FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Five Finalists Compete for Winning Design of
Official Race Poster for 2nd Annual
ING Georgia Marathon and Half Marathon
Scholarship Awarded to Top Student from
Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta
(ATLANTA, Ga. February 22, 2008) – From 20 original entries created by 22
students, five students at the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of
Art and Design (SCAD) were recognized as finalists in a design contest to
create the official race poster of the 2nd annual ING Georgia Marathon &
Half Marathon. The grand prize winner, Mike Albuquerque, of Pernambuco,
Brazil, was announced today at a special ceremony held at the Gallery 1600
on the Atlanta campus, and was presented with a $2,500 scholarship, as well
as the right to see his creation reproduced as 15,000 posters for the March
30 running event.
The winning design captured the city of Atlanta and the energy of the race.
The design features the silhouettes of runners set against the Atlanta
cityscape. Albuquerque is a second year MFA advertising grad student.
"The creativity involved with this contest began in the fall, when the
students simulated a half marathon to develop their initial designs. They
used 13 hours and 1 minute to cross the finish line using brush strokes
rather than foot steps. I expect it was just as exhausting for them as it
will be for 15,000 people come March," said Victoria Seahorn, race director
of the ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon, who was at the ceremony to
unveil the winning designs. "All the runners, walkers and wheelchair
athletes who come to the race next month are sure to love this creative
poster and appreciate the energies that went into the process."
The unique design contest was held on November 11, 2006, with a total of 22
SCAD students participating. They had 13 hours and one minute (simulating
13.1 miles of the half marathon) to create their own original designs. At
the conclusion of the contest, each student crossed the "finish line,"
submitted a team or individual entry, and received a Design Contest Medal.
A judge's panel, consisting of representatives from ING Americas (event
title sponsor), SCAD-Atlanta and race staff, selected five finalists and
the one winning design.
The other four finalists included:
Yoon-Ae Goh- Jeonrabukdo, Korea
Kimberly Prindle- Orlando, FL
Daniel Walden- Springfield, IL
Corey Wilkes- Atlanta, GA
The second annual contest was developed by race sponsor PSI Promotional
Solutions Inc. PSI will print the poster, which will be included in all
registration packets for racers at the Health & Fitness Expo on March 28
and 29. A few of the posters will be signed and numbered by the artist as
special gifts to the event winners on March 30.
Last year 39 students at the SCAD-Atlanta campus participated in the first
design contest. The winning design, which incorporated the skyline of
Atlanta, dogwood blossoms and a variety of runners, was created by NaLee
Kim of Seoul, South Korea, a fourth-year undergraduate student. Kim's
design was produced as a Limited Edition print in 2007 to commemorate the
inaugural marathon; the second place design, by Scott Zettergren of
Atlanta, Ga., was distributed as the participants poster.
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