DCS congratulates Von Glitschka, whose “Tickles the Clown” illustration has earned him a spot in Society of Illustrators 51. He created this illustration as part of a poster design promoting the Illustrative Design presentation he gave recently for the Dayton Creative Syndicate.
November 7th 2008, The Get Out The Vote poster contest was the first competition sponsored by the DCS and sought to raise voter awareness and inspire people to vote in this years general election. After appearing in our on-line gallery the top 25 entries were featured on display in the November occurrence of the Downtown Dayton Partnership’s First Friday at the Excelsior Lofts in the historic Oregon District. The use of the Excelsior Lofts was donated, by owner, Tom Tornatore, who graciously opened his doors to the DCS and gave us free rein of his space to create a wonderful urban setting for our show.
Attendance was good throughout the night, despite bad weather conditions. We saw between 50 and 60 people walk through the display as well as having a solid turn out of volunteers and DCS members to help run the event. Special thanks again to our judges; Dan Johnson, Ken Botts and Scott Hull who collectively selected the winner, Cameron Braun’s entry.
Cameron, a Cedarville college graduate, who works at Wilson Advertising, was very excited to win the first DCS competition and was on hand to celebrate his winning entry with a few photos and light discussion.
Be sure to check out all the great pictures from the event via our Flickr slideshow!
Last year, the GDAA started a new awards competition, the Mercury Awards, to honor advertising professionals who are not recognized by the Hermes/Addy Competition, which is a creative competition.
The Dayton Creative Syndicate was nominated for, and won, Newcomer of the Year. This is a tremendous honor for a brand new club like ours. Huge thanks to everyone who voted for us!
Congratulations to our DCS members who also won or were nominated:
Be sure to check out the complete list of nominees.
