Upcoming Events

Winter 2018 Session

Mondays and Wednesdays, February 12th to March 21st, 2018
6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Milwaukee Portfolio School picks up where college leaves off and eases the frustration of creative directors stuck with graduates who lack the specific skills needed to work in advertising. Here, students learn to concept like agency pros, discover what job-winning portfolios look like and spend time with award-winning creatives. All of this and more in a six-week program that costs about half as much as just one college course hour.

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Upcoming Industry Events

Cocktails with Creatives

Thursday, October 26, 2017
5:30pm – 7:30pm

We are partnering with AGIA Wisconsin for their next Cocktails with Creatives meet-up. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for a location. This event is a great networking and social opportunity. Its FREE and open to the public. No need to register – Just show up and join us for a beer (or three).

Design Scavenger Hunt (Madison)

Wednesday, October 11, 2017
6:00pm-8:45pm
Let’s get out and explore the design all around us. Our world is surrounded with design, so let’s join together, explore State Street, and see what we find! AIGA Wisconsin is putting together the ultimate scavenger hunt. Are you up for the challenge? We’re meeting at Colectivo on State Street, where you will get your list of items, teams, and rules. What will you be hunting for? All things design — a trifold brochure, use of gold foil, bad kerning, and much more. We’ll reconvene and the team will the most finds will get a prize!

Creating a Multilingual Online Presence

Thursday, October 12, 2017
5:00pm – 7:30pm
The web is international. It’s the easiest and most effective medium to grow international revenue. But do you have a global online roadmap to drive this revenue? A roadmap helps you understand your web presence in all its forms across domestic and international markets working with your existing suppliers, such as web designers and translation companies, as well as the your own internal team.

Psychology Behind UX Strategy: Transforming Cultures from Within

Wednesday, October 18, 2017
5:30pm Networking, 6:00pm Program Start
Join Kristine at Brew City UX to discuss her experience adapting to different team structures within corporate and agency cultures providing a unique perspective on the challenges, failures and successes of maturing a design-thinking culture and how everyone can contribute to a focus on user experience in their organizations.

InDesign User Group Monthly Meeting

Thursday, October 12, 2017
9:00am-12:00pm

We are thrilled to welcome Coletta Perry, Avatar’s CEO/Senior Designer as our guest speaker. For more than 20 years, Avatar has been helping organizations, designers, data managers and catalogers become data-to-design success stories. Coletta will show us new ways to streamline production and make more efficient use of data.

2017 Milwaukee 99 Awards Show

Thursday, October 12, 2017
Doors open at 6:00pm

Don’t miss the annual Milwaukee 99 Awards Show, hosted at the Harley-Davidson Museum on Thursday, October 12th. We sell out each year, so make sure to reserve your tickets quickly! Event ticket includes hors d’oeuvres, musical entertainment during the cocktail hour, and our favorite, the annual awards book. Cash bar available at the event.

This year we will be inducting three advertising legends into the Wisconsin Advertising Hall of Fame: Jake Leinenkugel, Bob Meyer and Michael Voss.