Winners Announced in 2010 Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition
Simona Giordano of Fontana, California is the grand prize winner in The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition 2010. Simona created a winning poster design that integrated in the theme for The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition, “Life is Better with Art In It.”
Sponsored by The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts, The Poster Design Competition was created to recognize, encourage and reward young artistic talent at the high school level. High school seniors were eligible to enter the competition to express their visual interpretation of why “Life is Better With Art in It.”
As grand prize winner, Simona earns a full-tuition scholarship to study at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. In addition to earning the grand prize of a full- tuition scholarship, Simona will attend a Congressional Reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. with representatives from The Art Institutes, Americans for the Arts and invited members of Congress, honoring the work of the grand-prize winner and the work of the local winners in the competition.
The national second place winner is Emily Jack who will earn a half-tuition scholarship to study at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
The national third place winner is Nels Arne who will earn a quarter-tuition scholarship to study at The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago.
The competition, which began in February, took place in two stages - locally and nationally. Students submitted their entries to a participating Art Institutes location school, where local competitions were held and a winner from each participating Art Institutes school was selected. These first place local winners' entries were placed into consideration for national judging.
A panel of graphic design professionals visited The Art Institutes' Web site and scored the 46 entries on a 100 point-value system.
View the Local First Place Winners in The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition 2010.
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