Two Pensacola State College students won silver medals at the 2017 American Advertising Awards national conference held in June in New Orleans. Current Pensacola State student Zack Blessing and Amber Sidner, who graduated in December 2016, were among the winners in the AAF Student American Advertising Awards competition. The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs,…
Pensacola State College’s Visual Arts Department awarded ribbons, plaques and $23,590 in scholarships and prizes to students at the 51st Annual Art Student Honors Ceremony recently. For the first time, the event also included Judges Choice Awards based on judging from outside the Visual Arts Department. Dreyden Wells, an artist and ceramics instructor at the…
Pensacola State College graphic design and photography students won 52 awards in the college/university student division at the recent 2017 American Advertising Federation Pensacola ADDY® Awards Gala. In the professional division, PSC Graphic Design program coordinator Mark Hopkins earned a silver ADDY for his entry “Miss Simone” in the single poster category. In Pensacola State’s…
Construction of the $3 million Charles W. Lamar Studio Gallery at Pensacola State College is on schedule to open this coming spring. David Barton, project manager with the Morette Company, said the 10,000-square-foot addition to the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts should be completed by March or April. The Morette Company is the…
Local philanthropists David and Cathy Hammond recently donated $100,000 to the Visual Arts Department at Pensacola State College. Their contribution kicks off a $1 million effort to establish a permanent fund providing additional visual arts scholarships, program support and faculty enhancement. This is part of the college’s $3 million LIMITLESS Campaign for Visual Arts, a…
Pensacola State College graphic design and photography students won 44 awards in the college/university student division at the recent 2016 American Advertising Federation Pensacola ADDY® Awards Gala. PSC students won Best of Show, Judge’s Choice, 12 Gold awards, and 30 Silver awards. Michael Daw won Best of Show with “The Keys 3-D Comic Book” in…