The Visual Art & Design Department invites all Salt Lake Community College students to participate in a poster design contest announcing the 2023 SLCC Student Art Showcase.
This contest is open to all presently enrolled SLCC and SLCC Concurrent Enrollment students. Professionals, instructors, or students working as professionals are not eligible. Entrants must be able to verify student status.
The winning poster design will be used to promote the 2023 SLCC Student Art Showcase on campus as well as other venues and media. In addition, $200 will awarded to the winner.
Exhibit Dates: April 4 through April 14*, 2022 Salt Lake Community College Multipurpose Room 1575 South State Street / SLC, UT
Monday through Friday / 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
*Exhibit closes at 4 p.m. on April 14.
Poster Contest Winner by Everest Barrowes
For the past 37 years, the Salt Lake Community College Visual Art & Design Department faculty has organized the Art Showcase to display the talents of SLCC students.
President Deneece Huftalin – Salt Lake Community College
Dean Richard Scott – School of Arts, Communication & Media
PRESIDENT’S AWARD “View of a Bird’s Eye” by Dylan Anderson
DEAN’S AWARD “Weighing the Options” by Emma Zaugg
GUEST SHOW JUDGES
The four independent judges for the Showcase were invited from the working artist community and represented a wide range of art disciplines. The Committee thanks them for their expertise and time spent supporting our show!
Robert Barrett Steward Craig Jennifer Palmer Peterson Timothy
Judge’s Choice Award “Cass” by Jessica Barlocker
Judge’s Choice Award “Masks for a Cause” by Emily Slingerland
Judge’s Choice Award “Scout & Grumble” by Ramona Startup
Judge’s Choice Award “SAD no. 2 – Week Old Burger and Fries” by Paul Ward
INK GROUP AWARD “Neuland John Steinbeck Quote” by Ariel Martin
Terry Martin Award “Golden Glow” by Brooklyn Ottens
Award of Excellence “In Case You Didn’t Remember” by Sharyl Meyers Adamson
Award of Excellence “Avocado” byChuck Call
Award of Excellence “Signs of the Times Zine” by Anna Daniel
Award of Excellence “Project Snooze Cylinder” byAriel Martin
Award of Excellence “Ariel’s Boro Guide Queens – Self-Portrait” by Ariel Martin
Award of Excellence “Toy” byJude Davis
Award of Excellence “Phantasmic” byEmma Muller
Award of Excellence “Madame Ruth Lilith Lilypad” byRobyn Kibbie
Award of Excellence “Teacher’s Hand” byZahir Lawrence
Award of Excellence “Breaking Through” byEllette Schneider
Award of Excellence “Home for Christmas” byJessica Silva
Award of Excellence “Imaginary Capture” byEmma Zaugg
To see all award winners and pieces accepted into the show:
In addition to those above, these behind-the-scenes hardworking VAD Faculty listed below, helped jury the show, hang the show, provide security, gather awards, and once the show is over will tear down and return artwork.
Their dedication to our students, and preparation for the showcase, should be applauded:
Rob Adamson
Chad Erekson
Rick Graham
Whitney King Hyans
Neal Reiland
Trudy Richardson
Ed Rosenberger
Robinson Valenzuela
We would also like to thank the generous support of:
Dean Richard Scott – School of Arts, Communication & Media
Bryan Griggs – VAD Associate Dean
Josh Elstein – Center for Arts & Media Coordinator
James Walton – Art Gallery & Event Coordinator
Cindy Denos – VAD Administrative Assistant
Alyssa Claerhout – VAD Specialist
SLCC Student Association
SLCC Arts & Cultural Events
We hope to see you next year for the 2023 Showcase! GREAT SHOW EVERYONE!
Virtual National Leadership & Skills Conference June 21 – 24, 2021
Congratulations to Graphic Design & Communications student Brittani Hodgkinson!
The Visual Art & Design Department of Salt Lake Community College is very proud of Brittani for bringing home the Silver Award in Advertising Design! Brittani placed second in this national contest showcasing career and technical education students. SkillsUSA conducts this contest annually as a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA serves more than 372,655 students and instructors annually.
From Brittani:
“Here is my submission for SkillsUSA nationals. I had 1.5 hours to do a technical challenge by recreating an advertisement (not posted here), and then 4 hours to complete 30+ hand drawn thumbnails, a logo, three instagram ads, a bag design, and a sticker.”
“The company was Greenie Feelys: Love the Earth and the goal was to present eco-awareness in a new and refreshing way. My focus was on loving the planet, which is why my logo is the earth in the shape of a heart. We had to do two versions: full color and single color.”
“For the ads, I decided to do something lighthearted and yet serious underneath by using mythological/aliens as an excuse to love the planet. I would have loved to draw in an alien ship in the first ad, but time was so crunched, I didn’t make it.I hope that you enjoy these designs!”
SLCC Visual Art & Design Department Assistant Professor Virag White organized the state event to allow Brittani to participate virtually. This was no small feat due to many security paramaters put forth by SkillsUSA. Many thanks to Virag for her dedication in supporting Brittani and representing the SLCC Visual Art & Design Department and Graphic Design & Communications program, as an expert SkillsUSA advisor!
The Visual Art & Design Department would like to invite you to the 2021 Salt Lake Community College Student Art Showcase. See the wonderful artwork of our very talented students.
Online Awards Reception: Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:30 – 6pm
Online Exhibit Dates: April 1 through April 15, 2021
Award Winners Exhibit: April 1 through April 15, 2021
SLCC South City Campus East Entrance LED Wall Center for Arts & Media 1575 South State Street Salt Lake City, UT
Monday through Friday / 10am to 6pm
Exhibit closes at 4pm on April 15.
For more information contact: Robinson Valenzuela robinson.valenzuela@slcc.edu
The Student Art Showcase Committee would like to congratulate Sophia Araujo Jacobs for placing first in the 2021 Salt Lake Community College Student Art Showcase Poster Design Contest. Sophia is a Graphic Design & Communications student in the Visual Art & Design Department. Be sure to look for her design on electronic signage and lab computer screens throughout Salt Lake Community College campuses.
Call for Entries!
SLCC students submit artwork online: March 3 – 9, 2021
Submissions will close at 11:59 pm on March 9th.
This Visual Art & Design Department invites all currently enrolled SLCC students to submit artwork to the annual Student Art Showcase.
Professionals or instructors are not eligible. Entrants must be able to verify student status.
Note: Submission DOES NOT guarantee inclusion in the Art Showcase as submitted pieces will be juried first.
For Example: Four (4) submissions per student are allowed. 1, 2, 3, and/or 4 – or NONE may be accepted for display in the Art Showcase.
For more information visit VAD / 2021 SLCC Student Art Showcase at: slcc.edu/visualart
Associate Professor Kerry Gonzáles – Visual Art & Design
Assistant Professor Jodie Jones – Communication
Student Kaori Schrank – Visual Art & Design
Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer is a recognition of quality work by one of Salt Lake Community College’s full-time faculty and a charge to develop that work over an academic year into a public presentation. A committee chosen by the Associate Provost for Learning Advancement selects the faculty lecturer each year. The lecture takes place in the spring.
Craig E. Ferrin, PhD
Professor, Performing Arts, Music
The need for creative problem-solving and leadership has increased exponentially in our complex and mobile society, says Dr. Craig E. Ferrin, SLCC’s 2021 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Students today must learn to be specialists and require formal training in creativity and leadership skills to be successful.
Craig’s faculty lecture, titled “Instructional Agility: A Framework for Teaching Creativity & Leadership in Content Rich Courses,” will adapt several “Agile” frameworks for instructional delivery. These are iterative development approaches that evolve incrementally through collaboration. They encourage research and experimentation in the creative process.
“The creative process is messy,” Craig says. “Without frameworks, creativity can spiral out of control to the point that little is accomplished within the required time frame.” The Agile approach provides structure to the creative process by emphasizing teamwork, organization, accountability, inspection and adaptation.
Craig’s presentation will seek to provide effective methodologies for improving productivity skills, including critical thinking and problem-solving; adaptability and flexibility; innovation and creativity; communication; and leadership.
Craig earned his undergraduate degree and his doctorate from the University of Utah and his master’s from Northwestern University in music education. After teaching in public schools for 12 years, he joined the faculty at SLCC in 2002, where he instructs students in performance and music business. Outside of the college, Craig performs regularly with the Murray Concert Band, the Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble and Utah’s CityJazz Big Band.
Teaching Excellence Award
The Teaching Excellence Award is given by the Salt Lake Community College Foundation Board to recognize excellence in professional education at SLCC. There are three campus-wide annual Teaching Excellence Awards: two full-time faculty and one part-time faculty. The award reflects a cumulative body of teaching excellence rather than just a single year of exemplary work.
Kerry Gonzáles
Associate Professor, Visual Art & Design
Kerry Gonzáles was fresh out of high school when she began her two-plus decades career in graphic design, working as an intern while studying at the University of Utah. She was invited to join SLCC in 1997 as an adjunct instructor of graphic design and in 2002, she became a full-time faculty member.
Today, Kerry teaches seven different courses in SLCC’s Visual Art & Design (VAD) Department. She considers her work in maintaining strong, ongoing connections with alumni of the VAD program one of her greatest professional achievements. Kerry is in constant contact with more than 200 former SLCC students, and she often invites them to her classroom with a belief that current students benefit from seeing first-hand the connection between academics and career. Kerry is also a huge promoter of former students’ work and helps organize and promote the annual INK show, in which Graphic Design & Communications alumni display their art and design skills at the Center for Arts & Media at SLCC’s South City Campus.
With GD&C student Sophia Araujo Jacobs.
Photo: Whitney King Hyans
In addition to her focus on alumni, Kerry is dedicated to recruiting new students into the program. Once a student is on board, her main goal is to prepare them for entry into a work environment. One of the ways she does this is to develop projects that challenge students to think critically and to be self-starters and persistent while maintaining a good attitude. She believes this combination of perseverance and positivity often makes the difference between success and failure. “If I raise the bar, students will learn to fly over it,” she says.
Jodie Jones
Assistant Professor, Communication
For one of Jodie Jones’ students in her Conflict Management & Diversity course at SLCC, what she learned in the classroom, along with the help Jodie provided outside of school, was life changing. Other students and Jodie’s colleagues describe her as empathetic, helpful, kind, generous and patient, someone who makes learning fun and links theory to practice, making course materials relate to real events and situations.After teaching at Dixie State University, the University of Utah and Westminster College, Jodie began her work at SLCC in 2010 as an adjunct professor of Public Speaking and Conflict & Diversity. Since then she has taught three additional courses in communications and has become an assistant professor.
Jodie has a passion for teaching and helping students succeed by training them to think critically and introspectively. She views her teaching philosophy as a constant work-in-progress, and she is always considering ways to improve student engagement, incorporate diverse methodologies, build a collegial classroom community and develop robust curriculum. “I want students to leave each class with a sense that they can converse in course material with confidence, and I want students to feel they can call on the skill-sets they are learning because they are better communicators,” she says.
Jodie is also deeply committed to bettering her community. She holds a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Peacebuilding and since 2006, she has maintained her status as a volunteer mediator for victim-offender mediation in Utah Juvenile Court. In 2007, Jodie received the Victim/Offender Volunteer of the Year award, and she is currently a board member for the Restorative Justice Collaborative and the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution.
Provost’s Graduates of Excellence
This prestigious distinction recognizes hard work, commitment and selflessness. One student is selected from each school of the college and General Studies. These are students with excellent GPAs who typically have received scholarships and awards for their academic achievements. They have demonstrated leadership skills and a dedication toward serving others, in addition to other notable achievements related to the creative arts, athletic excellence or involvement in SLCC beyond the classroom.
Kaori Schrank
Visual Art & Design
“I am originally from a rural community near Kobe, Japan. Learning new concepts in my second language has been one of the most difficult tasks for me. In all of my classes at SLCC, the faculty members were so kind, caring and supportive. They were very willing to help me when I needed it. As a result of their help and my continuous effort, my GPA is 4.0, and I also received the Academic Excellence Award (Pride in Academics) for both 2019 and 2020. My artwork has also received awards and been on display in numerous shows and in printed materials for the college. Salt Lake Community College has given me many opportunities to excel, and I’ve strived to embody excellence during my time here.”
Kaori recently had these pieces accepted into the online 2020 SLCC Student Art Showcase gallery
The Student Art Showcase Committee would like to congratulate Leah Windley for placing first in the 2020 SLCC Student Art Showcase Poster Design Contest. Leah is a Graphic Design & Communications student in the Visual Art & Design Department. Be sure to look for her design to grace posters and electronic signage throughout Salt Lake Community College campuses.
The Committee would like to also thank all those who participated in the Contest. And… encourage all SLCC students to enter the Art Showcase this year.
STUDENT ART SHOWCASE
AWARDS & OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
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EXHIBIT DATES
April 3 – April 15 (Exhibit closes at 4:00 p.m. on April 15.)
Monday – Friday / 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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LOCATION South City Campus
Center for Arts & Media / Multipurpose Room
1575 S. State Street / SLC
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SLCC students can submit artwork online March 4 – March 10.
Submit online at:
slcc.edu/visualart
Questions? Contact Virag White, Art Showcase Chair: virag.white@slcc.edu
Note: Submission DOES NOT guarantee inclusion in the Art Showcase as submitted pieces will be juried first.
For example: Four (4) submissions per student are allowed. 1, 2, 3, and/or 4 – or – NONE may be accepted for display in the Showcase.
2020 SLCC STUDENT ART SHOWCASE POSTER DESIGN CONTEST
Submissions are Due: Tuesday, February 4th, 9 AM to Noon – or – Wednesday, February 5th, 1 to 3 PM.
Where to Submit: Kerry Gonzáles • SCC 2-177 – The Green Room • SLCC South City Campus • North End
The Visual Art & Design Department invites Salt Lake Community College students to participate in a poster design contest announcing the 2020 SLCC Student Art Showcase.
This contest is open to all currently enrolledSLCC and SLCC Concurrent Enrollment students. (Professionals or instructors are not eligible. Entrants must be able to verify student status.)
The winning poster design will be used to promote the 2020 SLCC Student Art Showcase on campus as well as other venues and media. In addition, a cash award of $200 will be given to the winner.
Only 1SUBMISSION PER STUDENT will be accepted. The SLCC Student Art Showcase Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any entry.
The student winner may be asked to alter elements of the design for all the various art show applications as needed. Keep in mind that both vertical and horizontal formats will be used as well as portions of the title. This will make changes easy to do.
Poster contest submissions will be hung in display cases located on the second floor, north end of the SLCC South City from February 5 through 14.
The SLCC Student Art Showcase Committee will make final determination as to winning entry.
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REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS
Document Setup:
Tabloid 11 x 17 inches (tall) output at 100%. Set top, left and right margins at .375 inch. The bottom margin should be set at 1.5 inches. This will allow a white border around the design. Full bleed posters will not be accepted.
File Format:
File should be created in either Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator ONLY. Adobe Photoshop may only be used to alter photos or create effects. Type works best in InDesign or Illustrator. Remember this is a PRINT JOB. The actual file should NOT be sent, but if chosen will need to be in one of the required native file formats, and will need to be adapted for various applications.
Originality:
Any illustration, graphic or photo must be the original work of the poster designer – or – a signed release form (if using another SLCC student(s)’s work, as in the case of photo or illustration) must be presented if a poster is chosen as the winner. No stock photos. No public domain photos. If more than one SLCC student works on the poster, all must be credited and all must share in the winnings if chosen.
Color:
4 Color Process (cmyk) or Pantone Spot Color on white paper. NO RGB!
Submission:
ONE output of poster design MUST BE SUBMITTED. Do not mount.
Student Information:
Please CLEARLY PRINT your NAME, PHONE and EMAIL on the back, lower right hand corner of your poster. Posters will not be accepted if these three items are not listed.
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REQUIRED INFORMATION TO BE ON POSTER DESIGN
The Visual Art & Design Department Presents the 2020 Salt Lake Community College Student Art Showcase (College name needs to be spelled out here! Abbreviations are okay after this.)
(Poster works two ways: 1 – As an announcement for the Awards Presentation and Exhibit Dates.)
Awards Presentation April 2 at 6 p.m.
SLCC South City Campus Multipurpose Room
Exhibit Dates April 3 – April 14 • Monday through Friday • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Multipurpose Room
SLCC South City Campus • Center for Arts & Media • 1575 S. State Street / SLC
(And 2 – Poster works as a call for entries.)
SLCC students submit artwork online March 4 – 10.
For more information visit VAD / 2020 Art Showcase at: slcc.edu/visualart
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All other copy is optional but subject to approval by the SLCC Student Art Showcase Committee if chosen.
Questions? Contact: Associate Professor Kerry Gonzáles kerry.gonzales@slcc.edu
Where to Submit: Kerry Gonzáles • SCC 2-177 – The Green Room • SLCC South City Campus • North End
When to Submit: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 9 AM to Noon – or – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 1 – 3 PM.
SkillsUSA’s 55th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference — including the SkillsUSA Championships, a showcase of career and technical education students — was held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 24 – 28, 2019. More than 15,000 people, including students, teachers and business partners, participated in the week-long event.
SLCC Visual Art & Design Department AssistantProfessor Virag White accompanied three very talented Graphic Design & Communications students to this year’s competition. Sandra Castaneda, Maja Keefer, and Allen Muy took part in the week-long contest. All three placed!
Sandra was awarded Bronze in Graphic Imaging – Sublimation, and can be seen in the closing ceremony photo above.
Maja received 4th place in Advertising Design. And Allen received 4th place in Screen Printing.
L to R: Assistant Professor Virag White, Allen Muy, Maja Keefer, and Sandra Castaneda.
Below: Sandra Castaneda ready for Graphic Imaging – Sublimation competition.
Below: Maja Keefer ready for Advertising Design competition.
Below: Allen Muy’s entries in the Screen Printing Competition.
It wasn’t all work though! Virag, Maja, Allen, and Sandra took some time off to enjoy a Louisville Bats baseball game!
Many thanks to Virag for her time spent as an expert advisor!
We’re so very proud of Sandra, Maja, and Allen, and the exceptional skill they demonstrated at this competition. It’s a major coup that these three all placed in this prestigious national event.
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