Ismael Quintanilla III is a music photojournalist based out of Austin, Texas. He specializes in live music photography, musicians portraiture, and overall music scene documentation. 20 years ago, what started as a hobby shooting concerts with disposable cameras, transformed into a living dream of creating visual art with touring bands, music festivals, and countless music […]
Virtual Talk Thursday, August 13th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT Luigi Maldonado is an Argentine immigrant who picked up a pencil at one and a half years old and never set it back down. After earning his Communication Design degree from the University of North Texas, he promptly moved to Austin. He began as […]
Ariel Quintans has worked as an editor and filmmaker in the Austin community for over 20 years. As the Senior Editor at the Austin branch of Beast Editorial, he has helped create broadcast and web content for clients such as Southwest Airlines, Pizza Hut, John Deere, BMW, Goodyear, Ram, Jeep, AT&T, South by Southwest and […]
Will Chau is currently the Creative Director at Whole Foods. Will was a Creative Director at GSD&M. He has created award-winning work for clients such as BMW, Southwest Airlines, Kia Motors, and Kohler. Passionate about teaching/mentoring and believing that there needed to be an alternative to the traditional model of higher education, Will founded The […]
Click here to RSVP. Greg Gonzalez is a Grammy-award winning musician, producer, and educator in Austin, Texas. He is a founding member and managing partner of the bands Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Money Chicha. He has recorded and participated in the production of dozens of albums as well as toured and performed extensively in North […]
Dr. Harold Hardaway is a speaker and thought leader on corporate communications and culture. He believes that everyone should “Chase the Good” and centers his work on helping organizations create spaces where that’s possible. Today, he serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Cardigan—an internal communications and employer branding firm—and he was previously the Director of […]
Shayna has 20+ years of experience with audio recording, ADR, editing, foley, and all things audio. She has extensive entertainment industry experience, including audio production for TV and radio commercials, Academy Award-winning feature films, major studio recording releases, and nationally syndicated radio broadcasts. She also teaches audio engineering at Texas State University and serves on […]
A native Austinite, Marissa has been working with boutique creative agencies for the past 20 years. She’s been around all aspects of the creative process from graphic design to commercial film and video production to strategy to copywriting to marketing to web site development and so on. Having started out as a project coordinator, she’s […]
A powerful performance and intimate conversation with one of Austin’s finest musicians. Jackie Venson is a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter that was born and raised in Austin. Most recently, she has become known for her advocacy on behalf of Black musical artists in Austin with her insistence that the long running music festival Blues […]