2007 Electronic Media Winners
Computer illustrations, scanned and/or computer-manipulated images and graphic design or commercial art, including brochures, flyers, t-shirt designs or posters created with the assistance of a computer.
Click here to review the rules for this year.Top 10...
Grand Prize: $5,000Emily
Kelsey Clements
SR: Cy-Fair HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Earl Emery
2nd Place: $2,500Painted to Perfection
Kyle Bidinger
F: Cy-Fair HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Earl Emery
3rd Place: $1,500Factories of Cloud, Rain and Sandstorm
Tim Guo
SR: Clements HS
Fort Bend ISD
Teacher: Donna Reedy
4th Place: $1,000Rough and Smooth Thoughts
Shawn Gardner
SR: Carver HS
Aldine ISD
Teacher: Megan McEntire
5th Place: $500Persephone, The Stolen Bride
Christina Kent
F: The Woodlands HS
Conroe ISD
Teacher: Jenny Pascual
6th Place: $250Growing Pains
Marc Drumwright
SR: Cy-Fair HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Laurie Emery
7th Place: $250Monster
Nicole Fernandez
SR: The Woodlands College Park HS
Conroe ISD
Teacher: Karin Hall
8th Place: $250These Shoes
Tyler Hunter
SR: Friendswood HS
Friendswood ISD
Teacher: Jan Nemitz
9th Place: $250Downcast on Pain
Allison Burckhartt
S: Klein Oak HS
Klein ISD
Teacher: Lesia Streckfuss
10th Place: $250Bliss
Leighton Hughes
SR: The Woodlands HS
Conroe ISD
Teacher: Anne Morrison
Honorable Mention...
Untitled 9Curtis Fikac
JR: Elsik HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Danielle Pontus
Nature's Last DefenseAmy Lai
SR: Kerr HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Lisa Canorro
Wandering EmotionsCaleb Ryan Oliver
SR: Alief Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Maria Brown
KellyKimberly Salmon
SR: Klein Oak HS
Klein ISD
Teacher: Lesia Streckfuss
BotellasStephanie Zelaya
SR: Alief Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Maria Brown
About the Jurors...
Greg Kaufman has a B.S. degree in Graphic Illustration and Photography, with a formal education from the Tate Gallery in London, England. He has an extensive design background in newspaper advertising where he spent eleven years collaborating with creative directors, advertising agencies and designers. The past decade he's been a Director of Consulting Services with expertise in Web Technologies. He remains ingrained with the Arts as a patron of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH).After twenty years, Arian Kaufman remains an active member of the graphic design profession. With a B.S. in Graphic Design she spent ten years designing in the Promotion Department at the Houston Chronicle. She continued overseeing all phases of promotional materials for Fortune 500 corporations with Terry Productions, a Houston graphics corporation. She continues to work with award winning designers as a team member of the Marketing Communications department at AIM Investments.
Lee Rose has worked as a Medical Illustrator and Graphic Designer at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX/ AV Corporation/WBS Post Production and Baylor College of Medicine, both in Houston, TX; and the Medical College of Georgia in August, GA. He has also served as a Medical Illustration Consultant for the Texas Heart Institute Journal. He has been using electronic media for 19 of his 40-year professional career.
Steven Sessions is President and Creative Director of an award winning nationally recognized design firm, Sessions Group. He has been interviewed by and his work has been featured in hundreds of magazines and books in the US, Europe, and Asia. His work was selected for a cultural exchange exhibit in Beijing, China and last year the Art Directors Club of Houston judges selected his work as one of the three best of the last 50 years.
