2007

ART LEADS TO INNOVATION

ART LEADS TO INNOVATION
In 2006, The Art Institutes system, a leading educator of students
in the creative and applied arts, partnered with Americans for the
Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing
the arts in America, for a national high school Poster Design
Scholarship Competition. Hundreds of students entered the
competition, in which students created original poster artwork
that expressed the slogan—Art Leads to Innovation—and wrote
designer statements explaining their poster design concepts and
why they want to enter the graphic design field.

The competition, which began in February 2006, took place

in two stages—locally and nationally. Students submitted their
entries to an Art Institute of choice, where local competitions
were held in February. These local first place entries, which
represented 30 Art Institutes, were placed into consideration
for national judging. In April and May, a panel of 13 art and
graphic design professionals visited The Art Institutes Web site
(www.aii.edu/posterdesign) and scored the 30 entries on a 100-
point value system. More than $100,000 in scholarships has been
awarded to the top 10 students in the national competition.

David Rossow, the grand prize winner from Wisconsin Rapids,

Wisconsin, received a $25,000 tuition scholarship to The Art
Institutes International Minnesota to study graphic design.

“If I could make a successful career out of doing what I love,

that would be great. My art and design have brought me many
opportunities in the past and I hope to continue growing in
those fields,” says Rossow.

This calendar showcases the top 12 national poster design

winners from the 2006 Poster Design Competition. Month by
month, these budding designers demonstrate that art spans
across time and space to connect us all. Visit The Art Institutes
online at www.aii.edu/poster, and Americans for the Arts at
www.AmericansForTheArts.org.
 David Rossow
“... I wanted to show “change” in an interesting way. I did this by picking an
ordinary creature and transformed it into a mechanical contraption.”

01 January 07
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 Stuart Rogers
“... and so the cycle continues: Man creates innovations,
and then the innovations spark more innovations. Perfect.”

02 February 07
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 Spencer Kern
“... art, or the ability to create, is in itself the key that allows for a concept
to move from just being an idea to becoming a real, tangible object.”

03 March 07
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 Ryan Cross
“When I think of innovation, I think of imaginative ideas
glowing inside an artist’s head.”

04 April 07
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 Hitomi Kalemkarian
“... a complicated technology like making a rocket
is derived from a simple drawing of an idea.”

05 May 07
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 Melanie Layman
“Everyone has the power to express him or herself through art, and I suggest that
everyone take advantage of it because it's a wonderful feeling.”

06 June 07
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 Shawn Patrick McMillion
“The concept of the robot drawing is to show
how art and innovation are tied together.”

07 July 07
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 Marlene Chatfield
“People cannot make innovations without thought and creativity...”

08 August 07
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 Justin Black
“... a sudden spark of inspiration many times
leads an artist to new ideas and concepts.”

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 Edna Michelle Ocampo
“... on every drop of paint, every pencil stroke … there is magic ...”

10 October 07
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 Ryan Huffman
“... ‘art’ means the use of creative skills, and ‘innovation’ means
to use those skills to change the way we work and live.”

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 Vivier Carbajal
“... art is the expression of the beautiful, yet unnoticed, entities of life.”

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David Rossow Stuart Rogers Spencer Kern Ryan Cross
The Art Institutes The Art Institute The Illinois Institute The Art Institute
International Minnesota of Atlanta of Art – Schaumburg of Seattle
1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place

Hitomi Kalemkarian Melanie Layman Shawn Patrick Marlene Chatfield

The Art Institute of The Art Institute McMillion The Art Institute of Dallas
California – Los Angeles of Las Vegas Bradley Academy 8th Place
5th Place 6th Place for the Visual Arts
7th Place

Justin Black Edna Michelle Ocampo Ryan Huffman Vivier Carbajal

The Art Institute The Art Institute The Art Institute The Art Institute
of Colorado of Charlotte of Phoenix of Indianapolis
9th Place 10th Place 11th Place 12th Place