Past Events

AIGA Minnesota created or partnered with other organizations to produce 60+ programs in the past 12 months. Revisit past events below.

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Jan
19
2012
Pivot at MCAD: Logorama
with Charles S. Anderson

Join AIGA Minnesota and Charles S Anderson of CSA Design for a discussion about what makes a successful logo. [read more…]

Jan
12
2012
CrossTalk at the MIA:
What Fonts Say

Join a fascinating, unscripted conversation about the secret pasts and hidden lives of typefaces and those who create and use them. [read more…]

Jan
11
2012
Green Drinks
with Sharell Benson

Join Sharell Benson for a discussion about Johnson Printing and Packaging's proactive efforts to protect the environment with sustainable packaging. [read more…]

Jan
5
2012
Cocktails with Creatives:
Amsterdam Bar + Hall

Come welcome in the New Year with your fellow creatives for the first Cocktails with Creatives of the year. [read more…]

Dec
30
2011
Make your voice heard by taking our annual survey

In order to continually improve what we offer to our members and the creative community at large, our volunteers need solid and actionable feedback from those whom we serve—that's you! Please spend a few moments taking our annual survey. [read more…]

Dec
14
2011
Green Drinks
with Ellen Grady

Join Ellen Grady, Manager at Patagonia St. Paul, for a discussion about Patagonia's recently launched Common Threads Initiative that encourages customers to repair and share instead of buy. [read more…]

Dec
8
2011
Pivot: U of M Design Discussions

a roundtable discussion about how young designers have a hand in hybridizing fields and shaping the present and future [read more…]

Dec
8
2011
Cocktails With Creatives:
Chowgirls

Stave off the oncoming winter with your fellow creatives and some scrumptious grub at Cocktails with Creatives, this month at Chow Girls. [read more…]

Dec
1
2011
Anthony Burrill Talk

Join The Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota in welcoming acclaimed British graphic designer Anthony Burrill to the Walker Cinema. [read more…]

Dec
1
2011
Open Forum:
Design for Good

How should AIGA Minnesota implement Design for Good? How does our chapter become a leader in this national effort to do good work? Add your voice to this members-only open forum. [read more…]

Nov
17
2011
In-House Designers
Coffee Break

How YMCA and Clockwork collaboration turned a web site into a front door to the organization. [read more…]

Nov
14
2011
Graphic Design:
Now in Production
CVA Book-Signing Event

Common Good Books welcomes Andrew Blauvelt and Emmet Byrne for a sip of wine and a brief discussion about the Graphic Design: Now in Production book and exhibition, followed by a book-signing. [read more…]

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Brent Larson
Brent Larson
President
Brent is an award winning Motion, 3D, and Graphic designer with 20 years of experience working in the architectural, manufacturing, legal, corporate, and film industries as a solopreneur, agency, and in-house designer. He has experience in illustration, graphic design, product design, 3D modeling & animation, motion graphics, video production, live & virtual event production, presentation design, art direction, and project management. He currently works as a corporate in-house Principal Motion and Graphic Designer in the MedTech industry.

Before becoming AIGA Minnesota President, Brent served as Vice President from 2022-2023 and Chair of the In-House Designers Committee from 2019 - 2023.

Brent volunteers as a mentor for emerging designers and is a member of the AIGA Minnesota Mind to Mind Mentorship Program Committee.

His interests include history, film, design, animation, illustration, 3D printing, model making, woodworking, golf, bowling, fishing, and restoring things.