Reston, VA — The Graphic Arts Edu­ca­tion and Research Foun­da­tion (GAERF) announces the launch of its sec­ond annual stu­dent design com­pe­ti­tion, which this year chal­lenges stu­dents to develop a mar­ket­ing prod­uct to pro­mote GRAPH EXPO 2011 – the largest and most com­pre­hen­sive trade show and con­fer­ence for the graphic com­mu­ni­ca­tions indus­try in the Americas.

The GAERF 2010 Stu­dent Design Com­pe­ti­tion invites stu­dents to be cre­ative by tak­ing their orig­i­nal design from con­cept to fin­ished prod­uct as they:

Cre­ate a theme for GRAPH EXPO 2011: design art­work to sup­port the theme, incor­po­rat­ing the GRAPH EXPO logo, show dates and loca­tion, and pro­duce a prod­uct that incor­po­rates the theme and logo (i.e., adver­tise­ment, web site page, post­card, etc.).

The com­pe­ti­tion is open to all stu­dents attend­ing sec­ondary or post-secondary insti­tu­tions in the con­ti­nen­tal United States who are study­ing in a graphic communications/printing, adver­tis­ing, graphic design or inter­ac­tive media pro­gram. Instruc­tors are respon­si­ble for sub­mit­ting the entry, lim­ited to three per instruc­tor, which will become the prop­erty of GAERF.

Design com­pe­ti­tion entries must be received by June 15, 2010. Those selected by GAERF will be judged by the Graphic Arts Show Com­pany, the pro­ducer of GRAPH EXPO 2011. Win­ners and their instruc­tors will be noti­fied by August 15, 2010.

Among the total six win­ning entries will be: two first place awards, one at the sec­ondary level and one at the post-secondary level; two sec­ond place awards, one at the sec­ondary level and one at the post-secondary level; and, two third place awards, one at the sec­ondary level and one at the post-secondary level.

First place win­ners and their instruc­tors will receive two-day all-inclusive paid trips to attend GRAPH EXPO 2010 in Chicago, IL. In addi­tion, the win­ners will be pre­sented at the show with $2,000 awards dur­ing Career Aware­ness Day on Octo­ber 6, 2010. The sec­ond place win­ners will be awarded $1,500, and the third place win­ners will receive $1,000.

“GAERF is proud to sup­port edu­ca­tion ini­tia­tives that encour­age stu­dents’ cre­ativ­ity and skill in the art of design and pro­duc­tion,” said GAERF Pres­i­dent Ralph Nappi. “This com­pe­ti­tion will rec­og­nize the tal­ent of our best and bright­est stu­dents, as well as the sig­nif­i­cant com­mit­ment of their instructors.”

To view the com­pe­ti­tion guide­lines and down­load an entry form visit: www.gaerf.org.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact:
Eileen Cas­sidy
Phone: 703/264‑7200
E-mail: ecassidy@npes.org

About GAERF®

The Graphic Arts Edu­ca­tion and Research Foun­da­tion was cre­ated by the National Asso­ci­a­tion for Print­ing Lead­er­ship, NPES The Asso­ci­a­tion for Sup­pli­ers of Print­ing, Pub­lish­ing, and Con­vert­ing Tech­nolo­gies and the Print­ing Indus­tries of Amer­ica in 1983. These three national asso­ci­a­tions jointly own the Graphic Arts Show Com­pany (GASC®). GAERF was cre­ated to chan­nel a por­tion of the rev­enues earned by GASC-managed shows into projects sup­port­ing a strong future for the indus­try. For addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the Foun­da­tion and its pro­grams, visit the GAERF web site at: www.gaerf.org or phone toll-free: 866/381‑9839.

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