Graphic Design Gets ‘Split & Twisted’ in Sept. 15–28 Juried Show

Opening Night Reception is September 15

(August 29, 2011)

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film presents Split & Twisted, the school’s annual juried graphic design student exhibition, from September 15–28 in the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery on campus.   

Jurors for Split & Twisted 2011 include noted design professionals Heather Dryden of Studio Plush (studioplush.net), Adam Goleniewski of Anode (anode.com), and Ryan Nole of Kangaroo Press (kangaroopress.com). 

The opening night reception, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, is free and open to the public.

All Watkins Graphic Design majors are eligible to submit student projects (created since September 2010) in seven categories: Advertising, Advertising-Poster, Multimedia, Corporate Identity, Illustration, Publication Design, and Package Design.

Watkins graphic design students are among the most honored in the country through their submissions to regional, national and international advertising design competitions. In the past two years, Watkins students have collected 47 gold and silver Nashville Student ADDY awards, including Best of Show, and have claimed a significant number of top-level prizes at the district and national ADDYs.  Department chair Professor Dan Brawner, recognized as a “top instructor” by the international visual communications journal Graphis, says “Expect a crisp, lean, smart show featuring the very best of Watkins Graphic Design.”

Currey Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.