WCU Art + Design Students Nominated for Prestigious Award
Students in the Department of Art + Design have been recognized with nominations for their graphic and interactive design work at the Flux nationwide competition. This year’s 631 entries made for the most competitive Flux competition to date and West Chester University students are nominated in six of the seven categories.
Flux is a student design competition presented annually by The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Baltimore. Established in 2007, Flux celebrates the best creative work each year by undergraduate and graduate students from across the country. Nominees and winners are selected by a jury of leading design professionals and showcased in a gallery exhibition and online.
In addition to announcing the winners, AIGA Baltimore will host a reception to honor Flux winners on Thursday, February 8th, 2024, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at BmoreArt in Baltimore, Maryland.
WCU student nominees in their respective categories include:
Social Impact Design
- Madison Kalbach: NavigateHer, Bluebag
- Madison Kalbach, Olivia Dreon, Colleen Grant: Counseling Center Mural
- Sofia Klim: Ruby Jones Commemorative Stamp Series
- Sabrina Sivick, Evan Madden, Kelsey Mountford: Office of Sustainability Environmental Graphics
- Crystal Yao: Artemis Connect
Video/Motion Graphics
- Shane Burgette: Animated Type
- Leah Crespy: Animated Type
- Olivia Dreon: Thirty-Three
- Colleen Grant: Deep Down
- Jimmy Hall: Memento
- Ryan McMullen: The Goose and the Golden Egg
- Ali MacAlonie: Animated Type
- Leah Mooney: Animated Type
- Tully Ryan: Theory 6
- Tully Ryan: Arora
- Emily Simon: Inside: Design of the 20th Century
Identity Category
- Abigail Gerber: San Francisco Brewery Festival
- Emily Simon: Pantomime
- Emilee Waltz: Harry's (classic cruisers)
Packaging Category
- Niko Galioto: Chocolate Bar Packaging
- Abigail Gerber: Pelican Point Distillery
- Colleen Grant: Temporal
- Emily Simon: Kit House Kit
UX/UI
- Jimmy Hall: Memento
Poster
- Noah Burns: Social Justice Banners
- Anna Schweitzer: Parc Floral Jazz Fest (Interactive Poster)
- Samuel McConnell: North Sea Jazz Festival (Interactive Poster)
- Jeremy Mosier: Newport Jazz Festival (Interactive Poster)
- Jeremy Mosier: Weird-Oh Brewing Packaging
- Morgan Struss-Allen: Film Fusion Film Fest Tokyo (Interactive Poster)
- Morgan Struss-Allen: Weird-Oh Brewing Packaging