This year's Vancouver awards presentation for the 29th annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada will be hosted by, and take place at, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, this coming Wednesday, October 12th. The Guest Speaker for the evening will be John Gall, Vice-President and Art Director at Vintage and Anchor Books (New York). He is also an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, and the author of Sayonara Home Run! The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card.

“The work process of Jim Rimmer on the almost lost art of pantographic type making” is featured in, Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century. This dvd (45 minutes) was produced by Richard Kegler. Kegler of the Buffalo based digital type firm, P22, will introduce and discuss the dvd. This will be followed by the presentation of the Robert R. Reid Award for Lifetime Achievement in Canadian Book Arts to Jim Rimmer (1934-2010). The award will be accepted by members of his family.

Gain a professional edge by becoming a Certified Graphic Designer. Our next portfolio review will take place the week of September 26. Get your work ready! Portfolio submission will happen the week of September 19 - September 23, 2011.

You're awesome. We're awesome. Let's get together and bask in our awesomeness. Did we mention barbecue? Free burgers and hotdogs? Bocce and croquet? Trout Lake on a gorgeous summer evening? Yes, we know that sounds good!

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Gain a professional edge by becoming a Certified Graphic Designer. Our next portfolio review will take place the week of June 27. Get your work ready! Portfolio submission will happen the week of June 20 - June 24, 2011.