Samantha Isom - 3rd Ward Open Call

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Samantha Isom - 3rd Ward Open Call
http://www.3rdwardopencall.com/portfolioView.php?artist=Samantha

#Improve Everywhere, in conjunction with guggenheim, have turned the most simple of ideas into a fun experience for all involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEYYI-AGWs&feature=player_embedded

What a great week! Adweek (last week), was full of seminars, evening get togethers and portfolio reviews. My most productive part of the week was last Tuesday for the One Club's ( http://www.oneclub.org/ ) event "Where Are All The Black People? ". A Photographer giving a pitch? Yup, that's right, in a small theatre full of about 200 or so industry creatives, I was one of less than 20 chosen to 'pitch' (myself). There were art directors, copy editors, and producers, but I was the only photographer. This was a full day of panel discussions on minority presence within the ad world, as well as a few hours of portfolio reviews by top advertising agency representatives. The morning started off with a short panel discussion of how each (minority) panelist got into advertising, followed by an hour or so of 3 minute pitches by bot aspiring and emerging artists. The short clip within this blog, is a glimpse of my pitch.

I certainly look forward to more events produced by the One Club, ad this proved to be a huge success.