Work from six students in GMD program and the Sage College of Albany's Vernacular #42 has been accepted into Albany Center Gallery's 1st Annual Design Regional exhibition. Ron Gibbons, Christopher Galindez, Robert Simpson, Elyse Vacherot, Jeff Vonderheide, and Michelle Ronan were recognized at the exhibition opening.
As part of the Albany Center Gallery's 35th anniversary, this exhibition is the first of its kind in the Capital Region specifically featuring graphic design work by students and professionals alike. In total 26 designs were selected for this year’s inaugural show that highlight the extraordinary talent present within the captial region’s graphic design community.
The opening was Saturday, April 14 from 5-9pm at Albany Center Gallery.
The exhibition runs 4/12—4/28. Additional information can be found on the galley’s website.
April 15, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
GMD featured in Albany Center exhibition
April 13, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
GMD Faculty Review Portfolios at AIGA Event
The 4th Annual Upstate New York Student Portfolio Review took place at The Crossings on April 12 from 6pm - 10pm. All four GMD faculty attended the event and reviewed student portfolios from around the region. In addition to the Sage faculty, Sage seniors Christopher Galindez, Leo Valenchis, Larissa Stuts, Ron Gibbons, and Jason Zigrino also attended the event to receive feedback on their portfolios.
For additional information about the event and how to become a member of AIGA visit the Upstate New York chapter website.
March 20, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
Sage Student Makes Top Ten in Tech Valley Startup Weekend
"54 hours of work in 3 days, a lot of research, coffee, pizza, and conceptualization" is how Sage GMD student, Leo Valenchis, described his participation in Tech Valley Startup Weekend the first weekend in March. The event's premise is to bring people with different skill sets together— from software developers to graphic designers and business people—for a weekend to develop and/or build a web or mobile application that could form the basis of a credible business. Participants work together and pitch their ideas, with the top three winning cash and services to help participants further develop their business idea.
Leo's project, Road Alert, was developed in the Capstone class at Sage (a year-long self-authored project taken in the senior year). Out of the 52 original ideas/pitches, Road Alert was in the top 6 based on the voting system used. Leo remarked that it was an unprecedented opportunity to network with area business owners, and he had a lot of interest in the product he developed.
March 20, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
2communiqué Wins Three Local Addy Awards
Assistant professor Chris St.Cyr’s design firm, 2communiqué, won three Addys from the Albany chapter of the American Advertising Federation. Professor St.Cyr and business partner, Kelly McMurray, were both in attendance to receive the awards for the following projects.
Tufts Veterinary Fall 2011, Silver Award, Magazine
Tufts Magazine, Fall 2011, Silver Award, Magazine
Touchstone Community School Viewbook, Silver Award, Brochure Four-color
A full list of the 2012 winners can be found at the Addy website along with additional event details. Photos from the awards ceremony can be found on the organization’s Flickr page.
March 2, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
"Stay Tuned 2.0" at the Little Gallery
March 2 — March 25, 2012
Stay Tuned 2.0, the second annual exhibition of Digital Animation, Interactive Design and Motion Graphics will kick off with an opening reception on Friday, March 3rd in the Little Gallery as part of Albany's 1st Friday monthly art celebration. The exhibition includes work from both current students and alumni of the Graphic + Media Design program at the Sage College of Albany.
The Little Gallery is in Rathbone Hall on the Sage College of Albany campus, and open Mon-Fri. 12-4pm.
February 23, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
Ilise Benun Hosts Workshop with Sage GMD Seniors
On Feb. 13, Ilise Benun of Marketing-Mentor.com conducted a workshop with the Graphic + Media Design seniors as part of their Portfolio Preparation class. Her presentation outlined self promotion and networking strategies as well as other job search tips. Ilise has written several books including The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Design Books, Spring 2008) and The Art of Self Promotion, which class members received after Ilise's talk.
February 14, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
Prof. Hovendick speaks at 100th CAA
Sean Hovendick, assistant professor and coordinator of the Graphic + Media Design program has been invited to speak at the 100th annual College Art Association conference in Los Angeles on February 24th. Participating with five other professors from around the country in the program session entitled "Design Education 2.0: Teaching in a Techno-Cultural Reality," Professor Hovendick will discuss the evolution and recent curriculum improvements of the Graphic + Media Design program at the Sage College of Albany. Founded in 1911, the College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art.
As the preeminent international forum for the visual arts, the CAA conference brings together over 5,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists, and other professionals in the visual arts. The conference program features four days of presentations and panel discussions exploring art history and visual culture from ancient times to the present. It also offers an array of career- development workshops, mentoring opportunities, and prospects for job interviews with colleges, universities, and museums, and more. Providing an arena for intellectual, aesthetic, and professional exchange, the Annual Conference helps fulfill CAA’s mission of promoting excellence in scholarship and practice, the freedom of expression, and inclusiveness.
For more information visit http://conference.collegeart.org/2012/
January 26, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
AIGA student group sign-up and meetings
January 19, 2012 — Comments are off for this post.
Professor Hovendick to Exhibit New Media Work in South Carolina
Professor Sean Hovendick, assistant professor and coordinator of the Graphic + Media Design program at the Sage College of Albany has been invited to exhibit his work at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in South Carolina. The exhibition Faster Forward curated by Frank McCauley, highlights the work of ten international artists from Israel to Canada and from Spain to New York whose new media, experimental film and video works explore contemporary visual culture mediated through popular technologies.
The diverse group of artists represents a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds, geographies, perspectives and professional careers. The works show great aesthetic and technical diversity and are at once experimental, interactive, dynamic and reflective.
Artists in the exhibition include Yoni Goldstein & Meredith Zielke, Sean Hovendick, Jillian McDonald, Sarah Boothroyd, Blake Carrington, Brooke White, Simon Aeppli, Bill Domonkos and Pascual Sisto.
The Faster Forward exhibition will is from January 19 – March 4, 2012 at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC. For more information please visit www.701cca.org
December 20, 2011 — Comments are off for this post.
Sage Student Interns for Berkshire Museum
Sage student Michele Ronan recently completed her internship with the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA. Michele worked on the Festival of Trees exhibit where she created the entire identity for this year's exhibit, including banners, billboards, brochures and other collateral materials.
