Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:23 PM CDT
Graphic design symposium set Saturday
CHARLESTON — A graphic design symposium and reception at the Tarble Arts Center will kick off an Eastern Illinois University graphic design alumni exhibition on EIU’s Homecoming.
The symposium and reception will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Tarble’s Atrium. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
The symposium is scheduled between EIU’s homecoming parade and the football game against Tennessee Tech. Parking will be available in the staff lot on Ninth Street immediately north of the Tarble, as well as in the Tarble visitors lot.
The EIU art alumni who will make presentations for the symposium are Brian Priest, Joel Warneke, Brooke Gronewold and Sam Tableriou. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentations. The morning’s activities will conclude with the exhibition’s opening reception.
Priest (class of 1989) is senior creative vice president for Creative Upshot, Chicago. Warneke (class of 1992) is principal designer and co-founder of Rocket Science + Design, LLC, Mason, Ohio. Gronewold (class of 2000) is owner/designer for Gronewold Design, Petersburg. Tableriou (class of 2005) is designer and project manager at Taylor Studios Inc., Rantoul.
The exhibition presents work by EIU alumni spanning two decades. Selected by EIU art professor Mary Leonard-Cravens and Tableriou, the exhibition comprises Web design, digital illustration, animation and film, along with a wide variety of printed pieces and designs. The exhibition will continue through Nov. 29 in the Tarble’s Brainard Gallery and eGallery.
Exhibited are designs for nationally and regionally recognized companies and organizations: Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, St. Louis Magazine, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Kmart, Cincinnati Ballet, Igloo Corp. and P&G Beauty. The exhibition also includes Facebook page designs, music CD/album packaging, plus billboards, banners and posters for arts and sporting events of all kinds.
In addition to the speakers, the designers represented in the exhibition are: David Abrahamsen (class of 2003), Mark Alderson (1996), Greg Baker (2002), Rachel Baker (2001), Ryan S. Boske-Cox (2002), Emily Davis (2006), Stefanie Dockendorf (1997), Jonathan Donaldson (2004, 2005), Danny Elchert (2007), Jennifer Evans (2000), Anthony Kernagis (1992), Aaron Ganci (2007), Katie Grant (2006), Kelly Graves (2004), Sharon Hewitt (1987), Amanda Jahrling (2007), Renee Kae-Martin (1999), Anthony Kernagis (1992), Raymond Kudra (1988), Matt Lautemann (1991), Stacia Lynch (1988), Nick Maggio (2007), Tony McAley (2006), Megan McKenna (2004), Ryan Minard (2006), Jacqueline Mulligan (2003), Tyler Munie (2008), Jill Musso (2000), Alexander Nicol (2006), Stacey Pfingsten (1996), Nick Price (2006), Michael Rauch (2006), Mollie Siu-Chong (2002), Aaron M. Skidis (2006), Erich Voigt (2007), Carrie White (1995), Jaime Yuhas (2002), and Jill Zurliene (2001).
For more information see www.eiu.edu/~tarble/designsymposium.php or contact the Tarble Arts Center at 581-ARTS (-2787) or tarble@eiu.edu. The Tarble is located on Ninth Street at Cleveland Avenue on the EIU campus in Charleston.
This program is funded in part by the College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Fine Arts Visiting Artist Fund and is presented in cooperation with the EIU Art Department.
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