paper Mill Tour
Tuesday, July 7th and Tuesday, July 14th
Carpool to Paper Mill (transportation not provided)
Limit 20 People per Tour,
RSVP by Wednesday, July 1st, to Tom Harmon &
Andie Golden.

CAG members will travel from Findlay to Niles, MI. We will leave at 8:00 a.m. from the West side WalMart by the gas pumps. We will meet up with Andie Golden and a group from Fort Wayne, IN. We will take the tour and have lunch. We should be returning back to Findlay by 4:30. CAG members are on their own in arranging transportation to and from the mill.

June
Picking The Right Paper

Andie Golden from RIS the paper house talked to over 12 CAG members and guests on Wednesday, June 17th. Andie presents The Perfect Paper, who to pick the right paper for your project. Members were given paper samples and shown which paper works best for each project. Andie took questions after her presentation and everyone thanked her for coming.

Andie Golden is in the Findlay area every Weds. She would love to meet you and stop by and talk about paper. Contact Andie Golden at RIS the paper house.

May
Green Printing
May
Green Printing
Tour of a Green Printer in Toledo.

Eight CAG members and guests visited Homewood Press {www.homewoodpress.com} in Toledo on May 21. The tour began at the new office facility where we were allowed to reminisce about some ‘80s Apple Computers. Everyone commented about how revolutionary they were back then but could not do the work today.

We the viewed the prepress department and was impressed with the direct to plate system. We then were taken to the printing area and asked a lot of questions about their presses, ink paper and recycling. Most impressing was how easily the finishing equipment could be reconfigured to accommodate the projects needs. Last we went back to the office and talked about the scented inks and received print samples.

Homewood Press is committed to helping the environment and has been for MANY years. Recycling paper and inks are just a couple ways they've helped. Now Homewood Press has become even greener. They have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, the Programmed for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. They are the only printer in the area to obtain all four certifications. Homewood Press is environmentally committed to green printing alternatives.

Founded in 1903, Homewood Press, Inc is a full service printing house specializing in all manner of materials from brochures to annual reports, start to finish.

If you would like to know more about Homewood Press contact Dan Curson.

April Meeting
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 at the Fern Cafe, 452 E. Sandusky, Findlay, Ohio.
Come and join members and plan for future CAG events.

COPYRIGHT
"Color This Law Gray"
Just under 40 people attended the March 23, “Color This Law Gray” with guest speaker Attorney Mark Schaffer. In attendance was students and professors from the University of Findlay and Owens as well as CAG members and local business men. Mark answered question regarding copyright and patent law. The question and answer session last for over two hours.

Coming in July
2009 Second Annual Commercial Designer’s Show

Coming up this year!

What's New In Adobe's CS4?
Find out from and Adobe trainer what's new in the Adobe line.

"Breaking Through the Clutter with Creative Promotions & Direct Marketing"
Presented by Frank Clay with Clay Creative Results.

Selling your art commercially
Speaker on how to sell your artwork commercially.

Billing for your work
Speaker on how to properly bill for your time and some of the pitfalls of not getting paid.

January 15
Marathon Petroleum Company
Location: Graphic Service Department, 200 Harden Street, Findlay, Ohio
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Becuse of security passes please email Tom Harmon before January 15 that you will be attending. Please park in the visitors parking lot across from 200 Harden.

Marathon's Graphic Services Department with 30 employees covers a wide range of graphic services from print, video, web and multimedia. Included is a complete video, photography and print department.