Department of Visual Communication and Design

Winners: Spring 2012 BFA Exhibition

Left to right: Judith Strieby-Raska, Professor Michelle Nelson (external juror), Brittanie Stabler, Matt Janes, Daniel Bourbonais, Chenyi Lin, Michael Colabrossi, Ana Myers, Amba Clark, Maddie Skinner.

VCD Seniors Make Their Mark

Department of Visual Communication and Design BFA graduates had the privilege of having their work judged by Michelle Nelson MFA, who is currently associate professor of graphic design at Youngstown State University where she heads the Graphic + Interactive Design concentration program. The VCD senior exhibition is currently on display at the Jeffery R. Krull Gallery at the Downtown Allen County Public Library until May 25, 2012.

Seventeen seniors, led by instructor Pete Piekarski, creative lead/senior art director at LaBov & Beyond in Fort Wayne, displayed their senior projects in “Make Your Mark” showcasing their accomplishments in graphic design, imaging and photography and modeling and animation. “It was exciting to see a modeling and animation project take Best-in-Show for the first time,” said Chuck O’Connor, Dean of the College and Visual and Performing Arts, and Haig David-West

During their opening night award ceremony at the Allen County Public Library on Friday, April 13, 2012, Nelson congratulated them, saying, “It is never easy to do something innovative. It is never easy to do something that has never been tried. Each of these young creatives has searched to produce a unique visual voice in a world with many voices, and they have succeeded.”

2012 Addy Award Winners

John Illang Illang, left, received Best of Show in the 2012 Addy Awards, and Emma McCarron, right, received silver.