{"id":27356,"date":"2019-05-31T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27356"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:58:02","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-graduate-ebony-walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/31\/austin-peay-state-university-graduate-ebony-walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University graduate Ebony Walton wins multiple regional design awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) spring 2019 graduate Ebony Walton remembers the exact time the package arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remembered it was 4:05pm and my nephew brought it to me,\u201d Walton said. \u201cI thought it would be (a certificate) like my ADDY award. I didn&#8217;t know what was being shipped to my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_454205\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454205\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-454205\" title=\"Austin Peay graduate Ebony Walton recently won an American Advertising Award, or ADDY, and three Southern Student Graphic Design Show awards. (APSU)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-1-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay graduate Ebony Walton recently won an American Advertising Award, or ADDY, and three Southern Student Graphic Design Show awards. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay graduate Ebony Walton recently won an American Advertising Award, or ADDY, and three Southern Student Graphic Design Show awards. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>The package contained plaques from the Southern Student Graphic Design Show (SSGDS):<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of Category in publication design for her portfolio book.<\/li>\n<li>Gold in publication design for her portfolio book.<\/li>\n<li>Gold in visual identity and collateral for \u201cSweet Ride,\u201d a class assignment to create logos, stationery, mobile platforms and apparel for a fictional company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deliberate packaging surprised her. \u201cFragile\u201d on the side of the box denoted something more than a certificate for her efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really fancy!\u201d Walton said, laughing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_454206\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-2.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454206\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-454206\" title=\"One of Walton's designs included in her portfolio book. (APSU)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-2-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"One of Walton's designs included in her portfolio book. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Walton&#8217;s designs included in her portfolio book. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>An Odd Way To Be Honored<\/h3>\n<p>Walton could not attend the awards ceremony at Arkansas State University because it conflicted with her graduation at Austin Peay, but SSGDS worked with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it was going to be the same day as graduation, but I didn&#8217;t want to skip out on the opportunity of possibly winning,\u201d Walton said. \u201cSo I submitted anyways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[320left]SSGDS emailed her that both of her submissions qualified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of like the ADDYs (the American Advertising Awards), you just know you got in but you didn&#8217;t know what you won until the awards ceremony,\u201d she said. Walton won a student silver ADDY for book design.<\/p>\n<p>She found out about her SSGDS wins when the awards arrived in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#8217;t know that I had won anything at that level,\u201d Walton said. \u201cWhen they threw in the best of category, I was floored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She regretted her absence in Arkansas. Networking is tantamount to success in the graphic design industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of me wished I could&#8217;ve gone to the awards show for networking and different things like that and to actually be a part of it, but graduation had to come first.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_454207\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-3.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454207\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-454207\" title=\"Walton won gold for her &quot;Sweet Ride&quot; designs. (APSU)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-3-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Walton won gold for her &quot;Sweet Ride&quot; designs. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walton won gold for her &#8220;Sweet Ride&#8221; designs. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Unknowingly Shaping Her Future<\/h3>\n<p>Walton is from Clarksville and the youngest of six children. Her interest in graphic design began at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think I had no free time,\u201d Walton wrote in her portfolio book. \u201cBut in reality, my older siblings did not want anything to do with me. In order to occupy myself, I learned to use technology and that became my escape, I grew to love it.<\/p>\n<p>[320right]&#8221;As years went on, I began to work in design and figure out how to lay things out. In the time I spent with \u2018The Sims\u2019 series, I learned to explore color and balance. When I started blogging, I learned minor coding and layout. These aspects of design would unknowingly shape my future,\u201d stated Walton.<\/p>\n<p>Walton graduated from Kenwood High School in 2015. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Austin Peay.<\/p>\n<p>Walton wants to work in editorial design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything more focused on layout rather than logos and things of that nature,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She has not been resting on her laurels. She had an internship at Thrive Creative Group, a local creative marketing firm for small startup businesses, where she cut her teeth on editorial design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked on a magazine and loved just playing around and placing things in different spots.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_454208\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-4.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454208\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-454208\" title=\"One of the designs included in Walton's portfolio book. (APSU)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APSU-graduate-Ebony-Walton-wins-multiple-regional-design-awards-4-480x163.jpg\" alt=\"One of the designs included in Walton's portfolio book. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"163\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the designs included in Walton&#8217;s portfolio book. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Walton Is Fearless<\/h3>\n<p>Walton was apprehensive about attending Austin Peay, but she made it her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Austin Peay, and I&#8217;m not just saying that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The professors stuck out most to Walton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got to college I hadn&#8217;t really touched Photoshop or Illustrator,\u201d she said. \u201cThe professors were really helpful about working with people who hadn&#8217;t necessarily had that experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walton thought working with the same professors through her undergraduate program was crucial in fostering trust.<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;ve really helped us and guided us,\u201d she said. \u201cThey take time to submit projects that students have worked on out of the department\u2019s own budget, which is really nice,\u201d Walton said. \u201cThey want their students to be the best they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working with the graphic design department at Austin Peay taught Walton tenacity and to \u201cnot be as afraid as I used to be\u201d about chasing her ambition, she said.<\/p>\n<p>If her tenure at Austin Peay is any indication, it won&#8217;t be long before she is flown out to receive awards across the country instead of anxiously waiting for them in the mail.<\/p>\n<h3>For More Information<\/h3>\n<p>To learn more about the APSU Department of Art + Design, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/art-design\" >www.apsu.edu\/art-design<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Austin Peay State University (APSU) spring 2019 graduate Ebony Walton remembers the exact time the package arrived. \u201cI remembered it was 4:05pm and my nephew brought it to me,\u201d Walton said. \u201cI thought it would be (a certificate) like my ADDY award. 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