Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation Announces Winners of 2011 Student Design Competition

Each year, GAERF selects a new theme for the design competition. The theme for 2011 challenged students to create two marketing pieces (chosen from Website Banner, Postcard, or Display Ad) that were designed to drive traffic to graphicCOMMcentral.org.

The Winners:

From among 225 entries, six winners were chosen, three at the secondary level and three at the post-secondary level.

Secondary Students (view gallery)

• 1st Place: Kyle Daum, Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School, Fall River, MA
  (Instructor: Raymond Machado)
• 2nd Place: Tyler Hayes, Rockland BOCES, West Nyack, NY
  (Instructor: Patrick Mitrione)
• 3rd Place: Karissa Tolliver, Applied Technology Education Campus, Camden, SC
  (Instructor: Walker Canada)

Post-Secondary Students (view gallery)

• 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)

The Prizes:

1st Place Awards: $2,000 plus a two-day (Sept. 13-14) all-expenses paid trip for the student and instructor to attend GRAPH EXPO 2011, in Chicago, IL
(one secondary winner; one post-secondary winner)
2nd Place Awards: $1,500
(one secondary winner; one post-secondary winner)
3rd Place Awards: $1,000
(one secondary winner; one post-secondary winner)