July 26 : Wind Up

Thursday, July 26, 2012, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 
Free // Open to the Public

It's the Wind Up Fashion edition!

Join us for an evening of style and candid conversation about the ever-fascinating world of fashion.

Featuring members, instructors, and a very special guest:

Chandi Lancaster : Sewing & Patternmaking Instructor
Nzinga Knight : Coworking Member // Fashion Designer
Anaïs Bouchard : Former Pro Member // Fashion Designer

Special Guest, Leah Chernikoff: Executive Editor of Fashionista.com talks shop about hot designers, what makes trends stand out, and how digital media has changed the landscape of fashion.  

Plus sips and snacks. Yes, that means free beer.

Bring your friends!

RSVP : 3rdward.com/rsvp 

Branding Your Craft : Telling Stories About What You Make

Branding Your Craft : Tell Stories About What You Make

Thursday, June 21 // 7:30-9:30 pm

195 Morgan Avenue // $20 Non-Members // $15 Members

How do you turn your passion and skill into a story that compels people to listen, learn, and buy? And more importantly, how can you stand out from the mass of "artisanal" brands and products currently dominating the Brooklyn market?

In this lecture, you'll learn strategies and tactics that can be used to communicate the essentials of what makes your craft unique, and ways you can turn your crafting process into a story that powers your marketing.

Topics covered will include:

• Defining Your Brand: identifying the most compelling "ingredients" for your story
• Strategy Development: "developing a language," "defining a home," or "establishing an ideology" 
• Crafting Content: developing promotional materials around your craft
• Exploring Examples of Brands (both big and small) that have deployed similar techniques

  John Fischer is a marketing and brand strategist who has worked with companies ranging from Disney to Harley-Davidson. His insights into trends and culture have been published in ABCNews, Monocle Magazine, and Newsweek/The Daily Beast. At various times he has been a trendspotter, business strategist, and account planner at BBH New York, Anomaly, Fathom+Hatch, Takeout, and Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve. He is really good at PowerPoint.

Basic/Custom Member Price: $15 Nonmember Price: $20

Are You a Member: I’m not a member. I’d like to pay full price. Become a Basic Member & Enroll. Get the discount! I’m a Basic or Custom member. I get the discount! Choose A Date: Thursday, June 21, 7:30-9:30 pm

Hi, Pleased to Meet You, Wanna be in a Show?

Hi, Pleased to Meet You, Wanna be in a Show?
Tuesday, June 12 // 7:30 to 9:30 pm
195 Morgan Ave // FREE

Join curator and writer Raul Zamudio as he gives a selected presentation of his 80+ worldwide curatorial projects. No stranger to controversy, a couple of his shows--for their evocative and provocative nature--have been vandalized in South Korea and shut down in Shanghai. Zamudio has curated shows for several biennials and organized exhibitions in galleries, museums, academic institutions and art fairs.  He will not only talk about these exhibitions but also how he has tried to tweak the traditional curatorial model of exhibition practice, what strikes him when selecting artists and inspirations for exhibition concepts. Finally, he will announce an exhibition that will take place at 3rd Ward!

Audience members will be asked to submit artworks these can include performance, painting, works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation, video and sound. This promises to be a first at 3rd Ward, a lecture culminating in a group show at 3rd Ward, curated by one of the most interesting players in the international contemporary art scene.

**You will be asked to email images of your work to Raul.  Please do not bring work with you.

RSVP : http://www.3rdward.com/rsvp

Raul Zamudio is New York-based independent curator, art critic, art historian and educator. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in art history from the City University of New York, and also studied at the following institutions: Vassar College, Université Laval, Columbia University, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He is an alumnus of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in Critical Studies. His shows include: City Without Walls, 2010 Liverpool Biennial; Constellations: 2009 Beijing 798 Biennial; Turn and Widen: 2008 Seoul Media Art Biennial; Garden of Delights: 2008 Yeosu International Art Festival; co-curator, Poles Apart, Poles Together: 2005 Venice Bienniale. Apart from curating shows for biennials, he has also organized exhibitions in galleries, museum and academic institutions and art fairs.

Practical Skills 2.0

Practical Skills 2.0
Tuesday, June 19 // 7:30 to 9:30 pm
195 Morgan Ave

Growing up, society reiterates the so-called formula for success: good grades, SAT scores, a relevant college major. What isn't part of the process is learning the practical skills necessary to tie it all together.

What do we do now that our economy has left the job landscape in pieces?

At present, we have a generation of young professionals with little opportunity to flex their talents. What is required is a drastic revisioning of our expectations. We need a new version of pursuing a career, gaining experience, and landing a job.

In this lecture, we discuss the current cultural landscape, cover exactly what it looks like to apply that experience in this constantly evolving, non-traditional world, and land a job - as well as how to navigate the traditional professional world - from emailing culture to running a meeting.

Jake Katz is a 26-year-old entertainment industry consultant on the Millennial generation. Since wrapping a Psychology degree from Brooklyn College in 2009, Jake has been able to carve out a career niche for himself. He currently manages a startup called Youth Pulse, and previously held positions at MTV as Manager of Insights Innovation and NBCUniversal as Director of Trends Research. As both a Millennial himself and a cultural researcher, Jake holds a unique perspective when it comes to decoding the new rules of our world.

Basic/Custom Member Price: $7 Nonmember Price: $10

Choose a Date: I’m not a member. I’d like to pay full price. Become a Basic Member & Enroll. Get the discount! I’m a Basic or Custom member. I get the discount! Choose a Date: Tuesday, June 19 : 7:30 - 9:30 pm

May 31 : Wind Up

Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 
Free // Open to the Public

Summer is right around the corner and what better time to start new projects and meet new people? Come mix, mingle and swap ideas with 3rd Ward Members at our next networking event on May 31! Friends and non-Members are more than welcome, too.

Our friends at Rucola will be serving up oysters and free beer!

Plus quick and entertaining presentations from:

Cat Alexander : Pro Member
Eva Marcus : Pro Member

Special Guest :  Rony Vardi, owner of jewelry boutique Catbird, will be joining us to talk about her experience and what makes for in new vendor appeal.

RSVP : 3rdward.com/rsvp