POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION CALENDAR

2010
©2009 by The Art Institutes International, LLC®
Administrative office of The Art Institutes: 210 Sixth Avenue • 33rd Floor • Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2603
www.artinstitutes.edu
 For her poster design (shown left),
Ciara Borchard of Helendale, California
earned the grand prize, a scholarship
to study at The Art Institute of
California — San Diego.

POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION

In 2009, The Art Institutes system of schools, a leading
educator of students in the creative and applied arts,
partnered with Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading
nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America,
in a Poster Design Competition for high school seniors.

Hundreds of students entered the competition, in which

students created original poster artwork that expressed
the slogan “Life Is Better With Art In It” and wrote designer
statements explaining their poster design concepts and why
they want to enter the graphic design field.

The competition, which began in February 2009, took place in

two stages — an initial local competition followed by a national
competition. Students submitted their entries to a participating
Art Institutes school, where local competitions were held in
February and March. These first place designs at the local level,
representing 42 Art Institutes schools, advanced into consideration
for national judging. In April and May, a panel of graphic design
professionals visited The Art Institutes Web site (www.artinstitutes.
edu/posterdesign) and scored the 42 entries on a 100 point-value
$
system. Approximately 100,000 in tuition scholarships to
The Art Institutes schools was awarded to the winners in the
national competition.

This calendar showcases the top 12 Poster Design winners from

the 2009 Poster Design Competition. Month by month, these
budding designers demonstrate why “Life Is Better With Art In It.”

Visit The Art Institutes online at www.artinstitutes.edu/poster

and Americans for the Arts at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.

The Art Institutes is a system of over 40 education institutions

located throughout North America, providing an important source
of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
 JANUARY
s m t w t f s

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24
31 25 26 27 28 29 30

Art has been my passion

and main focus all my life.
—Ciara Borchard
1st Place competition winner
The Art Institute of California — San Diego 2010
 FEBRUARY
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28

It is our imagination, ideas, and

creative thinking that color
our black and white world.
—Tatsiana Alexandrovna Shynkevich
2nd Place competition winner
The Illinois Institute of Art — Chicago
2010
 MARCH
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

I have been intrigued by art

and the cultures, materials and
personal style that influence
the design of different work…
—Branwyn Flinders
3rd Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
2010
 APRIL
s m t w t f s

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

I want to touch people’s lives

and perspectives with my art.
—Javier Santiago Delgado
4th Place Competition winner
The Art Institute of Raleigh–Durham 2010
 MAY
S M t w t f s

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24
30 31 25 26 27 28 29

we have the power to change

our world through our art…
—Christina Butler
5th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Washington 2010
 June
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

Art is all around us…

—Yasmin Watson
6th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of California — Hollywood
2010
 July
s m t w t f s

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Even as a child, my heart

has always belonged in
the art of graphic design.
—Madelaine Aviles
7th Place competition winner
The Art INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL MINNESOTA
2010
 AUGUST
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

I’ve been fascinated by the

idea that I had the freedom
to create something unique…
—Joel Chan
8th Place competition winner
The Art Institutes International — Kansas City
2010
 September
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

my life has been

better because of [art].
—Joshua Rocamora
9th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 2010
 October
s m t w t f s

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24
31 25 26 27 28 29 30

I want others to see

art through my eyes.
—Jeanette Harrell
10th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Jacksonville 2010
 November
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

Art can really expose a lot

about a person’s personality
and point of view…
—Paul Rovneyko
11th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
2010
 DECember
s m t w t f s

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

There is nothing better to

2010
an artist than to see their
imagination come alive…
—Natalie Louis
12th Place competition winner
The Art Institute of Atlanta
 POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION CALENDAR
2010

©2009 by The Art Institutes International, LLC®

Administrative office of The Art Institutes: 210 Sixth Avenue • 33rd Floor • Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2603
www.artinstitutes.edu