The ADC 93rd Annual Awards of Art + Craft in Advertising + Design unveils 3-day program – to be held at James Royal Palm Miami on Apr 7 – 9

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d1891a50_11-0311-driveway_street-_s-original.jpgADC, the first global creative collective of its kind and longest standing organisation championing the visual arts, has announced today the program for the ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design. The annual three-day festival will be headquartered out of the James Royal Palm Hotel in Miami Beach from April 7-9, 2014.

The+James+offers+two+pools.jpgDuring the festival, the winners of the ADC 93rd Annual Awards of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design will receive Gold, Silver and Bronze Cubes, one of the most coveted honors in the creative industry. For the first time ever, the 2014 ADC Festival will also celebrate the winners of ADC’s sister award show, the Tomorrow Awards.

The festival inspires international creative professionals to reconnect with their inner artist and recommit to the passion of their profession. The awards, similarly, takes that passion and recognizes the best of the best in each industry.

 

Says Ignacio Oreamuno, ADC executive director: “The ADC Festival is the best advertising and design festival in the world. We designed the entire festival experience around intense networking and on creating and experiencing art and true creativity from the most talented people that do not work in traditional advertising. We will only be selling 300 passes so we can give those attendees one of the greatest experiences of their lives.”

 

What makes the ADC Festival so different from others in the industry is that it stays true to ADC’s decades-long commitment to holding commercial art to the same standards as fine art. The festival promotes this commitment to craft with interactive workshops instead of seminars, where attendees will learn, play and be inspired in an environment designed for organic networking. The James Royal Palm Hotel will also feature an art exhibit titled “Out of Office” composed of personal art created by acclaimed international creative directors.

 

The workshop presenters act as teachers in their craft: an award winning architect will have the audience create “the agency of the future” from cardboard, an interactive artist will conduct social experiments and a Flash designer will have attendees create art from code.

 

Confirmed Festival Presenters are as follows:

 

  • George Lois (Keynote speaker at the ADC 93rd Annual Awards ceremony for Design, Illustration, Photography and Advertising Print winners) – designer, author, ADC past president and 1978 Hall of Fame laureate
  • Javier Mariscal (Presenter at the ADC 93rd Annual Awards ceremony for Advertising Broadcast, Interactive and Motion winners) – World-renowned Spanish artist and designer
  • Gary Baseman – Multidisciplinary artist, including illustration, fine art, toy design, and animation
  • Clive Wilkinson – Award-winning architect
  • Natasha Tsakos – Conceptual director and motion and visual performance artist
  • Joshua Davis – Designer, technologist, author and new media artist
  • Hungry Castle – Barcelona-based studio specializing in public art and fashion
  • Ian Padgham – Vine master, video producer and artist
  • Ivan Cash- Socially minded new media artist, designer and ADC Young Gun
  • Dick Boak – Master guitar builder, Martin Guitar
  • Kazilla – Live street artist, designer, muralist and photographer

 

The opening evening of the festival, sponsored by SapientNitro, will honor the Tomorrow Awards winners, whose work pushes the boundaries of creative and technological innovation.

 

With Lois as keynote speaker, the second night of the festival will honor the ADC 93rd Annual Awards Design, Photography, Illustration, and Advertising Print winners.  This will take place at the Bass Museum April 8 with the after party sponsored by Martin Guitar.

 

Hosted by Cindy Gallop with presentations and performances by Javier Mariscal and Natasha Tsakos, the festival culminates at the New World Center, awarding Cubes for Advertising Broadcast, Interactive and Motion. The after party on the roof of the New World Center includes the world premiere performance of Laser Cat, Hungry Castle’s giant feline-shaped installation that projects art from its eyes with lasers.

 

Entrants are eligible for best-in-show in Advertising, Design and Interactive categories, as well as cumulative awards for Design Team of the Year, Advertising Agency of the Year, Interactive Agency of the Year, Network of the Year and School of the Year, Client of the Year, and Designism based on winning point totals for the year. 

 

All-inclusive festival passes include three complimentary nights of accommodations at The James Royal Palm, one of Miami Beach’s finest hotels. In addition, passes allow for entrance to all creative workshops, all three evening award shows, after parties, and more.

 

For more information and details about the Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design please visit the website here. The festival is presented with the support of the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority and agencyMAMA, and with sponsorship by Shutterstock, Offset, SapientNitro, Martin Guitar, and The Creative Register.