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Are your photos worth thousands of words? Thousands of dollars? Thousands more photos? Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor Stella Kramer will help you get the picture—and figure out where to sell it—at mediabistro.com's one-night Photography Portfolio Review on Wednesday, December 16 in New York. Come to get your book critiqued and edited, stay to learn practical information and insider tips on how to get magazine jobs and build a career as an editorial freelancer. A more dynamic, lucrative portfolio is a click away.

Enhance your resume and your vacation photos with the mediabistro mothership's two-day crash course in Adobe Photoshop, back by popular demand. In one short post-Thanksgiving weekend (December 5 and 6), you can get up and running on the program of programs—the subject of many an ethical debate—under the guidance of professional photo retoucher Mara Sachs, who has a blackbelt in Photoshop (or at least is an Adobe Certified Expert in the program). Learn more here.

Are your photos worth thousands of words? Thousands of dollars? Thousands more photos? Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor Stella Kramer will help you get the picture (and figure out where to sell it) at Mediabistro's one-night Breaking Into Editorial Photography seminar on Monday, December 7 in New York. Students will learn about how to get coveted magazine jobs and build a career as an editorial freelancer. Here's your chance to hear tips on creating a dynamic portfolio, what photo editors at top publications are looking for, and when it pays to get representation; registration is a click away.

Here's your chance to get the scoop on the graduate program that we can't stop talking about. This Saturday, November 7, the School of Visual Arts' Design Criticism department will host an afternoon of presentations and informal discussion about its MFA in Design Criticism, better known by its rapper name, D-Crit. Students will talk about their experiences so far, D-Crit chairperson Alice Twemlow will provide a program overview, and faculty members Akiko Busch, Andrea Codrington, Steven Heller, and Phil Patton will discuss the courses they teach. We hear that there will be drinks (mimosas!) and snacks (doughnuts!), and if you ask nicely, we suspect they'll let you peruse the twelve-volume reprint set of Domus that we spied in one of the D-Crit classrooms on a recent visit. Get all of the details here. Can't make the open house? Click "continued..." for a look at the remaining events in the department's stellar fall lecture series.

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The signs have really been there from the beginning, so this should really come as no surprise. Despite an influx of out of work students returning to school to receive various degrees in architecture, there have been questions over whether this is such a good idea, horribly gloomy reports from those inside university programs about future prospects, and even schools themselves telling students to scram for a year. And just a view of the industry itself these past couple of years doesn't paint a very rosy picture at all either. So when the Higher Education Career Services organization in the UK announces that a study has found that less than 50% of graduating architecture students are finding jobs, it isn't very revelatory. But it certainly doesn't make it any less unfortunate. Here's a bit:

Mike Hill, chief executive of HECSU, said: "We're now starting to see the extent of the impact the recession has had on graduate employment.

"Any signs of economic recovery may not be reflected in the destinations of new graduates until the 2010 graduating cohort. In fact it's likely that unemployment for 2009 graduates may be even higher than that reported here."

The elaborately costumed educational boosters at mediabistro.com are handing out more than fun-size Snickers this Halloween. They've asked us to pass along a special treat: 30% off multi-week courses when you sign up today, October 30. The deal comes just in time to save on mb's four-week online course in comic book and graphic novel writing, which kicks off Monday night. Taught by comics writer, consultant, and publicist David Seidman, the course will show you the entire comics-making process, from devising a proposal and writing word balloons to surviving Comic-Con and handling Hollywood. By the end of class, you'll have created a plot and script for a short comics story and be ready to help Disney monetize all that newly acquired Marvel IP. Enter promo code SAVE30 when submitting payment to receive your spooktacular savings.

(Photos: Laura Yeffeth)

As Richard Wilde, chairman of the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department at New York's School of Visual Arts, celebrates his fortieth year at the College, SVA is recognizing him with a dazzling exhibition of iconic works by more than 100 alumni from throughout his tenure. Designed by Kevin O'Callaghan, "The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture" features a This is Your Life-style slate of design stars—including Rodrigo Corral, Drew Hodges (SpotCo), James Victore, Julia Hoffman (MoMA), Archie Ferguson (HarperCollins), Molly Sheahan (BBDO), and Scott Wadler (MTV Networks)—and their greatest hits, from Pepsi ad campaigns and CD packaging for Eminem to theatrical posters and the irresistible book jacket for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. The exhibition runs through Saturday, November 7, at the Visual Arts Gallery in New York City, and the sooner you get there, the more time you'll have to spend with the giant old-school TV:

Earn the grudging approval of The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy without even leaving your home. On Monday, November 2, mediabistro.com kicks off a four-week online course in comic book and graphic novel writing. Taught by comics writer, consultant, and publicist David Seidman (whose credits include Simpsons Comics), the course will show you the entire comics-making process, from devising a proposal and writing word balloons to surviving Comic-Con International and handling Hollywood. By the end of class, you'll have created a plot and script for a short comics story and be ready to impress even the most jaded holder of a master's degree in folklore and mythology. In Los Angeles trying to figure out how Disney is going to monetize all that Marvel IP? Learn from Seidman in person at his one-night seminar on October 26.

Earn the grudging approval of The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy without even leaving your home. On Monday, November 2, mediabistro.com kicks off a four-week online course in comic book and graphic novel writing. Taught by comics writer, consultant, and publicist David Seidman (whose credits include Simpsons Comics), the course will show you the entire comics-making process, from devising a proposal and writing word balloons to surviving Comic-Con International and handling Hollywood. By the end of class, you'll have created a plot and script for a short comics story and be ready to impress even the most jaded holder of a master's degree in folklore and mythology. In Los Angeles trying to figure out how Disney is going to monetize all that Marvel IP? Learn from Seidman in person at his one-night seminar on October 26.

Admit it. Your seven-year-old nephew could out-HTML tag you any day and you think that a Cascading Style Sheet is something with a thread count. That's where the Mediabistro mothership comes in. They've asked us to tell you about the upcoming weekend course in HTML Fundamentals. Over two Saturdays (October 10 and October 17) in New York City, artist, designer, and interactive developer David Tristman will teach you the basic structure of HTML and many commonly used tags as well as the role of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in HTML pages and current recommendations such as XHTML. By Sunday, you'll be creating fully functional web pages and geeky birthday cakes like the one pictured above. Register here to get cooking with HTML.