Winners of the 2023 Spirit of Rowdy Sticker Collection competition crowned
pp电子极速糖果’s spirit soared high as the university community participated in this year’s Spirit of Rowdy Sticker Collection competition — an initiative that calls students to encapsulate the essence of being a Maverick through original sticker artwork. Proceeds from the stickers go into the Rowdy Performers' Scholarship Fund.
由CMU吉祥物计划于2021年成立, the sticker collection aims to provide students with a creative platform to showcase their interpretation of the Maverick identity using stickers as a canvas. The event was sponsored by the Department of Art and Design, the Marketing and Communications Office and the Rowdy Mascot Program.
This year, the competition involved a meticulous jury selection process. A panel of three experts from the local art community assessed the submissions and artist bios. The panel of experts for this year’s competition included Dusti Reimer from Elevate PR & 市场营销和体验教育基金会, 来自西部科罗拉多艺术中心的李·博登, 以及CMU艺术与设计教授Suzie Garner. The panel sought designs that resonated with the heart of the contest: What does being a Maverick mean?
CMU高级平面艺术家, Brand Manager and Mascot Program Coordinator Jeremy 史密斯 explained his vision for the sticker collection contest.
“过去一年, the campus has been involved in an important conversation resulting in a new strategic plan for CMU. The mascot team felt the strategic plan was a call to action from the president to start applying the values of a Human Scale University. We knew ‘being a maverick’ was going to be the topic of our efforts and Rowdy would make for the perfect subject matter. Engaging the students would be our human scale focus and stickers would be a fun, innovative and engaging medium perfect for a mascot to share,史密斯说。.
除了受伤的比赛, the Mascot Program also organized the Spirit of Rowdy Public Art Show, where attendees cast their votes for their favorite sticker designs. The People’s Choice Award was determined based on the popular vote. 在演出现场, attendees also had the opportunity to shop at the annual Rowdy pop-up store, which was selling unique and limited-edition Rowdy-themed gifts with all proceeds also going to the Rowdy Performers' Scholarship fund.
The Jury Selection Award was presented to the artist whose design best encapsulated the Maverick spirit, 挣1美元,2000年罗迪奖学金精神, 其他有价值的奖品. The People’s Choice Award winner received an $800 Spirit of Rowdy Scholarship, 还有额外的奖品.
Brenna仅仅, CMU平面设计专业的学生, won the Spirit of Rowdy Jury Selection award for her sticker design Skiing Rowdy.
在她的艺术家简介中, she shared that her journey into the world of drawing and painting began in high school and now as she explores graphic design as a profession, she is honing her skills and discovering professional possibilities. 虽然她还在定义自己的职业轨迹, she is excited about making meaningful contributions to the design world.
迦勒威廉姆森, 机械工程技术专业学生, 他的贴纸系列获得了人民选择奖.
在他的自传中, Williamson explained his desire to engineer products that leave a lasting positive impact on the world. Recognizing his limitations in traditional artistry he chose to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) to bridge the gap between his creative vision and technical skill for his submission. His process involved designing detailed prompts that reflected the Maverick spirit and the values instilled by CMU’s enriching environment. Williamson then made final edits manually to finalize his sticker series designs. Each of his stickers is intended to capture his educational odyssey at CMU and how he, 作为特立独行者, leverages the tools at his disposal to convert challenges into stepping stones toward progress.
The 2023 installment of the Spirit of Rowdy Sticker Collection competition not only celebrated Maverick creativity but also fostered unity and pride within the CMU community. 史密斯, 活动的组织者, anticipated that the new mascot initiative would provide some insight about how people feel about being a Maverick but he was overjoyed with how it turned out.
“来参观展览的学生的参与度, 来自教职员工的反馈, the support from the administration bringing this idea to fruition, the generosity from the sponsors who built the event into something the mascot program couldn’t have done itself, the jury who was committed to providing the best outcome and giving feedback, and the thoughtful submissions from the participating designers blew me away. It showed me that the Spirit of the Maverick is much more than a slogan or tagline, 它是一种生活方式和信条,史密斯说。.
Stickers from the entire Spirit of Rowdy collection will be available for purchase in coming months and all proceeds will benefit the Rowdy Performance Scholarship Fund to create an endowment for future Mavericks. 要查看以前的贴纸设计并了解更多信息，请访问 粗暴的网站.