BEHANCE REVIEWS #8 DUBAI
This event is free and open to all Creatives. Seats are limited to 60 people.
What Happens at a Portfolio Review Event?
1. Welcome & Spotlight
Events kick off with a talk and presentation focused on inspiration and building a creative career by our four guest speakers.
2. The Portfolio Reviews
Attendees will break into 3 small groups to have their work reviewed.
3. Mingle, Network and Drinks
Stick around to mingle & connect with your peers & industry leaders from Dubai.
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Honorable guest speakers and reviewers:
Firas Abouzeid (Introduction Speaker: Creation that Expands)
A husband to an awesome wife & a father to insanely cool kids. An ex-madman, photographer & skater obssesed with solving human challenges through authentic storytelling. Based out of Toronto, Canada, he currently runs The Big Story, a space for individuals, teams & organizations to discover their true purpose & it's expression through a clear, powerful & authentic voice. "The stories that we tell ourselves & the world around us create our reality."
www.thebigstory.ca
Martin Beck (Photography)
Martin Beck is a Scottish / South African photographer, currently residing in Dubai, with a passion for fashion and portrait photography. Known for his unique post shooting treatments, Martin effortlessly turns photography into art. With diverse shooting styles from documentary to studio work, his personal love for art, design, and music, keeps martin in touch with the world of popular culture. Clients include Bloomingdales, Emaar, Vodafone, ADCB, Euro, Saatchi, Harpers India and Jumeirah
http://www.martinbeckphotography.com/
Matt Ryder (illustration)
Matt is a British fine artist and illustrator currently living and creating in the UAE. A life long painter who's work is Inspired by the natural world, our changing planet and the beauty of wildlife. His illustration work focuses on the humorous and the satirical and his unique style of work has been published in newspapers, books and magazines all over the world.
www.ryderscanvas.com
www.mattrydercaricature.com
Feras Sobh (Graphic Design)
Feras Sobh is a Palestinian Designer based in Dubai. He has over 10 years of experience that translated into different forms of design. He draws inspiration from Arabic culture and tries to express it into his day to day work. By exploring different techniques and materials he aims to have a versatile style that is both culturally based by modern in execution.
www.ferassobh.com
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Why attend Behance Portfolio Review Event?
Attend Dubai Portfolio Review to present and get feedback on your work, hear from a remarkable range of guest speakers, and socialize with members of your local creative community.
The creative world wants and needs more feedback. It’s the only way our work gets better. Portfolio Review Week was created to foster feedback exchange in the creative community.
Behance wanted to develop an offline program so that members could meet in real life and connect with other Behancersfrom their community.
What is Behance?
Behance is the leading creative platform, and is where you will upload your projects. Your work will appear in the Behance galleries, giving you exposure to millions of visitors who come to Behance to discover creative work.
What are Behance Portfolio Reviews?
Twice annually, Behance presents Portfolio Review Week, an unprecedented series of volunteer-organized events that has spread to hundreds of cities internationally, with a goal of bringing together creative professionals.
Portfolio Review Week was born of a simple wish: to bring our thriving online community into offline spaces, where creatives can sit side by side, sharing their work and developing their craft. These events provide invaluable exposure for creatives, as well as the chance to learn new tricks of the trade from their peers and our experienced guest speakers.Since PRW launched in 2012, nearly 1000 events in 115 countries have taken place around the globe - all run by our community leaders.
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Time & Date:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Nov. 2, 2015
Venue:
FN DesignsUnit 26, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Street 8, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hosted by Ape Creative
In cooperation with FN Designs