Past Meetings

At our last meeting, artist/designer Bob Cipriani from Boston showed us some samples of his art work and his creative design work and shared with us some insights into h is particular creative process. Bob has become a member of the CCCP and we look forward to seeing him at upcoming meetings. Bob Mariani

• Last night's presentation by Fran Kelly of Arnold Worldwide on "Break Away Brands" was one of the best-attended all year. We were delighted to welcome our friends at the AMARI as partners in this event and look forward to doing more mutual meetings. There are definite synergies there. Fran's presentation was smart, informative, funny and ultimately inspiring. There was definitely lots to learn from his recounting of the "good-to-great" process of such mega brands as Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice and Titlest footwear. We look forward to having Fran Kelly visit us again. Meanwhile,get ready for this year's Holiday party on Dec. 14th at the Gatehouse overlooking the Seekonk River in Providence. We'llbe partnering again with the American Marketing Association of Rhode Island and are expecting another great turn-out. See you there if not before. Bob Mariani
  
  
• Our last meeting with artist/designer Bob Cipriani re-united Bob with a lot of his old friends from RISD and from his days as an award-winning designer. It also gave us all a chance to see some of his latest art work-- acrylic paintings, montages, etc. Bob talked about how he works and how he has made the transition from a successful career as commercial designer to a fine artist. Bob has a lot in common with many CCCP members who are trying to live the duel "creative life" that entails making a living and following your creative muse. It's always an interestng balancing act and everyone has their own way of doing it. And that's one of the things the CCCP is about. Check out this site next week for news on who our next speaker will be. And tell four friends about the Club. Thanks. Bob Mariani
  
  
• A VISIT FROM THE SAPPI PAPER PEOPLE. Once again a team of Sappi Paper Company experts paid their annual visit to the CCCP. They brought with them tons of free samples-- examples of how papers can serve the many different creative needs of today's graphic designers. There were lots of technical questions about how certain effects are achieved on paper and the Sappi experts had all the answers. The CCCPextendsits warmest thanks for another fascinating evening courtesy of the Sappi Paper people.
  
  
• We weren't sure who'd turn up for this meeting: "A Creative Approach to Retirement Planning" by John Ayers of Merrill-Lynch. It's not a subject everyone enjoys talking about-- especiallythese days. But we had a good turn-out and John's excellent presentation gave us some ideas-- and some hope. And guess what-- even though he works for Mererill-Lynch, John's not recommending we do any serious investing in the stock market, for the near future at least. We've got one more meeting coming up for the year-- a hard hat tour of the Heritage Harbor Musuem on June 26th. Watch for your invite.
  
  
• A NIGHT TO REMEMBER ABOARD THE RUSSIAN SUB IN PROVIDENCE.
  Our last CCCP meeting was held aboard the Russian sub moored at Collier park, in Providence-- the very same one used in the Harrison Ford movie "K-19:The Widow-maker." It was a great example of creative use of small-- we're talking really small-- space. There was room for a nice sit-down below decks and we all shared some Stoli, some pizza and some good fellowship as usual. Nobody bumped their head or banged their shins but there were a couple of close calls. Check in to this site again for our next CCCP get-together.
  
  
• Our last meeting on Feb 6th was a presentation about the wonderous possibilities of architectural lighting, given by Bob Hogan and Barbara Mcaualy from Providence's Hogan & Mcaualy. After a dazzling slide show of how cities like Paris transform themselves at night with light, our guests showed us what they'd done with lighting effects on Providence's own hurricane barrier this past summer. They also shared some of their proposed ideas for making Providence a much brighter and more inviting city-- and not just on nights when there is Waterfire.
  
  
• We explored some of the possibilities of the new "artistic space" currently available at the Veterans' Auditorium. The evening's festivities included a 2-story high slide show, a couple of tango dancers, and a pair of swashbuckling sword-fighters who took full advantage of the floor and upper balcony spaces.
  
  
• We spent an evening looking at slides of the different creative work our members are doing.
  
  
• We visited the live-in studios of several of the area's most well-known artists, hosted by Barnaby Evans of "Water/Fire" fame.
  
  
• Tom Monahan ran a half-day creativity seminar at Rhode Island College.