GAERF Announces Winners of 2011 Student Design Competition
Graphic arts students throughout the U.S. displayed high degrees of creativity and talent in their entries for the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation’s (GAERF) 2011 Student Design Competition. This third annual contest challenged secondary and post-secondary school students to design marketing materials to promote graphicCOMMcentral.org, a website providing visitors with a direct connection to an extensive network of resources and information for and about today’s graphic communications industry.
From among the 225 entries, six winners were chosen, three at the secondary school level and three at the post-secondary school level.
First place winners and their instructors received a two-day all-inclusive paid trip to attend GRAPH EXPO 2011. In addition, they will be presented with a $2,000 check during GRAPH EXPO 2011’s Career Awareness Day, on Wednesday, September 14. The second place winners will each be awarded $1,500, and the third place winners will each receive $1,000.
“GAERF is proud to continue its commitment to supporting education initiatives by encouraging creativity and self-expression in students through the art of design and production,” says GAERF President Ralph Nappi. “Most impressive is the significant number of entries received, a 64% increase over the number received for last year’s contest. The GAERF 2011 Student Design Competition has served to recognize our best and brightest students, as well as the significant commitment of their instructors.”
All student entries are featured in a special display within GRAPH EXPO 2011’s Education Main Street, and posted on both the GAERF website: www.gaerf.org and www.graphicCOMMcentral.org.
GAERF 2011 Student Design Competition
And the winners are....
Secondary School Level
1st Place: Kyle Daum
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School
Fall River, MA
Instructor: Raymond Machado
2nd Place: Tyler Hayes
Rockland BOCES High School
West Nyack, NY
Instructor: Patrick Mitrione
3rd Place: Karissa Tollier
Applied Technology Education Campus
Camden, SC
Instructor: Walker Canada
Post-Secondary School Level
1st Place: Kaela SooHoo
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Instructor: Lorraine Donegan
2nd Place: Sierra Norman
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Instructor: Lorraine Donegan
3rd Place: Hallie Helbert
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Instructor: Lorraine Donegan
