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 Savannah College of Art and Design computer art graduate student Patrick McCue won first place and $1,000 in the Children’s Book Design competition sponsored by the health and wellness department through a grant from the Chatham/Effingham Tobacco Use Prevention Program. Junior illustration major Mary Poplin won second place, and $500 while senior illustration major Jennifer Rebecca “JR” Fawcett won third place and $300. McCue, Poplin and Fawcett and other SCAD students competed in the competition as part of foundation studies professor Michael Cummings’ Children’s Book Design class. The students were asked to provide the illustrations for a tobacco prevention book for preschool children titled “Some Things are Made to Smoke” written by Health and Wellness Department Director Tamara Knapp-Grosz, Ph.D., and Health and Wellness Coordinator of Tobacco Prevention Programs Elizabeth Loyd. The book will be published next quarter and used to provide innovative tobacco prevention programs throughout the state of Georgia. Savannah College of Art and Design senior illustration student Kate Parisian won first place and $500 in the Children’s Coloring Placemat Design competition, also sponsored by the health and wellness department through a grant from the Chatham/Effingham Tobacco Use Prevention Program. Senior illustration major Natalie Garber took second place and $250. Jeremy Viner and Josh Goodrich, both seniors majoring in illustration, tied for third place and earned $150. The fourth-place winner of $100 was Erin Ruiz, also a senior majoring in illustration. All of the students competed in the contest as part of illustration professor Don Rogers’ Illustration class. The Chatham/Effingham Tobacco Use Prevention Program will distribute the winning placemat design for use at smoke-free restaurants throughout Chatham County. A coloring book consisting of all the winning designs is planned. The above winners were announced during a reception Nov. 20 held in honor of the Great American Smokeout. A total of $2,950 in prize money was awarded during the event. Fourth-year architecture major Natalia Somoza of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, was awarded first place honors and $1,000 in the Savannah Mixed-Use Urban Development Scholarship Competition. Edgardo Perez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, received second place and $500 for his proposal. An honorable mention and $100 were awarded to Maegen Furtick of Springfield, S.C. Winning entries were announced Nov. 20 at Eichberg Hall. The winning designs will be presented to the City of Savannah for approval of officials and residents before the plan is put into action. The Savannah Mixed-Use Urban Development Scholarship Competition was sponsored by local developer Douglas Kaufman in order to create a plan for mixed-use development involving student housing, condominiums, retail shops and recreational facilities across from SCAD’s new Gulfstream Center for Furniture and Industrial Design. The students presented their final design proposals before a six-member jury Nov. 20 at Eichberg Hall. The winning proposals will be presented to representatives of the city of Savannah to gain acceptance from officials and residents before the plan is put into action. |
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