visual arts competition

Lyndon State College
1001 College Rd.
Lyndonville Vt. 05851
802-626-6459

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 16, 2010

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barclay Tucker
Chairman of the Visual Arts Department
Barclay.Tucker@lsc.vsc.edu

The high school Visual Arts design competition, sponsored by Barclay Tucker, was a major success. Lyndon State College visual art students were able to help high school students interested in visual arts.

“The competition helps the students in a few ways,” Tucker says. “First, it gives them an opportunity to practice and hone their skills. It also puts them in a situation where they have to work with someone they do not know who may or may not have different opinions and forces them to communicate and work with that individual.” The competition also showed the students what it’s like to work in a real world design team and what it’s like to be on a fast deadline.

“The posters were judged on use of design principles, typography, appropriate image for the audience and overall impact.” Tucker says. Team two took first place in the competition. The team consisted of Tabby Swank from Center of Technology Essex and Joey Henry from Stafford Technical Center. Team six took second place. That team consisted of Page Mayer from Stafford Technical Center and Sean Hamilton from HACTC. Team three took third place. The team consisted of Georgia Cota from Center of Technology Essex and Sondra Masse from Cold Hallow Career Center.

Page Mayer, from the Stafford Technical Center, won a $500.00 Scholarship to Lyndon State College and also received the leadership award.