Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 15th. MCA-I will be hosting a meeting and party extravaganza!

Join us at Yahara Bay Distillery, found at 3118 Kingsley Way, in Madison. Arrive at 5:30pm to eat and mingle, then the program begins at 6:00pm, followed by the MCA-I Madison Holiday Party at 7:00pm.

The evening’s speaker is Dan Smith of Triangle Media Works, who is an Emmy Award winner that has created television programs for Bravo, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet - all from within Madison! He’ll explore how he goes about producing documentaries and what it takes to get them distributed nationally. Stay to ask Dan questions, nibble on fancy food, and network the night away.

For general information about the organization, please visit http://www.mcai-madison.org.

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Enjoy!

Straight from MCA-I’s website, the link for which can be found below:

“Students: It’s never too soon to get recognized in the media industry. A local panel of professionals will judge your work. What a great way to get your name in front of the people you want to impress! Graduated last year? Not a problem. All current students, as well as those who graduated in 2008 are eligible.”

The deadline for student entries is 10/23/2009. You can register for the event, or learn more at the event’s website:
http://www.mcai-madison.org/waveawards.cfm

From the Madison Adobe User Group website:

“Flex 4 and Coldfusion Tour Event
June 22, 2009 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm
6000 American Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53783

Agenda:
Come learn about the newest features in the Flex 4 framework, Flex Builder 4 and the newest Adobe product — Flash Catalyst. See product feature demos, and learn how the new Flex framework powers both Flash Catalyst and Flex Builder to speed the development and testing of rich Internet applications and content.

In addition, we be discussing Centaur, the next version of ColdFusion, and Bolt - code name for the highly anticipated first ColdFusion IDE from Adobe. Learn about exciting new features and discover how Centaur and Bolt will accelerate your ColdFusion application development.

The meeting meeting will be split evenly between the Flex/Flash Catalyst presentation and Coldfusion/Centaur discussion. The Flex/Flash Catalyst presentation is designer and developer focused and Coldfusion presentation is focused strongly on the developer side.

This meeting will be our summer software giveway, so be first to hear of these exciting new products, sign up to join the Madison Adobe User Group and win some software!!

To sign up RSVP to this link: groups.adobe.com/posts/551404014e

To go to the event itself and or sign up for this great little free group, please visit: groups.adobe.com/posts/32d2b98597

My previous employers at C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions and Adobe are hosting a launch event at the Truax campus next week! From 1:00 until 5:00, new features from Creative Suite 4 will be showcased, live, and questions shall be answered. Don’t miss it! Everyone is invited, and all should attend.

Want to see what Adobe has up their sleeve for CS4? Well, tomorrow they’ll be having a live webcast concerning their new Creative Suite! You can register to view the event at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/.

Also, that afternoon MCA-I will be having their first event of the season. We’ll be learning about WisconsinEye, a high-tech video surveillance system that they use to record meetings and other government type events remotely. A handful of us will be meeting in front of the MATC Downtown campus before walking to the event. For more details, and a far better idea of what it’s all about, please visit http://mcai-madison.org/events.cfm

Welcome to all of our new students, and hey there to the ones that we’ve had.

This will be a year of pizza, cubes to draw, YouTube clips, and, oh yes, learning.

“Learn from the pros and light a fire under your career. You can evolve into a creative supergenius in just 3 days – be faster, smarter, stronger!”

My old employer, C2, is bringing Adobe to Wisconsin for the first time. Milwaukee, to be exact, for three days of web, print and video learnin’. Check out the details at this place right here.

It’s a little pricey, but I can get you a $250 discount if you’d like. Just ask me, yo!

#1 - MCA-I Madison has two scholarships they are offering to students. You must have at least one semester of school left. The scholarships are $1,000. The deadline is May 15, 2008. Applications are available on our web site, www.mcai-madison.org. Apply today!

#2 - Get recognized for the great work you can produce…students, enter the WAVE Awards Show. Even if you are graduating this spring, you are still eligible to enter as a student. Get your name out in front of the people who can make a difference in your future. While we extend the deadline until early September for students, don’t delay (or you might forget all about it). All rules and entry forms are available on our web site, www.mcai-madison.org.

Please pass this along to any students you know.

Students are invited to display their work as part of the Yahara Journal Student Art Show to be held in the Truax library in April.

Students can submit up to five items for the show by bringing them to the Student Life Office, Truax Room 140 and Downtown Room D237. All items must be framed, mounted or otherwise ready to display.

The deadline to submit items for the show is Friday, March 14. The show will begin on April 1 and run through April 28. Students can pick up items following the show from the Student Life Office starting April 29.

We will award prizes for Best of Show: $100 for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.

An Art Show reception will be held on Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truax library.

If you have questions, please call (608) 246-6576.

Link: Yahara Journal Art Show Flyer
Link: The Yahara Journal