Big congratulations to Sage Graphic + Media Design student Jessica Lucia, who was recently named an Adobe Design Achievement Award semifinalist for her promotional design for an AIGA pop-up shop event. The ADAA is a global digital media competition for student creators. Connected to industry professionals, academic leaders, and top brands, the ADAA aims to launch the next generation of student careers.

Her piece, Art on Lark was created with a combination of scanned photography and digital processing.

Sage Graphic+Media Design senior Meradith Kill has just been named one of Graphic Design USA's 2016 Students to Watch. Congratulations, Meradith!

The Department of Art + Design wishes to congratulate Professor Matthew McElligott on the publication of the first of his Mad Scientist Academy series, The Dinosaur Disaster.  Amazon named Mad Scientist Academy one of their four “Best Books of the Month” for ages 6-8 in July, 2015. Prof. McElligott will bill speaking about the book at Sage's Art and Design Lecture Series at the Opalka Gallery on Tuesday, November 10, 6:30 p.m.

Associate Professor Jean Dahlgren's piece "Memphis" was selected for inclusion in the Cooperstown Art Association's 80th National Juried Exhibition. The juror, John Hampshire of Troy, NY, selected the work from over 400 entries. The exhibition will be on display from July 10th through August 14th. For more information on the exhibit see www.cooperstownart.com

Digital work by eight Sage College of Albany student-artists is featured in a pilot public art project that is turning bus shelters along Central Avenue into pop-up art galleries.
ArtTV is sponsored by Capital District Transportation Authority and the Central Avenue Business Improvement District. Five 42-inch screens will be installed at CDTA’s busiest bus stations along the avenue to display all types of artworks including paintings, photographs, films, performances, interviews and more arts programming for a cross-section of city residents.
“It stems from a federal public art grant, but as opposed to murals and static installations typical in public art grants, CBID and CDTA partnered to deliver constantly changing artworks to the public through digital technology,” said Sean Hovendick, assistant professor and program director of Graphic + Media Design. Hovendick worked with CBID Executive Director Anthony Capece to learn the digital signage system and taught Time Arts and Digital Production classes as service learning courses in which students created works specifically for the public. “Think mini-TV station,” he said. “Content can be similar along the route, or individual for each bus station. Programming is broadcast during commuter hours for now, but it could be 24/7. We’re all very excited to be participating in this innovative project.”
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and ArtTV featured artists including Art + Design students Dakotah Toma SCA ’17 and Jon Josephsen SCA ’15 attended a kickoff event in October. In addition to Toma and Josephsen, David Saunders SCA ’17, Katielynn Canavan SCA ’17, Thaddeus Sipe SCA ’16, Greg Ryan SCA ’15, Kelly Raver SCA ’14 and Krystal Hinckley SCA ’15 also had work accepted for ArtTV.
“This is a tremendous learning opportunity for our students as well as a great way for us to give back to the community through the beautification of public art,” said Hovendick. ”In the future, all types of work from Sage’s Art + Design Department will be included.”
The first bus station to receive the ArtTV technology is on the corner of Central Avenue and Quail Street.

Professor Jean Dahlgren received a Judge's Choice Award in the 2014 New York State of Design competition for her exhibition catalog "Perceptions."  The catalog was produced for the 2014 Art + Design Faculty Exhibition at the Opalka Gallery. The competition is open to all designers residing in the state of New York and its mission is to "illuminate the junctions between business and design."  Entrants were asked to explain the relationship between their work and their client's goals. Dahlgren explained that her client, Opalka Gallery Director Elizabeth Greenberg, wanted to showcase the individual strengths of each faculty member in the catalog design. Dahlgren created a series of 20 postcards that featured each artist's work, with their artists' statements and bios printed on the backside. A custom folder with the exhibition title held all of the cards together and served as a visual metaphor for common workplace the artists share. Professor Dahlgren is an Associate Professor of Graphic + Media Design and is currently Chair of the Department of Art + Design. 

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