Read Nancy Sharon Collins' published article, If Edith Wharton Had Facebooked on AIGA Voice.
In August, Mrs. Collins will present "Mad Men New Orleans Style" at the international typography conference, TypeCon , this year in Los Angeles. At TypeCon in Atlanta, 2009, Mrs. Collins again gave her popular engraving workshop and presented the south Louisiana notion of readable text.
In May, 2010, she co-facilitated a chapter history and archiving workshop at the AIGA Leadership Retreat in Chattanooga and in 2009 presented the History of Graphic Design in South Louisiana (HGD-SL) project to the AIGA Leadership Retreat in Seattle.
In 2010 Mrs. Collins will continue to co-chair Fresh Fest, formerly known as New Orleans Green Salon a full day of presentations, music and information about sustainability and the creative communities of the Crescent City. Her article about it has been published in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice, click "article" in the second paragraph. Currently she teaches advanced typography for UCLA extensions online and is an instructor of graphic design at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Mrs. Collins is also AIGA New Orleans director of special projects and HGD-SL. Check-out this interview by the City x Design project.