SEVERAL OF THE student-photographers documented the 2016 SDS RECEPTION at the Gateway/S.C. Johnson iMET center. Some of their work is in the galleries below.
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2016 District-wide Student Design Show Venue
The 2016 edition of the Student Design Show will return to the S.C. Johnson iMET Center in Sturtevant, Wisconsin (where it was hosted in 2014). Visitors who may be unacquainted with the facility can find a campus maps (below top), and a Google Map™ (below bottom).
We look forward to seeing you at the Design Show!
2016 District-wide Student Design Show Identity selected
The 2016 Student Design Show Identity was voted upon by a select group of Administrators and Staff. Amanda Arntz’s submission received the most votes, and will represent this years show identity on promotional materials. Congratulations Amanda!
Gateway Graphic Comm provides even more options.
With many articulation agreements, Gateway Graphic Comm Students have more options than ever. Students can achieve their AA Degree and enter the world of work, or continue their education at a four-year institution (many of the agreements allow students to enter as junior-level students).
Some may additionally enter the world of work with an employer who may help them finance their BA/ BFA (some larger local employers offer partial tuition reimbursement).
Make an appointment with a Counselor at Gateway to explore the vast number of articulation agreements on the books. UW-Parkside, Carthage College, Mount Mary College, Columbia College, and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design are a few of the schools who have agreements with Gateway Technical College.
Gateway Department Video
SDS 2015 mailer…
Wake the kids and call the neighbors!
please feel free to send these to the local community, area schools, employers , family, and friends!
LAPTOP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
As many of you know, GTC’s Graphic Communications Program is transitioning into a LAPTOP Program. Many students have asked for laptop specs, and they have been compiled into a document. This document will be subject to revision based on the requirements needed to run Adobe Creative Cloud (see Adobe’s website for system requirements), but the attached document represents a typical set of system requirements.
Graphic Communications Laptop Proposal v2(2)-2015
(this document ha been updated and is no longer available)
Alumni Joe Schmidt
Alumni Joe Schmidt has just penned a deal with Oghma for his forthcoming observational comedy, Sugar Balls! Joe has been actively making comics, stories, podcasts, and designs for years.
Per Oghma’s release:
Joe is a humorist by birth and a graphic designer and cartoonist by training. He describes himself as a, “magic-man, cartoonist, consumer of pop culture… [more on the site—Click on the photo below for the FB page announcement.]
Adjunct Instructor and Alumni has free Kindle book
Former Gateway Adjunct Instructor (and former KUSD student as well as GTC Alumn) Don Scherer has put together a series of graphic novels, web comics, animations, and games based upon his original artwork and ongoing character storyline. Don’s venture, RATATAT GRAPHICS, has a website here, and many apps and games.
Don can often be found at the Harbor Farmer’s Market promoting his work as well. RECENTLY, Don’s prelude has been released in a FREE KINDLE DOWNLOAD.
GDA tours two innovative Milwaukee Advertising Agencies
Gateway Technical College’s GDA club (Graphic Design Association) toured two innovative advertising / design agencies in downtown Milwaukee on May 22, 2014.
Sōsh is a social media marketing firm representing a variety of companies, including Johnsonville Brats and Snapper Mowers. Social media is not a mere department within Sōsh, but rather their forte and “raison-d´être.” Students learned about this emergent media, its unique requirements of designers, and its potential for dynamism and power.
Hanson Dodge Creative is one of the premiere active lifestyle creative agencies in the world. With a strong digital presence, Hanson Dodge explained to students the importance of branding to the commercial creative process on every level.
In between, students stopped for a quick lunch at the popular third-ward Milwaukee Public Market.