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Our events center on educating our membership and the greater color community.

Upcoming events

  • Fluorescent Fridays: Creating Color Stories in Printed Layers

    • 02 May 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • virtual
    • 286
    • 14 registrants
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    WHO University students and faculty
    WHEN     
    		 May 2, 2025, @ 1 pm. US Eastern

    This presentation will focus on printed color through story and form with Kansas City Art Institute Professor Laura Crehuet Berman and Senior Printmaking Department students.  Esther Bach, Hannah Dixon, Analee Hyacinthe, and Sarah Manuel will share their BFA thesis work in relation to color, process, form, and narrative. The KCAI Printmaking Department teaches a unique course, "Color in Printmaking," developed by Laura, in which students determine and define their own color story within their artwork.


    Left to Right: Analee Hyacinthe, Sarah Manuel, Laura Crehuet Berman, Esther Bach, Hannah Dixon

    Presenters:

    • Laura Crehuet Berman is a visual artist and a Professor in the Printmaking Department at Kansas City Art Institute, where she has taught courses in printmaking, book arts, and color since 2002. In 2024 was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Canberra, Australia, where she furthered her research on printmaking and color.

    https://www.instagram.com/bermanlaura/

    https://www.lauracrehuetberman.com/

    • Esther Bach is a printmaker whose work explores liminal home interiors and feelings of nostalgia and longing through the mediums of lithography and mezzotints. In her free time, she can be found craving Taco Bell and knitting things for her friends.

    https://www.instagram.com/estherbachart/

    • Hannah Dixon is a printmaker based in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently working towards her BFA in Printmaking and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute, her projected graduation date is Spring 2025. She uses lithography, monotype, and screen printing processes in her practice. Looking ahead, Hannah plans to attend a graduate program for printmaking.

    https://www.instagram.com/hannsdot.dart/

    • Analee Hyacinthe is a printmaker, painter, and book artist who creates short, gothic illustrations featuring themes of idolization, the pursuit of power, and death. Based between Kansas City, Missouri and Miami, Florida, Analee is currently pursuing a BFA in printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute, with an expected graduation date of 2025. She works as a puppeteer under Soulbird studios, performing at venues such as 18th and Vine Art Fest (2023) and Kansas City Renaissance Faire (2023-present).

    https://www.instagram.com/inky.presses/

    • Sarah Manuel is an Asian American artist working in printmaking and digital processes. She explores the themes of cultural identity and adoption through images of family and pop culture. After graduating from KCAI this semester, Sarah will work as a Summer Intern at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado.

    https://www.instagram.com/sy_manwell_prints/

    FLUORESCENT FRIDAYS is a platform for university students from all disciplines to network with color professionals and fellow students, and to explore cutting-edge information about color’s role in our lives and applications in the world. 

    Global Student Chapter: The long range goal is to build a global student chapter that positions color as a multidimensional STEAM model (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), sharing up-to-date color research by scientists, artists, designers, industry professionals, and university students.21st century color communication requires a commitment to building bridges for sharing resources, cultivating mentors, and creating new opportunities. With up-to-date information and useful tools, students become the next generation of leaders in ever-evolving color related disciplines.

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  • John Seed and Gabrielle Selz present "Sam Francis and Color"

    • 13 May 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • virtual
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    Sam Francis and Color
    Sam Francis (1923-1994) was an internationally acclaimed Abstract Expressionist who spoke of color as “a kind of holy substance” and a “receptacle of a feeling.” In this webinar art historian John Seed and Francis’s biographer Gabrielle Selz will explore the artist’s fascination with color and the varied effects and meanings he generated with it over the span of his career. They will also describe his collaborations with Daniel Cytron, a studio assistant who for three decades manufactured custom acrylic color dispersions and printing inks to Francis’s specifications. 

    Speaker bios:

     John Seed is professor emeritus of art and art history at Mount San Jacinto College in Southern California. Seed has written about art and artists for publications including The Huffington Post, Arts of Asia, and Hyperallergic, and is the author of Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World. For over a decade Seed has also served as a board member for the Los Angeles based Sam Francis Foundation. 

    Gabrielle Selz is an art historian, fine art appraiser, and award-winning author. Her most recent book was the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, Light on Fire: the Art and Life of Sam Francis, which was awarded the Silver Medal for Best Nonfiction by the California Book Awards 2021. Her previous book, Unstill Life: Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction, received the best memoir of the year award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and was listed as one of the best books of 2014 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her essays have appeared in The New Yorker, More Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beat, Literary Hub, Berkeleyside and Newsday among others. Her art criticism has appeared in Art Forum, Hyperallergic and Art Papers.
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  • May Colorful Connections

    • 20 May 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • virtual
    • 36
    • 4 registrants
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    Colorful Connections is an opportunity to gather informally with other members of ISCC for a little socializing, networking and learning from each other. Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience. Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation! 

    Note that this is Members Only event. Not a member, no problem - Join here!

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  • Color Impact 2025: Color as Communication

    • 16 Jun 2025
    • 8:30 AM
    • 18 Jun 2025
    • 5:30 PM
    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
    • 20 registrants
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    Join us at Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY, on June 16-18, 2025. We have full days planned for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, including formal presentations, panels, receptions, and maybe even a few surprises!

    Prior to the conference, will offer a full day of workshops on Sunday June 15. Workshop participants as well as anyone who wishes to arrive a day early can also reserve a dorm room for the night of Saturday June 14.

    Registration fees and costs for optional events are available now. Registration will open on March 21, International Colour Day. Here are details about accommodations.

    If you are already a Color Council Member, be sure to sign in before you register to receive the Member Discount. If you are new to ISCC or not yet a member, join now and save $75 on your conference registration.

    We look forward to seeing you in June!

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International Color Day March 21


International Colour Day is an annual event celebrating colour. It is supported by the International Colour Association/AIC. Events are happening everywhere. 

Learn more at AIC - International Color Association

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The Color Council regularly holds several types of events, both in person and virtually. The goal of these events varies, but all center on educating our membership and the greater color community. We hope to see you at one of these soon!



Colour Literacy Forums are a part of the larger Colour Literacy Project is exploring new approaches to colour education as a multidisciplinary system of connections between science, art and design, industry, technology, and culture. Fluency with the language of color sharpens our visual intelligence, expands our perceptions, and enhances our ability to communicate.

21st century color literacy is not just for scientists and artists — it is for everyone. 



Fluorescent Fridays are one-hour virtual events serving as a platform for university students from all disciplines to network with color professionals and fellow students, and to explore cutting-edge information about color’s role in our lives and applications in the world.

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Colorful Connections is an opportunity to gather informally with other members of ISCC for a little socializing, networking and learning from each other. Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience. Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation!

Note that this is Members Only event. Not a member, no problem - Join here!

Our Annual meeting brings the entire membership together, either virtually or in person. The topics vary, but they are always designed to address the broad spectrum of interests present in our membership.

The most recent meeting, Color Impact 2023, was in Rochester NY in June 2023.


Our Cutting Edge Color webinar series provides an opportunity for a deeper dive into all matter of subjects related to color. Many of these are recorded, and recordings are made available to the membership.

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For a list of past events, visit the complete events listing.


Our quarterly 45-minute lecture series  is a deeper dive into a range of topics related to color.  The public is invited to register FREE for live events, and members have access to recordings. 

BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile 

Presented by Dr Elisabeth Berry Drago, Director of Visitor Engagement at the Science History Institute. Recorded last January 23, 2024.

screen grab of Dr Elizabeth Drago presenting a slide on how the museum sets up an exhibit

We are sharing this webinar to non-members for free. Visit this link to the webinar BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile and enter your name and email address. 

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