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October 16 – October 22, 2011

1/ Visual Connections Image Expo

A one-day event for image buyers, researchers, designers, art directors, and other users of images and footage to discover new sources of imagery.

When: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:00 am – 7:30 pm

Where: The Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street, NYC

Price: Free to professional image buyers only

2/ Paula Scher: MAPS

A dozen years ago, Paula Scher began painting colorful, complicated maps of the world, its continents, countries, islands, oceans, cities, streets and neighborhoods. Join Paula for an expedition down the tangled byways of a dual life of art and design.

When: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Where: Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC

Price: $10 AIGA/NY Members, $10 Student members, $30 general public

3/ Daggers: The festival of short horror films

When the calendar flips to October, thoughts naturally turn to horror. Daggers is the short festival of short horror, highlighting the genre’s true diversity in all its artistic forms: the whimsical, the shocking, the lyrical… and the disturbingly personal.

When: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:00 pm (encore presentation Saturday, October 22, 2011, 3:00 pm)

Where: Museum of Art and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC

Price: $7 members and students, $10 general public