2019 Schedule

Design Track

Business & Marketing Track

Fine Art Track

Create & Collaborate

10:00 AM - NOON

Check In

12:00 - 01:15 PM

The Big Introduction + Buffet Lunch

Welcome to Camp Minted! Minted's Founder and CEO Mariam Naficy will kick-off our three-day retreat with welcoming remarks. We'll also have fun group introductions and an overview of programming and the schedule.

Room: Parian

01:30 - 02:30 PM

Hand Lettering Workshop

with Annie Mertlich, Artist & Founder of Wildfield Paper Co.

Annie Mertlich, the talented watercolor and lettering artist behind Wildfield Paper Co., will teach you how to hand letter your favorite quote with a variety of techniques and styles for a unique finished piece! She will walk through her lettering workflow using Procreate on her iPad, as well as an alternate process using pen and paper (for those who do not have iPads or prefer this approach).

Graph paper, pencils and pens will be provided. Bring your iPad with Procreate if you have it!

Room: Marquis 1

Taking Charge of Your Career Like a Boss (Q&A)

with Nicole Lapin, Bestselling Author, News Anchor & Businesswoman, moderated by Mariam Naficy, Minted Founder and CEO

Drawing from her book, Boss Bitch, New York Times bestselling author and money expert Nicole Lapin shares raw stories from her own career and experiences starting businesses—the good, the bad, and the ugly—to show what it means to be a "boss" in practical steps. You don’t need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss — you just need to be confident, savvy, and ready to get out there and make your success happen. Mariam will moderate this session in a Q&A format.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Word Art: The Script Series with Sumi Brush Writing (Workshop)

with Deborah Velasquez, Artist-designer & Author

Paint words and discover the beauty of your own handwriting using a Sumi brush. Express yourself in line, and strokes (your expressive flow). Learn the personal and individual touches each hand has as it moves ink on paper. You will be guided through creative painting exercises using gouache, ink and as Sumi brush. I will share some of my Word Art© techniques and will introduce you to Asemic handwriting exercises.

Bring your favorite words, song titles or poems to paint if you wish. Other materials will be provided.

Room: Palms 1

02:30 - 02:50 PM

Book signing with Nicole Lapin

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Block Art Party #1

with Agnes Pierscieniak, Designer, Artist & Educator

Meet other Camp Minted Attendees and create together during special Blockprinting workshop! Every participant will get the chance to contribute to a larger communal piece, as well as make their own wall art.

Linoleum blocks, paints and canvas will be provided. This activity is limited to 10 artists and will be offered 6 times during breaks between sessions.

Room: Palms 2

02:50 - 03:50 PM

Introduction to Art & Design in Procreate (Workshop)

with Alicia Schultz, Artist & Designer at Vine & Thistle

Procreate is a powerful tool for creating art digitally. In this workshop, Alicia Schultz will take you through the tools available in Procreate, share helpful features, and show you how to set up your canvases for creating Minted cards and art digitally. She will share her process for creating the art and stationery she submits for Minted challenges. She will also share some of her favorite shortcuts and tips for using Procreate.

We highly encourage bringing an iPad Pro with Procreate App installed and Apple Pencil (or other iPad Pro compatible stylus).

Room: Marquis 1

How to Produce Creative Process Videos for Social Media (Workshop)

with Laura Bolter, Lettering Artist

Video is a powerful strategy for growing engagement on your social media accounts. In this session, Laura Bolter will share tips that have helped her attract nearly 10,000 Instagram fans. She will demonstrate how to create process videos, share the tools that she uses, and teach you the basics of using Adobe Premier to edit your video for social.

Handouts will be provided. This is a repeat of Laura’s popular session at Camp Minted 2018.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Introduction to Watercolor: Florals or Leaves (Workshop)

with Priscilla Lee, Watercolor Artist

If you are brand new to watercolor and want to learn more about this beautiful art medium, this is a perfect, beginner-friendly course that will cover everything you need to know to get you started. We will go over the essential elements of watercolor, including what supplies achieve optimal results, basic brush strokes and watercolor techniques, and how to approach painting different florals and leaves.

Materials will be provided.

Room: Palms 1

03:50 - 04:15 PM

04:15 - 05:15 PM

Printmaking Workshop for Stationery

with Katharine Watson, Artist & Printmaker

Katharine Watson will be teaching an intro to block printing class specifically tailored for stationery design. Come learn to carve your own block, and leave with a hand-printed greeting card or invitation design. All levels welcome! This will be an introductory class, intended to give you some basic printmaking skills, tips for setting up your own printing station at home, and ideas to develop stationery designs for printmaking.

All materials will be provided. This is an extended session and will run until 5:45pm. Limited to 35 artists.

Room: Marquis 1

05:15 - 05:45 PM

07:00 - 9:00 PM

Welcome Dinner & Dessert

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Design Track

Business & Marketing Track

Fine Art Track

Create & Collaborate

07:00 - 08:00 AM

Morning Yoga

Limited to 30 people. Sign-up here if you’re interested in joining! Please arrive 15 minutes early to prepare for class.

Room: Spa Aquae Fitness Studio

08:00 - 09:30 AM

Breakfast

Room: Parian

09:30 - 10:30 AM

Productivity Techniques in Adobe Illustrator (Presentation + Q&A) - Opportunity 1 of 2

with Neeraj Nandkeolyar, Senior Product Manager at Adobe

Moderated by Olivia Goree, Minted Community Specialist

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful design software that has countless tools and features to bring a design to life. Neeraj has been with the Illustrator team for over 16 years, and in his current role as a Sr. Product Manager, he helps his team build features that enable designers that enhances their creative expression. In this session, Neeraj will cover various features and techniques within Adobe Illustrator that will help improve artist productivity and workflow.

Room: Marquis 1

The Art & Science of Pins (Presentation + Q&A)

with Whitney Ward, Senior Creative Lead at Pinterest, and Patricia Vargas, Artist & Founder of Parima Studio

Every month, 250 million people come to Pinterest to find inspiration to create a life they love – from trendsetting art and fashion to the most enticing recipes. In this session, Whitney Ward, Senior Creative Lead, Pinterest, and Minted artist, Patricia Vargas of Parima Studio, will discuss the foundations needed for a successful creator's Pinterest strategy and how to build engaging audiences.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Painted Paper Collage (Workshop)

with Jennifer Daily, Mixed-Media Artist

Explore the world of painted paper collage with mixed media artist Jennifer Daily. This workshop will include a demonstration of techniques for creating painted papers for use in your own art and design work. Then we will have plenty of time to get our hands dirty and make a collage or two using methods specifically developed to make collaging simple and successful.

Materials will be provided. Limited to 35 artists.

Room: Palms 1

10:30 - 10:50 AM

Break

Block Art Party #4

Room: Palms 2

10:50 - 11:50 AM
 

You Don't Suck at Procreate, Your Brushes Do: Customizing and Creating Procreate Brushes From Scratch (Workshop)

with Julie Green, Letterer, Font Designer & Graphic Artist

Learning to create brushes from scratch is game-changing for Procreate users, helping them realize their creative vision by mimicking real-world artists’ implements, giving them more precise control over their work, and bringing depth to their final pieces. In this workshop, you’ll learn how Procreate brushes work, how to customize existing brushes, and how to create your own from scratch. The focus will be on texture, sketching, line-art, and lettering brushes. Leave the workshop with brand new Procreate brushes!

Artists should bring an iPad Pro with the most recent version of the Procreate app installed and an Apple Pencil. A few brush files will be provided ahead of the workshop along with instructions to download and install them. Please do this prior to the workshop.

Room: Palms 1

How to Style and Photograph Your Products - Without Expensive Equipment (Workshop)

with Megan Gonzalez, MaeMae & Co. 

Learn how to use your phone and other accessible tools to style, photograph, and edit images that reflect your style so you can share your process and products with the world.

This is a repeat of Megan’s popular session at Camp Minted 2018. She will use new examples this year, so feel free to join again or for the first time!

Room: Cascade Ballroom

12:00 - 01:15 PM

Lunch

Room: Parian

01:15 - 02:45 PM

Keynote with Adam J. Kurtz

Adam J. Kurtz (aka @adamjk) is an artist and author whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor and a little darkness. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and his “very personal” work for clients like Strand Bookstore and Urban Outfitters has been featured in the New Yorker, VICE, Adweek and more.

Keynote will take place from 1:15 - 2:15pm, followed by a book signing with Adam from 02:15 - 02:45pm.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

02:45 - 03:45 PM

Productivity Techniques in Adobe Illustrator (Presentation + Q&A) - Opportunity 2 of 2

with Neeraj Nandkeolyar, Senior Product Manager at Adobe

Moderated by Olivia Goree, Minted Community Specialist

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful design software that has countless tools and features to bring a design to life. Neeraj has been with the Illustrator team for over 16 years, and in his current role as a Sr. Product Manager, he helps his team build features that enable designers that enhances their creative expression. Vector drawing, type, and color are his areas of interest, and he loves to share techniques he has learned all these years. In this session, Neeraj will cover various features and techniques within Adobe Illustrator that will help improve artist productivity and workflow.

Room: Marquis 1

Minted Breaks It Down: Wedding (Panel)

with Mariam Naficy, Minted Founder and CEO, and Katie Myrick, Director of Business Operations, Wedding at Minted

Minted gives an exclusive, behind-the-scenes peek into our Wedding business. In this session, the Minted team will share what we look for in the merchandising process and how we select designs. We will share what we've learned about our Wedding customers and tips for what you should keep in mind as you design for Minted.

This session will be similar in format to our Camp Minted 2018 "Minted Breaks it Down" session, but with updated content based on what's new in the business.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Creative Photography Workshop for Intermediate Photographers

with Amy Carroll, Photographer

Have you been wanting to amp up your photography? Amy will be helping you to hone your skills and develop a signature style with your photography, utilizing available light to give your images a signature look. We will practice taking portraits and/or self-portraits using these techniques, followed by a demonstration of how editing can enhance and transform your work.

This session is geared towards artists with some experience using a DSLR camera. Artists are encouraged to bring their DSLR camera to this class.

Room: Palms 1

Hands-on Styling with Your Stationery

with Megan Gonzalez, MaeMae & Co.

In this intimate session, you will get to apply what you’ve learned in Megan’s styling workshop to style your own stationery pieces and shoot them on your own phone.

Room: Palms 3

03:45 - 04:00 PM

04:00 - 05:00 PM

Bringing Traditional Drawing and Painting into Digital Workflow (Workshop) - Opportunity 1 of 2

with Erin McManness, Illustrator & Founder of Paper Raven Co.

Learn how to bring traditional pen and ink drawings, textures and elements into the digital realm for use in Minted submissions. Erin will review best practices for creating artwork and scanning for digital output, how to easily separate traditional linework for recoloring in Photoshop, and how to utilize clipping masks, layering and textures to give their illustrations a multi-dimensional feel within the digital realm. This class will take you from sketchbook to final submission!

Basic knowledge of Photoshop is assumed. Artists are encouraged but not required to bring a laptop with Photoshop and a scanned drawing to follow along. There will also be a handout with instructions to follow at home. This is a repeat of Erin’s popular session at Camp Minted 2018.

Room: Marquis 1

Practical Strategies for Managing a Creative Business (Panel)

with Meg Gleason, Designer & Founder of Moglea, Carrie O’Neal, Graphic Designer & Founder of Scripted Studio, and Erika Firm, Artist & Designer

Running your own creative business can be a daunting undertaking. Our three panelists demonstrate that there’s no one path to being a successful artist or designer. Join Meg, Erika, and Carrie as they share practical advice for developing your portfolio and signature style, evaluating various revenue streams (e.g., wholesale, online, licensing, physical retail), and practical tools to manage your time and business. 

This panel will end with a short Q&A.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Technical Tips to Make Your Art Shine on Minted (Panel)

with Lise Gulassa, Artist & Designer and Melanie Severin, Artist, Designer & Business Owner

Moderated by a member of the Minted team

Hear from fellow Minted artists Lise Gulassa and Melanie Severin who have successfully translated their artwork to multiple colorways and formats for varying products on Minted. They'll share tips and tricks to improve the quality of your art files so they are easy to translate and transform and make for high-quality Minted submissions.

Room: Palms 1

05:00 - 07:00 PM

Free Time

07:00 - 9:30 PM

Dinner + Awards Ceremony

Join us for a celebratory dinner on our last night at Camp Minted. We will host a short Awards Ceremony, where we will recognize exceptional artists for embodying important community values and pushing the boundaries of art and design.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Design Track

Business & Marketing Track

07:00 - 08:00 AM

Morning Yoga

Limited to 30 people. Sign-up here if you’re interested in joining! Please arrive 15 minutes early to prepare for class.

Room: Spa Aquae Fitness Studio

08:00 - 09:30 AM

Breakfast

Room: Parian

09:30 - 10:30 AM

Bringing Traditional Drawing and Painting into Digital Workflow (Workshop) - Opportunity 2 of 2

with Erin McManness, Illustrator & Founder of Paper Raven Co.

Learn how to bring traditional pen and ink drawings, textures and elements into the digital realm for use in Minted submissions. Erin will review best practices for creating artwork and scanning for digital output, how to easily separate traditional linework for recoloring in Photoshop, and how to utilize clipping masks, layering and textures to give their illustrations a multi-dimensional feel within the digital realm. This class will take you from sketchbook to final submission!

Basic knowledge of Photoshop is assumed. Artists are encouraged but not required to bring a laptop with Photoshop and a scanned drawing to follow along. There will also be a handout with instructions to follow at home. This is a repeat of Erin’s popular session at Camp Minted 2018.

Room: Marquis 1

How to Build Your Personal Brand on Social Media (Panel)

with Megan Gonzalez, Director & Founder of MaeMae & Co. and Stef Etow, Visual Strategist & Founder of Ink and Pulp

Learn to define your audience, tell a compelling visual story, and differentiate your brand in a way that feels genuine to who you are as an artist. Bring new life to your pieces as you share them online so your audience can immediately connect with who you are and what inspires you to create the work you do. This session will focus primarily on Instagram.

Room: Cascade Ballroom

Minted Breaks it Down: Art (Panel)

with Mariam Naficy, Minted Founder and CEO, and the Minted Art team

Minted gives an exclusive, behind-the-scenes peek into our Fine Art business. In this session, the Minted team will share the evolution of the Minted Art brand, how we think about Fine Art in the marketplace, insights about art customers, and where we're headed with the business.

This session will be similar in format to our Camp Minted 2018 "Minted Breaks it Down" session, but with updated content based on what's new in the business.

Room: Marquis 3

10:30 - 10:50 AM

Break

Block Art Party #6

Room: Palms 2

10:50 - 11:50 AM

12:15 - 01:30 PM

Community Feedback Sessions (Small Group Breakouts)

After a brief introduction from the Minted team, attendees will break into small groups with Minted facilitators to discuss important topics within the community.

Lunch will be provided

Room: Cascade Ballroom

01:30 - 02:00 PM

Closing Farewell