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Eric Houghton New Book available soon

Former GTC student ( and Parkside Alumni) Eric Houghton will soon be releasing his next book: “Happy Hogan’s Day.”  As Eric recounts, the holiday was created and celebrated in his family around the legend of the “Hogan Elf,” who allegedly put the toys together incorrectly after breaking them at the north pole [and who may or may not have in actual fact  been Eric and his brother] …and they somehow wound up in his younger sister’s holiday stocking every year on “Hogan’s Day.”

From Eric’s book:

Eric Houghton is an artist, writer, humorist and performer from Southeastern Wisconsin.  He has created over 6000 painting, fifty murals, produced a dozen theatrical performances, and written one other children’s book.

He invented Hogan’s Day in the 1980s, when he and his brother wondered if they could create a holiday from scratch. Hogan’s Day has been proudly celebrated in the Houghton household for decades.

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CONGRATS to GRAPHIC STUDENTS!

Three of four prizes in the LIFE IS BIG video contest for Gateway were won by Graphic Comm students!

Congratulations to Tina Buckley, Chris Palomares, and  Tonia Copabianco, who all won some of the top prizes! Incidentally, you can see some of their videos in this year’s (2018) Student Design Show Multimedia Category.

 

 

 

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PRESENTING THE 2018 Student Design Show Work:

After the 2018 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW, Student Submissions for the 2018 show will be viewable via the  links listed below

BRANDING / IDENTITY
(campaign, logo dev, Corporate Identity, Branding, collateral branding [magnets, shirts, pens, etc.)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Branding and Identity Work

DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION
Illustration Work Utilizing Digital Methods and software

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Digital Illustration Work

LAYOUT
(posters, books, covers, magazines, brochures)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Layout Work

MULTIMEDIA
(games, presentations, audio, video)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Multimedia Work

PACKAGING
(die-cut overlays, box and label design, product packaging)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Packaging Work

PHOTOGRAPHY
(s.o.o.c. cropping, minimal global editing)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Photography Work

PHOTO-MANIPULATION
(collage, composited images, significant retouching, effects, manipulation)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Photo-Manipulation Work

3D
(digital modeling, rendering,3D digital printing)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student 3D Work

TRADITIONAL MEDIA ILLUSTRATION
(traditional media: dry media, wet media, dimensional)

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Traditional Media Work

WEBPAGE  DESIGN
wireframes, final comps, prototypes, and finished webpages

TOP 5 in Judging for all categories Student Web Design Work

2018 SDS JUDGES
many thanks to this years judges!

2018 SDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to all who have helped make this year’s show.

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2018 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW IDENTITY

This Spring, the district-wide STUDENT DESIGN SHOW will return to the Kenosha Campus! (The last design show held on the Kenosha campus was in 2005). The RECEPTION and AWARDS will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2018, from 5:00 – 8:00pm in the Kenosha Campus Atrium.

This year’s identity was designed by Ms. Kristen Cajka. Kristen’s design was selected from a panel of Administrators and Administrative support personnel (at the end of January) from a pool of submissions from students in the Advanced course on both the Racine and Elkhorn Campuses.

It incorporates Kristen’s traditional watercolor interpretation of the Gateway Technical College mascot soaring upwards; the RED HAWK.

Congratulations Kristen!

 

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2016 Student Design Show Submission Guidelines

2016 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

GTC Students submitting artwork for the 2016 Student Design Show will be required to follow the 2 page submission guideline sheet for the show.
In general:

  • all work should be mounted on black presentation board (properly prepared) with a label on the work, and the campus location to return the work to on the back.
  • Digital media should have an URL address/link for webpage, and a YOUTUBE or VIMEO link for presentations (podcasts, videos, powerpoint or keynote presentations).
  • All submissions also need to have a JPG/PNG preview file submitted to the HFS dropboxes (see the PDF handout and the Youtube video).
  • Work should be submitted in presentation form to the instructors by March 30.
  • Alternately, work may be hand-delivered to the location on the setup Day, April 1 (no foolin’) before 11:00 am.

DIGITAL PREVIEW OF ALL FILES FOR THE WEBSITE

GTC Students submitting work for the 2016 Student Design Show will be required to submit a digital preview file of all submitted work (JPG or PNG) for use in the show web site. The directions for submitting your digital files are on the submission guidelines

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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.]

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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.

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Gateway and Parkside Students Exhibit work at U.W. Parkside Galleries

The student galleries at UW-Parkside hosted two shows featuring the design work of Gateway and Parkside students. Opening receptions for both shows were held Wednesday evening, May 21st, 2014.

The Mathis Gallery contained The Immigration Experience Illustrated, which paired Gateway Design Students with recent immigrants in Gateway’s English Language Learner Programs.

The Foundation Gallery  housed Studies In Typography, featuring the work of Parkside’s Advanced Typography section, along with a handful of Gateway Alumni who have entered UW-Parkside’s bachelor degree studies.

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GTC “KEYCOCK” at the NAACC

Gateway Technical College Graphic Comm student Greg Kirstein collaborated with fellow graphic student Steven Samuelson and welding student  Joe Felgenhauer to produce the work “KEYCOCK,” which was exhibited at the National American Association of Community Colleges’ national Workforce Development Institute held in St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 29-Feb. 1.

Photos of the piece were also displayed at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The artist’s concept was to use keys received from across the Gateway District (Racine, Kenosha, and Elkhorn) to symbolize the keys to a proud and bright future. A video helping to document the process appears on YouTube (see below) as well as a newspaper article in the Kenosha News.

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2014 Student Design Show Promotional Materials


This year’s Student Design Show promotional materials  were voted upon and selected by faculty and staff from close to fifteen submissions. Elkhorn Campus Student Nancy DuPont created the promotional look for the show. Nancy’s designs will be utilized on: postcards, posters, and other promotional materials for the 2014 show run.

Congratulations Nancy!