Senior Anna Sella’s artwork regularly greets readers of the new monthly e-publication of the department of art and art history. The BFA major in digital media and drawing designed the masthead for the e-newsletter that features more student, faculty and alumni stories than we can fit into The Loupe. And the publication design is not
Graphic Design Student Wins Regional Logo Contest
Junior advertising major and studio art minor Kiley Peruch designed the winning logo for the Paddle the Gulf initiative’s regional logo contest. The organization hopes to enhance public awareness and promote stewardship of the region’s coastal resources through ecotourism, and Peruch’s logo design will receive wide exposure. “It’s being used for a number of things,”
Senior Wins Internship with Designs for Inclusive Adaptive Fashion
One UA senior is using her design skills to trailblaze a path in the field of adaptive fashion in a nationally competitive internship. Ally Thomasson, a senior double major – BFA (graphic design) and Spanish – accepted a competitive, 11-week internship at the “ZxLerator,” an internal incubator of projects for Anheuser Busch’s ZX Ventures this
Digital Media Major’s Design Selected for Maui Competition
In February, digital media major Angel Greene’s surfboard design was selected to represent The University of Alabama at the Maui Jim Tournament. The tournament is a design competition sponsored by the company Maui Jim and is held in conjunction with the Maui Jim Invitational, the annual college basketball tournament that will be held in Hawaii
Digital Art Instructor Has Prints Selected for Midwest Exhibitions
Nic Tisdale, full-time instructor in foundations, digital art and printmaking, has had two prints selected for exhibitions in the Midwest. His color lithograph, Trylla: Troll Stories #1, was selected for an international juried exhibition, Ink Matters, at the Indiana University’s IU Kokomo Downtown Gallery, on exhibit March 6-21, 2020. And his print titled Excised #11,
UA Student Graphic Designers Strike Gold at the ADDYs
UA studio art majors and minors won Gold and Silver American Advertising Awards (ADDYs) in the student category at this year’s American Advertising Federation of Tuscaloosa’s annual awards gala in February. In the professional category, UA art faculty members won Gold ADDYs and a senior BFA major won a Silver ADDY. The American Advertising Awards
BFA Graduate Hired at Award Winning Design Firm
Holly Welch (BFA 2019, digital media) was hired as a graphic designer for JumpCrew in Nashville, Tenn., in 2020. Welch said that this is a new company and has grown quickly. “JumpCrew is a sales and marketing agency, so as a graphic designer there, I create ads and layouts for client products. I love working
Digital Media Students Exhibit New Work Feb. 28
Sella-Granata Audiovisual Night Friday, February 28, 2020 Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Exhibit begins at 5:00, through 9:30 p.m. UA digital media students invite you to experience an evening of mysterious, humorous and thought-provoking visual and audio creativity in a one-night-only exhibition that you don’t want to miss. The
Alumna Laci Jordan Aims to Inspire
The online learning community Skillshare announced that they have added UA art alumna and multidisciplinary designer Laci Jordan (BA 2011, digital media) to their online classes. Her digital illustration class (“Discover, Cultivate and Share Your Unique Personal Style”) has more than 4,400 followers. In a blog and video interview, No Blueprint, Jordan talks about how