Levi Hastings, an alumnus from the MSU Graphic Design program, was recently named Illustrator of the Day by theartfuls.com website. Levi is currently working and residing in Seattle.
Dana Tanamachi, Visiting Artist
Many thanks and gratitude go out to Dana Tanamachi for her visit October 18-21. Dana, a custom chalk letterer and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, NY, made the journey west to meet with our students and share her amazing work. Before becoming a full-time chalk artist, Dana was a designer at SpotCo and Louise Fili, Inc. in NYC. Dana recently was recognized as one of the NY Art Director Club's Young Guns for 2011.
National Student Advertising Competition Honors
Congratulations go to Mike Gold's Marketing Class which took 2nd place at the National Student Advertising Competition in Boise, ID. Graphic Design students spend two semesters working collaboratively with Marketing students in this year-long course at MSU. This year, the corporate sponsor was JCPenney and the students focused on helping JCPenney reach a younger, broader target market.
Blaine Halvorson of Junk Food
Notorious artist and respected entrepreneur Blaine Halvorson returned to his old stomping grounds in the School of Art at MSU to meet up with students in Stephanie Newman’s new class called GDSN 376 Screenprinting. Giving students insider tips and artistic insights Blaine shared his knowledge of how to use modern screenprinting as a powerful graphic medium. Blaine is one of the original founders of the Los Angeles based company Junk Food, which produces licensed t-shirts for massive franchises like the NFL, NBA and NASCAR, as well as for musical legends like AC/DC, KISS, Jimi Hendrix, Motley Crew, Pink Floyd, Run DMC, The Who, Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Check out some of his distressed t-shirt designs at www.junkfoodclothing.com.
Senior Wins Internship with Time Warner
Graphic design senior Whit Connolly recently placed in the top 5 of the Student Design Competition sponsored by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD) in New York City. Whit received a prestigious honorable mention in this national contest or her humorous 4-page layout depicting how to properly make and use finger puppets. For this honor she will receive a summer internship with Time Warner publishing company’s People Magazine in Manhattan beginning in June along with complementary housing supplied by Time Warner. Whit, who is from Ennis, joins a string of Montana State University seniors who have dominated this national competition for the past 5 years. In 2008, SPD winner Paul Johnson received an internship at National Geographic Adventurer and in 2007 another MSU graduate Allison Mclean was awarded an internship at Marie Claire magazine, part of the Hearst Corporation. Congratulations!
Montana Student ADDY Awards
In their third year to enter work in the Montana Addy Awards, MSU Graphic Design students received 8 Gold Addy awards, 20 Silver Addy awards 4 Bronze Addy awards and one Best in Show. Graphic Design professors Jeffrey Conger and Jason Johnson made the road trip to Great Falls with several seniors to receive the student accolades and visit with alumni at the award ceremony. All of the student winners are forwarded to the American Advertising Federation District Xl Student Addy competition in Boise, Idaho, where their work competes with students from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
BEST OF SHOW
Best of Show – Tess Arvesen – Buy Nothing Day
BROCHURE CATEGORY
Silver Addy – Gabrielle Althoff – Time 100
Silver Addy – Alexa Audet – Time 100
Silver Addy – Jenny Keller – Time 100
Silver Addy – Samantha Delvo – Time 100
POSTER CATEGORY
Gold Addy – Dominique Fultz – Polish Poster
Silver Addy – Ryan Stevens – 13th Hour Movie Poster #1
Silver Addy – Ryan Stevens – 13th Hour Movie Poster #2
Bronze Addy – Andrew Lockhart – Stand by for Mars
OUT-OF-HOME
Gold Addy – Keri Thorpe – MSU Promo Banner
NON-TRADITIONAL ADVERTISING
Gold Addy and Best of Show – Tess Arvesen – Buy Nothing Day
Silver Addy – Audrey Lee – Live Strong Monumental Idea
MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN
Silver Addy – Jeremy Scott – Silverton Mountain
INTERACTIVE WEB DESIGN
Gold Addy - Tammi Heneveld – Personal Website
Silver Addy - Mary Meccage – Personal Website
Bronze Addy – Keri Thorpe - Personal Website
COVER
Gold Addy – Kristie Peck – Time Magazine Cover
Silver Addy – Casey Kutz – Time Magazine Cover
Silver Addy - Bre Huston – Time Magazine Cover
EDITORIAL SPREAD
Gold Addy – Jenny Keller – Soul to Sole Book
Silver Addy – Gabrielle Althoff – Wizardly Words of Wisdom Book
LOGO
Gold Addy – Jeremy Scott – Eagle Mount
Silver Addy – Kathryn Manning – Dancing Deer
Silver Addy – Samantha Delvo – Sherwin Williams
Silver Addy – Mike Spencer – Pet Airways
Silver Addy – Brittany Constantino – Bed Bath and Beyond
Silver Addy – Claire Bischoff – Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
ILLUSTRATION
Silver Addy – Emily Newhouse – Living the Good Life
Silver Addy – Brittany Constantino – Banana Ride
Silver Addy - Dominique Fultz – Ride Snowboard
Bronze Addy – Andrew Lockhart – Melting Cactus
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bronze Addy – Mike Spencer – Blue Hills
ANIMATION
Gold Addy – Ryan Stevens – 13th Hour Opening Credits
Screenprinting Workshop with Ben Barry of Facebook
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