About the Show

The Graphic Design Student Juried Exhibition is an annual event showcasing the best graphic design, motion graphics, illustration and web design work by students in the Graphic Design Program at Parkland College.

For the exhibition, a jury of Parkland design faculty selected the best student work from the current school year. The exhibition gives students a chance to present their work in marketing communication, branding, advertising, and design to industry professionals and the community.

• Exhibition Dates
  May 12–June 7

• Summer Gallery Hours
  Monday–Thursday 10am–7pm
  Fridays 10am–3pm
  Saturdays 12–2pm
  Closed May 27 in observance of Memorial Day

• Reception
  Wednesday May 14 from 6–8pm
  Musical performance by Ms. M & the Jokers 
  Awards Ceremony at 7pm
  Reception co-sponsored by CUDO (Champaign-Urbana Design Org.)

• Parkland Art Gallery
  2400 West Bradley Avenue
  Champaign, Illinois 61821-1899
  Gallery office 217/351-2485
  artgallery.parkland.edu

• Also see News-Gazette article about graphic design student Susan Coulter and photos from the reception.

 

 

Award Winners

The following awards were presented at the opening night reception on May 14, 2014  at 7pm:

• Graphic Design Best of Show ($100)
  Dustin Kinkelaar
• Surface 51 Award of Excellence ($100)
  Susan Coulter
• Presence Covenant Medical Center Award for Excellence in Design ($100)
  Benji Frazzetto
• Public Art League Award of Excellence ($100)
  Benji Frazzetto
• Six Demon Studio Award for Excellence in Web Design ($100)
  Mark Melvin
• Viktoria Ford Award of Excellence ($100)
  Burke Stanion
• Studio 2D Design Strategy Award ($100)
  Katie Balch
• Electric Pictures Award of Excellence ($100)
  Mark Melvin
• Larry Ecker Award for Typographic Excellence ($100)
  Bissie Buscombe
• David M. and Shirley A. Jones Student Art Award ($100)
  Catherine Yao
• Fine & Applied Arts Department Chair Award ($100)
  Whitney Coulter
• Parkland College Marketing & Public Relations Department Award of Excellence ($100)
  Group Project (Catherine Yao, Mark Melvin, Jordan Bider, Shelby Richardson)

Special thanks to this year's judges who selected the winners:

• Teresa Ellis, Senior Design Director, Surface 51
• Jan Troutt, Vice President of Publishing Services, Precision Graphics

Download awards ceremony presentation (PDF)

 

 

Art Gallery Talk

Thursday May 15 from 1–2pm
with Gretchen Wieshuber, typography instructor at Parkland College and owner of Studio 2D

Designers and the Creative Process

Designers are paid to be creative day in and day out. We can't wait around for inspiration to hit when deadlines loom, so we have a process that leads us dependably to creative solutions to problems. Anyone can use this process for any problem. Graphic designer and Typography teacher Gretchen Wieshuber will talk about harnessing the power of the creative process.