APSU art students earn several awards and scholarships
March 7, 2014
Clarksville, TN – February turned out to be a good month for the Austin Peay State University Department of Art, with several students earning prestigious awards and scholarships.
Graphic design student Brooke Mckee was awarded a Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) scholarship for winning a Design Center student competition to design the visual identity for TBR’s Critical Conversations Initiative. [Read more]
Rivers and Spires Festival announces 2013 Poster Contest Winner
March 27, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Rivers and Spires Festival is pleased to announce Austin Peay State University Junior, Lucas Freeze as the winner of the 2013 Festival Poster Design project.
Freeze was a part of a class project, through the APSU Design Center, that came up with several comps of artwork for the 2013 Festival poster.
Representatives from the Rivers & Spires Festival present Lucas Freeze with a check for his winning piece of artwork. (L-R) Robin Burton, VP Marketing City-County Economic Development Council; Kell Black, Chairman Austin Peay Department of Art; Lucas Freeze; Mark DeYoung, Assistant Professor; Doug Barber, Festival Director.
Austin Peay State University Design Center Students Present 2013 Rivers & Spires Poster Concepts tonight
February 20, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Tonight, February 20th at 7:00pm, students in this semester’s Design Center class at Austin Peay State University will be presenting their concepts for the 2013 Rivers & Spires Festival poster at a reception held in the Trahern Building Gallery. The public is welcome to attend the event.
The class, under the direction of Assistant Professor Mark DeYoung, began working on the project in January. Representatives from the Festival met with the students and presented the ideas and look they wanted captured in the final piece of artwork. [Read more]
