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FLC students win awards in international design competition
Five Fort Lewis College graphic design students have been recognized by Graphis: The International Journal of Visual Communication, for their talents in design and advertising. Andrew Althage, Brynn Seitzman, Victoria Barber, Will Morrison (B.A. Art, Graphic Design, 2014) and Morningstar Tapia (B.A. Art, Graphic Design, 2014) received merits for their works in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2015. Althage had two pieces accepted.
The students’ pieces were as follows:
- Andrew Althage, Design Poster, Happy Meal? Child Obesity Awareness
- Andrew Althage, Design CD/DVD, Car Crash Band Album Promotion
- Victoria Barber, Advertising Pharmaceuticals, MRI Athletic Multi Tri-System Ad Campaign
- Will Morrison, Advertising Sports, Ad Campaign for Calloway Golf
- Brynn Seitzman, Design Poster, Save Our Forest
- Morningstar Tapia, Design Typography, Ashley CallingBull in Native Peoples
Each year, Graphis hosts the New Talent competition, inviting students from around the world to enter works jointly with a professor. The Graphis publication and website is viewed by international corporate and professional audiences.
Althage and Seitzman completed their projects under the guidance of assistant professor Shawn Meek, while Barber, Morrison and Tapia were mentored by associate professor and head of the Graphic Design program, Paul Booth.
“Our students who received merit awards from Graphis are very talented and deserve this recognition for their work,” says Meek. “This puts Fort Lewis College’s Graphic Design program on the map, and we are honored and excited.”
Fort Lewis College was the only Colorado college or university to have students selected for the Graphis New Talent Annual 2015. This is the first year that Fort Lewis students have been awarded this honor from Graphis. View the students’ work in the Graphis online portfolio.
The Fort Lewis Graphic Design program started in 2007 and has grown steadily since, earning a strong reputation for real-world, communication design education that fosters conceptual development. Today, Fort Lewis students are gaining regional and national attention for their work. Learn more at www.fortlewis.edu/art-design.
About Fort Lewis College
Fort Lewis College is the Southwest's crossroads of education and adventure. Located in mountainous and historic Durango, Colorado, the college’s liberal arts perspective leads to transformative learning experiences that foster entrepreneurship, leadership, creative problem solving, and lifelong learning. Fort Lewis has been named one of America’s Top Colleges and a Best Western College by Forbes and a Best Western College by Princeton Review. With students from all 50 states, 155 American Indian tribes and Native Alaskan villages, and 17 countries and a 19:1 student-to-faculty ratio, Fort Lewis offers students a rich community in which to engage and explore. Learn more at www.fortlewis.edu.