Reno-Tahoe AIGA’s Emu Awards to go off April 1, 2009

What was once lost will not be forgotten. The Reno-Tahoe AIGA crew cooked up a cool awards party for all the stuff that’s never seen the light of day (and perhaps shouldn’t) or minimally was that design that every judge on the planet would have picked except that one bastard that judged your entry last month.

Bottom line is this is a grand opportunity to bring the stuff that you want forgotten out into the light. Since I doubt anyone will be sober enough to remember it in the morning, it’ll be good times.

As the advertising, marketing and public relations award season comes to an end, what better day than April Fool’s for a satirical take on awards shows? The Emu Awards will have no categories, very few rules and a slightly-less-than-serious attitude.

Bring us your best unselected concept, your strongest unpublished campaign or your uncommissioned masterpiece of design, illustration or photography. Voting will be done by your peers/attendees on the spot and winners will receive … something really bitchin’.

So here’s the deal. Just mount your entries on a board of any dimension (that doesn’t require a forklift). Bring as many as you like, or can afford to enter. We will hang them and supply you with a carefully-determined amount of voting stickers. The entry with the most votes wins. How those votes are earned … well let’s just say aggressive lobbying, bribes or blackmail will not be frowned upon. But neither will honest hard work.

So dig out what may be some of your best work and join us for the inaugural Emus. We plan for this to be our biggest fundraiser for 2009 so your attendance is mandatory. No fooling.

Cheap beer and deviled eggs will be provided.

Event Schedule
6 pm – Check-in / hang entries
6:30 pm – Lobbying begins
7 pm – Voting begins
8 pm – Voting Ends / awards given

Award Entries | $20 each

Event Admission
Members | $20
Student non-members | $20
Non-members | $30
At the door | $40