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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Artist Shit Sandwich: Navigating Fear and Hope Throughout Your Career
DESCRIPTION:Join GCA for a webinar titled “The Artist Shit Sandwich: Navigating Fear and Hope Throughout Your Career” on Tuesday\, December 8th at 12pm MT/2pm ET\, sponsored by American Greetings. Register Here. \nWebinar Description: The secret to happiness and success isn’t finding a job\, career\, life\, or anything that is 100% amazing; it’s finding the specific brand of “shit” that is most palatable to you—or in other words\, the struggle you are willing to tolerate. People often fail because they want the “sandwich\,” but they aren’t willing to eat the “filling”. \nJoin Kate as she breaks down the professional artist “sandwich” and unpacks its two most dominant flavors—fear and hope. Learn how to successfully eat the professional artist sandwich so that fear doesn’t choke you\, and hope becomes a strategy for survival and growth. \nPractical takeaways:\n1. Develop the awareness and ability to sort through fear and hope in your body\n2. Learn how to use hope as a practical engine for action that drives tangible results\n3. Understand the cost of making fear-based decisions in your career \nThis webinar is free for GCA members and $50 for non-members. The recording will be posted to the Resource Center after. \nSpeaker: Kate Smith\, Owner\, Kate Smith Co. Kate Smith is an artist who makes humans smile in collaboration with the coolest licensing partners in the U.S. and U.K. \nAbout the brand:\nKate Smith Co.™ is here to make you smile. We want to remind you that happy is here. All around us\, always… hidden in ordinary moments\, small actions and simple gifts. We scour the world for these everyday sparks and smoosh them into our products because small joys can lead to a happy day. And when you string together a bunch of happy days\, you get a happy life. It’s just mathematics. \nKate Smith Co. art can be found in retail stores across the USA\, Canada\, and the UK—including Target\, CVS\, Walmart\, Meijer\, Rite Aid\, Whole Foods\, Barnes & Noble\, Tesco\, and more. Kate Smith Co. art has been licensed in over 26 product categories\, including apparel\, publishing\, stationery\, home accessories\, drink and dinnerware\, gift\, novelty\, lottery games\, and digital entertainment. \nThank you to our Webinar Sponsor\n \n 
URL:https://www.greetingcard.org/event/webinar-the-artist-shit-sandwich-navigating-fear-and-hope-throughout-your-career/
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SUMMARY:GCA Reception at Atlanta Market Winter 2027
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the chance to connect with fellow GCA members while you’re attending the Atlanta Show. \nDate: Thursday\, January 14th \nTime: 6:00 – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Exact Location will be provided upon RSVP \nDrinks and food will be provided. An RSVP is required to attend. \nRSVP here
URL:https://www.greetingcard.org/event/gca-reception-at-atlanta-market-winter-2027/
LOCATION:AmericasMart Atlanta\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noted: The Greeting Card Expo 2027
DESCRIPTION:Noted: The Greeting Card Expo\nJanuary 31 – February 2\, 2027\nIn partnership with NY NOW\nJavits Center\, New York City\nNoted: The Greeting Card Expo is a greeting card industry event\, created by the community\, for the community. Since launched by the Greeting Card Association in 2019\, Noted has been the largest gathering of greeting card makers in North America. The goal is to gather all parts of the greeting card community\, provide new connections\, discover products and resources\, and celebrate the diversity of greeting cards and the people behind them. \nNoted will feature a dedicated section within the NY NOW Winter Market show floor. This combined event will continue a successful partnership that brings together greeting card publishers\, artists and retailers from across the industry. Noted’s return further strengthens NY NOW’s position as a comprehensive wholesale marketplace where buyers can efficiently source across multiple product categories while participating in industry-leading events and programming. \nRead more here.
URL:https://www.greetingcard.org/event/noted-the-greeting-card-expo-2027/
LOCATION:Javits Center\, 655 W. 34th St\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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SUMMARY:2027 Greeting Card Conference
DESCRIPTION:GCA’s Annual Greeting Card Conference is heading to Albuquerque\, New Mexico on September 20-22\, 2027.
URL:https://www.greetingcard.org/event/2027-greeting-card-conference/
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SUMMARY:Thinking of You Week 2027
DESCRIPTION:Send a Card\, Deliver a Smile\nMany people know the pleasure and comfort that greeting cards and hand-written notes can bring as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family. Scientists have studied people’s brains as they open a piece of hand-written personal mail and observed how the pleasure waves just light up! \nThinking of You Week is an international movement to celebrate the joy of sending and receiving hand-written notes and greeting cards. \nBetween September 20-26\, 2027 help us create a wave of happiness across the globe by letting people know that we’re “Thinking of You”. \nThinking of You Week is all about the personal touch! View the Thinking of You Week Website
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