Social Media Lab
October 12th – November 14th
The Social Media Lab was designed to be the "think tank" on social media for Cleveland, OH. The Social Media lab is a partnership between Virginia Marti College and the Lab.
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The purpose of the Lab is to establish a citadel of thought on all issues regarding social media and how businesses and individuals could use social media to improve their business opportunities. The Lab is a one of kind environment where business owners, managers and individuals can not only learn from some of the brightest minds in social media but actually get to implement, in real time, the strategies being discussed.
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Fashion Design Graduate Ali Rahimi Designs for Emmy-Nominee Jane Lynch
August 21st, 8pm
Jane Lynch, the Emmy-nominated star of the hit television show , "Glee," looked stunning in VMCAD Fashion Design graduate Ali Rahimi's gown at the at the Creative Arts Emmy® Awards on August 21 in Los Angeles. Lynch was named 'Best Dressed' of the evening by fashion critic Steven Cojocaru in an "Entertainment Tonight" feature: Cojocaru dubbed Lynch and her look "Grace Kelly 2010."
Fashion Show Production presents – "Lights, Camera, Fashion."
September 3rd, 7pm
Join Virginia Marti College Fashion Merchandising students as they present a fashion show reflecting on movies that have inspired fashion throughout time. The show starts at 7pm on Friday, September 3rd. The event is free and open to the public.
Louis Rorimer Retrospective
Cleveland Design Legend
August 27th, 6:30pm
Presented by Virginia Marti College of Art and Design’s Interior Design Department, with Additional Support by the ASID Student Chapter. The opening night reception was on Friday, August 27th. Read More & Check Out Photos from the Event
Doors opened at 6:30 PM. Evelyn Theiss, Feature Writer for the Plain Dealer, presented at 7:00 PM in the VMCAD Auditorium. The exhibition featured unique, one of a kind pieces from private collections, original renderings and vintage photography. Exhibition runs between August 27th – October 1st
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Guest Speaker: Parag Jagdale, HTML 5
September 9th, 9am-10:30am
Parag Jagdale is an experienced web application developer and designer with a proven ability to solve unique user experience design problems. As a passionate devotee to standards-based HTML/CSS development, Parag founded Un-Identified, LLC
(www.un-identified.com) in 2002 to serve small businesses. More recently, Parag has worked on large scale web applications as a software engineer for Innovative Process Administration LLC. Parag dreams big but focuses on one pixel at a time.
FGI Event: Social Media Strategy for Businesses
Fashion Group International of Cleveland will present a program on "A Social Media Strategy for Business" at 6 p.m. Monday at the Virginia Marti College of Art and Design, 11724 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Speakers will be Crystal Thies, a social media and LinkedIn consultant, and J.T. Thomas, owner of the Fashion TV network. Admission is $15, in advance; $20, at the door ($10 for FGI members and Virginia Marti alumni, free for students). Call 216-533-8821 or e-mail julietleddy@roadrunner.com.