ASPP
Building Community among Picture Professionals
Midwest
| Co-President | |
|---|---|
| Co- President | |
| Membership Chair | Paul Henning |
| Education Chair | Julie Orr |
| Treasurer | Laurie ShoulterKarall |
| Web Master | Brian Heston |
Welcome to the Midwest!
The Midwest Chapter is the noisy, busy and energetic Chapter that covers the heartland of America. We are an active Chapter with 15 Board members, regular educational and informative events for members and guests in Chicago, Minneapolis and Columbus and mentoring programs at the local colleges. Our event programs are designed for the enjoyment, enlightenment and networking opportunities for our members who come from a diverse range of educational backgrounds and work experiences.
CALENDAR EVENTS
Upcoming Programs
July 26th Tour, "What's Inside?", Newberry Library, Chicago
As part of our continuing program to discover Chicago's hidden research treasures take this guided tour of the Newberry Library collections and peruse the offerings at their annual book fair. The tour will include a talk with John Powell, who handles their research requests, permissions, and digitizing projects. The collection includes untapped resources and ephemera such as illuminated medieval manuscripts, world maps, historical sheet music and a plethora of historic engravings.
Tour to be followed by a casual lunch/coffee gathering, location TBD.
RSVP to Co-Pesident Brigette Sullivan, as space is limited!
Time: meet at 10:15, tour and book fair 10:30-noonish
Location: Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610
August 18th - Minneapolis MN
More info to come.
Sponsored by Corbis.
Time: TBD
Location: Lerner Publishing, 1251 Washington Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55401
September 11th Panel Discussion, "New Challenges for the Picture Professional" - Chicago
If any one with an Internet connection can locate an image, download it and upload it in an easy series of mouse clicks, is this the end of the photographic professional? This day-long event offers the opportunity to rethink the future of how people who need content interact with those people who have content. More info to come.
Sponsored by Corbis.
Time: 9am-4pm
Location: TBD
October 22nd Mentoring Program, "Expose Yourself", Harrington College, Chicago
If you want create, edit, research, license, or publish images, join us for our annual mentoring program and expose yourself to the possible careers in the photo and visual media industry.
Sponsored by Digital Railroad.
Time: TBD
Location: Harrington College, room/auditorium TBD
October Fun event in Columbus TBD
December 5th Holiday Party, Chicago
Join friends and colleagues at our annual holiday party, a time to network with members and guests while enjoying great food and drink. Purchase raffle tickets to win and amazing assortment of gifts and participate in the annual photo gallery show.
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Other Events / News Of Interest to Our Members
PAST EVENTS
Click the photos above for more from our past events. Photos by rep3.com
May 22nd Portfolio Review - Chicago, IL
Reviewers were on hand from McDonalds Corporation, Quarasan, Panoramic Images, Rand McNally, StockAnswers and others to help photographers polish up their portfolios. Snacks and refreshments were provided by the evening’s sponsor, Pearson Publishing.
May 8th 2008 - Columbus Ohio
A lively discussion of "Stock agency Submissions" was held with guest speaker Aeri Wittenbourgh from Corbis.
December 13th 2007 – Chicago, Illinois
Festive Networking event was held the evening of Dec 13th. Good food, good wine, raffle prizes, and a great time was had by all.
November – Chicago, Illinois
November 5th Columbia College downtown Chicago.
Jay Maisel showed his new work and lectured. Sponsored by SanDisk.
October – Chicago, Illinois
October 29 & 30, 2007
ASMP sponsors "PDN On The Road" was a two day seminar at Peggy Notebart Nature Museum in Chicago. Two days of seminars included a keynote address by documentary photographer Doug Menuez.
October 27 & 28
NPPA Flying Short Course in Photojournalism was held here in Chicago at Loyola Univeristy Center 6525 N Sheridan Rd Chicago. This two day event included representatives from national and local newspapers including Andrew DeVigal from the New York Times, Chicago Tribune photographer Jason Wambsgans, Michael Zajakowski Photo editor for the Chicago Tribune and and Craig Porter from Detroit Free Press speaking about his recent Emmy award winning project. Go to www.nppa.org or www.flyingshortcourse.org for additional information.
October 30
Mentoring Program with professionals from across the photo industry discussing working in visual media roles. Was held at Harrington College of Design 200 W Madison St in the evening of Oct 30th.