Workshop 1, Half Day
First Timers' Workshop
Jennifer Fairman, Kellie Holoski, Jill Gregory
Wednesday, July 24
8:00am-12:00noon
Description
This workshop is intended for students, new AMI members/non-members, and all other individuals who are attending the AMI Annual Meeting for their first time. The session will introduce newcomers to each other and the AMI - the Annual meeting, AMI Headquarters, and much, much more.
Several of the field's top illustrators will be on hand to present their portfolios and talk about their learning experiences as successful, professional visual artists. The workshop will provide a forum in which participants will learn and inquire about the makings of the meeting they are about to attend, the significance of each planned event, such as Person-to-Person, the banquet etc., tips on navigating through the scheduled programs and workshops, and a unique opportunity to meet other fellow "first timers."
Attendees of this workshop can expect to gain a sense of appreciation for the AMI and how it can facilitate an advancement in an individual's career as a medical illustrator. We will discuss services provided by the Association with an overview of the AMI program for the Annual and Regional meetings. Throughout the workshop, guest members of all ages and experience will visit and discuss some of their reasons for becoming involved in the AMI.
As part of these visits, we will be including approximately two "keynote" speakers to come and give presentations on their careers as medical illustrators, showing pieces form their student and professional portfolios while giving insight to their development as professional artists. They will cover the progression of their education, experiences and insight to their personal successes as medical illustrators as well as their interaction with the AMI throughout their careers.
Everyone is welcome to attend! Questions are encouraged!
Presenters
The AMI members who are running this workshop are Jennifer Fairman (Johns Hopkins 1999), Jill Gregory (University of Michigan, 1998), and Kellie Holoski (University of Michigan, 1998), now five year veterans of AMI meetings!
Jennifer is a professional medical illustrator who launched her career as a staff medical Illustrator at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. She now runs her own full-time freelance medical illustration practice in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Jill is the full time medical illustrator for Cap Gemini Ernst and Young as a medical illustrator at Continuum Health Partners, a consortium of hospitals in New York City. In addition, she maintains a freelance medical illustration practice.
Kellie began her career at Johns Hopkins University in the Pathology department as a staff medical illustrator and graphic designer. She left to start her own company and has just completed her first year as a full time freelancer near Baltimore, MD.