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Addy’s Prom Night cont.! February 27, 2011

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At about six last night, I had gotten all gussied up for prom night and  a couple of my friends (my dates; students who helped with addy’s too) came and picked me up.  I even got to descend a flight of stairs when this happened. (They were concrete, but it was still pretty sweet.)

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art looked amazing, and there were all kinds of delicious foods out for us.  Everyone was dressed to impress of course in their prom finery–bow ties and pearls abound.  We didn’t have much time to look at the work, but we had helped hang the show (which went off without a hitch) so we had already seen everything.  And then all of us Saint Francis students, and some IPFW students too, had our prom pic taken by a guy with a giant afro.

After the drinking and mingling came to a peak, we all got together and watched the awards being displayed in movie format on a huge projector.  In between categories we got to see lots of bad, goofy, sometimes frightening dancing, which was hilarious and awesome.  Some really spectacular adverting and design too; from self promotional designs, to web design, television commercials, logo design, everything from all sorts of agencies in the Fort Wayne area.  Agencies like:  One Lucky Guitar, Boyden and Youngblutt, Britton Marketing, BIG, LaBov and Beyond.  Some of the clients you might recognize like Parkview, the Indiana State Fair, Fort Wayne Airport, and Vera Bradley.

Then came the student category.  One of our students got around six or seven addy awards!  AND my date won best in show for the students!  AND I got a gold addy for my LGBTQ article about gay bullying leading to suicides among young men!  All in all, Saint Francis completely owned in the student section.

Needless to say it was a magical evening.

Good News Tuesday! January 26, 2011

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FYI – this post is full of random info, images, and good news.  Today I sort of talked like that, too–in a stream of run-on sentences because I was so excited!  Wanna know why?  Wanna know why?  Wanna know why?

I just got a niece today!  The first grand-kid in our family.  This weekend, my Mom, brother and I are going down to Missouri where my other brother and his wife live to see them all.  She’s nine pounds and shares her birthday with her Dad.  The whole thing went off without a hitch!  omg BABIES!  omg ROADTRIP!

To the fantastical, faraway realm of Altenburg, MO.

And I got an Addy award!  I’ll explain for any non-designers out there.  The Addy Federation or American Advertising Federation of Fort Wayne is  a group that organizes and networks people in the advertising community.  They have an award contest each year.  You can get a gold, silver or an honorable mention (I think).  Agencies enter the contest but there is a chapter just for students too, and Saint Francis takes a ton of trophies every year.

As a designer, your portfolio is the most important thing you bring when you tried to get hired.  It shows off what you can do: your technical skills, your ideas, and what you, as an individual, can bring to the group.  In an earlier post I mentioned the Addy Advertising campaign that our group did.  That’s another portfolio piece for sure, because the work is actually going up as what it was intended for, instead of just an assignment for school made up by the instructor.  And it shows that I’ve done collaborative work, which is very important in most agencies.  In fact, other than my internship, it was probably the closest to real life experience I’ve had as a student.

The award ceremony is more of a celebration night with a theme.  This year the theme is Prom Night.