UAB Alum awarded Best in Show

UAB Design Alum, Chris Murphy, was awarded first place in the AIGA Birmingham 25th Anniversary Poster Competition. The theme of the competition was Design for Good. His poster, titled I NEED YOU was chosen as Best of Show by renowned illustrator/designer Luba Lukova. Lukova was in Birmingham for the opening of her show at the UAB Gallery and as guest juror for the AIGA event. Chris is currently working as a junior designer at Luckie Branding in Birmginham. Luckie created a special page to note Chris award.

UAB Art Faculty to Show at the GMA

UAB art faculty will show recent work at the Gadsden Museum of Art's Alabama's Best invitational art exhibition. Alabama's Best is on display from November 1st to December 31st, with an opening on November 20th. UAB artists featured include: Gary Chapman, Sonja Reiger, Jim Alexander, Erin Wright, John Powers, Doug Baulos, Christopher Lowther, and Doug Barrett.

The goal of the Gadsden Museum of Art is to support and maintain a museum of local history and to support and maintain a museum dedicated to Southern artists. The museum is open Monday - Saturday from 10am - 4pm.

UAB Designs for Non-Profit

UAB design students are currently working with the Cahaba River Society on a project to create 3 new brochures that support the mission of the local non-profit. The CRS is an organization who's missions is, "to restore and protect the Cahaba River watershed and its rich diversity of life." Students will spend the next 4 weeks, exploring the river, doing research on the rich plant and animal life and working on designing a brochure system that tells the unique story of this wonderful resource.  

The project is being facilitated by Matt Leavell at Alabama Engine.

UAB Design Graduate Crafts New Magazine

UAB Design student graduate, Courtney Kyle spent the last three months art directing, creating and crafting her first major publication. The premier issue of the craft magazine "Stitch, Craft, Create" hits the newsstand this month with 130 pages of fantastic crafts and holiday ideas, all from right here in Alabama. Kyle worked on the magazine for Hoffman Media, LLC. an Alabama company. She lent her talents to typesetting and laying out pages as well as designing several of the craft projects herself. She was even responsible for creating directions for subscribers to follow to successfully create the crafts themselves. Courtney told us she loved all the hands-on opportunities that designing and creating a large-scale craft publication entails. On the newsstand October 18, 2011.

Design Students Packaging on Display

Jin Chung, Jennifer Waycaster

UAB Graphic Design students recently completed a packaging project for ARS 350 Intermediate Design. Students were asked to create a design for a snack that references local Alabama culture, places and/or people. Finished projects can be seen on display in the main Department of Art and Art History hallway on the first floor of the UAB Humanities building. Students worked conceptually with the idea of southern culture, history and ideals to create a snack and the packaging imagery to support it.