Associate Professor, IRSC • AAF Treasure Coast President
AAF Addy Judge • Creative Director
STUDENT SUCCESS in VISUAL COMMUNICATION
I've Brought in Over $84,500 to the IRSC VisCom Program Over 13 years
All in Support of Student Success at IRSC
Design Resources • Design Experience • Fonts
Mock-Ups • Paper & Ink • Supporting the AAF
Stock Photography • Web Templates • Hosting
Student Websites • Paying Students for Design Work
Student & Professional Addy Awards
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$60,000 - Sunrise Theatre
$7,500 - Adams Ranch $6,000 - City of Fort Pierce - Ecotourism $5,000 - MycoTea $2,500 - New York Boulders $2,000 - City of Fort Pierce - Highwaymen Project $1,500 - State of Florida $1,500 - Indian River Golf Foundation $1,000 - Manatee Center $500 - SLC - Economic Development Council $350 - Independence Charter Academy Dr. Kevin Cooper - Additional Projects Supporting Student Success $5,000 - GoNuke.com Website Project - Melissa Rogolino $5,000 - Women in the Work Place - Jay Krier $5,000 - Advanced Technology Logo - Annie Mayer |
COMEDY CORNER IS BACK
AT THE SUNRISE THEATRE BLACKBOX • JUNE 13, 2020
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Comedy Corner is Back with Kevin Farley - Saturday, June 13, 2020 - 7:00 pm & 9:15 pm - Sunrise Theatre BlackBox - $25 In Advance / $30 At the Door - Order Online - No Box Office - Seating is Limited to 50% Capacity Per Show - Clean Up Between Shows - No Merchandise or Meet & Greet After the Show to be Safe! Full Bar - Snacks, Free Popcorn, Ticket Giveaways - Lots of Fun! All Hosted by Our Partners Casey Peruski & Spaz McGoorty!
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Congratulations to 2014 IRSC Design Grad in VisCom, Luis Magaña
Customer Success Manager at WMTEK in Fort Pierce, FL
WMTEK
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Luis Magaña
Customer Success Manager WMTEK Fort Pierce, Florida Luis is an experienced professional in identifying project scope for re-platforming various online giving non-profits to a more flexible and scalable platform, acting as liaison between client and developers to ensure project delivery on time and on budget. On the side of implementation he's responsible for migrating existing legacy content, buildout of supporting sitemap pages, cleansing migrated data and quality checking the finished product to ensure a smooth launch and client training transition. He previously worked at Brandster in Stuart. 
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Congratulations to 2018 IRSC Design Grad in VisCom, Tiffany Gavin
Graphic Design Coordinator at UBU Brands in Stuart, FL
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Tiffany Gavin
Graphic Designer Coordinator UBU Brands Stuart, Florida Tiffany is a gifted designer with all kinds of talent. Over the past few years she has worked at signage companies on the Treasure Coast. As Coordinator of Graphic Design at UBU Designs, she is responsible for the overall management of the creative department in keeping a high level of sophistication in the aesthetics of the design, marketing & advertising at the company. Tiffany has been working there at UBU Brands in Stuart since March 2019. 
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Congratulations to 2016 IRSC Design Grad in VisCom, Josh Green
Designer at The Main Land (Soccer Scheduling) in Orlando, FL
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Josh Green
Graphic Designer The Main Land Orlando, Florida Josh Green has been working with The Main Land in Orlando, FL creating the posters and collateral for all the city Soccer Matches. He's the son of Larry Green, a Stuart, FL administrator and educator. Previously, Josh worked at Snyder Marketing Solutions in Stuart and at Barwis in PSL. 
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Baunovo/Bautech, A New Client for the Y225 Design Lab - An Engineering Firm in Okeechobee
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I'm working with Sergio Prahl - Baunovo/Bautech & Megan H. Smith - MPA, IOM, President/CEO - Economic Development Corporation/Okeechobee. The First Project is a 4-Pager Promotional Marketing Brochure displaying their Hi-Tech Equipment and their New Plant in Okeechobee!
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Dean Napolitano • Comedy in a Car
05•20•2020
Causeway Cove Marina
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A SuperStar
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Several of My Design Students Created E-Blasts for the Event!
Stephan Nilson, Virginia Faitella, Alyssa Karwecki
Stephan Nilson, Virginia Faitella, Alyssa Karwecki
Indian River Golf Foundation & Roger Van Dyke
SBDC - IRSC - Y225 Design Lab Project
A $1,500 Donation to the Digital Media Program for
Excellence in Design thru the IRSC Foundation
Excellence in Design thru the IRSC Foundation
Indian River Golf Foundation
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Several IRSC Design students participated in this project in which we created a professional PowerPoint presentation, a new website, a 14.5" x 8.5" brochure, an E-book, photography, an all tournament poster for the full year, poster for Alma Lee Loy Tournament, promotional fundraising brochure detailing all of Roger Van Dyke's success in helping students with training, getting scholarships and developing personal and professional guidelines for life in developing honesty, integrity and sportsmanship as a result of learning this game. Rebecca Mitchell, Kasey Bonilla, Tiffany Nugent and Sarah Howard all assisted on this project.
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My students have won 283 Addy Awards in the Past 12 Years
Ahmad Toom won the AAF's Top Award - The Charley Award My Student Dustin Knotek Won Adobe's International Tony Hawk Competition My Student Amber Watson Won a 2019 Emmy Award at NASA My student Holly Grundel has won major Design Awards in Seattle and developed a national business - she's in Martha Stewart's magazine My student Max Feurer is now working for Amazon as a UX/UI Designer He learned his craft at Cabinets.com in Tampa, FL My student Jean Chery got into juried competitions in 2019 - Swiss Art Expo/Zürich & at the New York Arts Center in New York City I Evaluate Designers By Their Portfolios If You Don't Have One You're Not A Designer A Critic with No Credentials is a Lot of Hot Air! I Have Respect for My Profession - I Take It Very Seriously My Students Have Great Jobs All Over the Country! They Also Have Great Salaries! They've Moved Up the Ladder of Success As a Reward for the Professional Success with the Treasure Coast AdFed - We have been awarded the 2020 Fall 4AAF Leadership Conference here locally I've taught Dana Arnett, Considered the Top Designer in America for 20 years I've taught at 3 Major Universities in their Design Programs The Accreditation Organizations Set Standards by Requiring Credentials All You Have To Do Is Follow the Rules As a Member of AAF, AIGA, SMA, American Center for Design - I Stay Current! As the AAF Treasure Coast President I Travel and Meet Lots of Designers I've Taught Design History & Art Appreciation with Big Success I've Taught Grad Students Like Martha Perez at Oceania Cruise Lines I'm an Addy Judge for the State of Florida - Seeing the Best of the Best I Served on the National 2019 Admerica Conference Planning Committee I Taught at the Largest School of Art in the Country - Northern Illinois University I've Created Collateral for their Artists in Art in America, Crafts, & many more I was the Curator of two National Painting, Drawing, Printmaking Competitions I managed an Art Gallery with major collections - Kandinsky artwork Who do I work with - SLC-EDC, Chamber of Commerce, Sunrise Theatre, the National AAF in Washington DC & almost everyone on the Treasure Coast For 13 consecutive years my students presented their work with students from RISDI, Cooper Union, CalArts, IIT, CMU, Pratt, School of Visual Art & more I have great professional colleagues that I've worked with - Joe Gemignani, Photographer / Dr. William Kolomyjec - Pixar Marketing Director for 10 Years |
The Stars Will Be Out in Downtown Fort Pierce, FL
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A New Paint Job on the Windows at the Sunrise Theatre
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New Floor at the Sunrise Blackbox Theatre - Coming soon!
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My Opinion From Experience
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• Success is having lots of young students from IRSC with salaries in the $70s and $80s range
• Success is keeping my 40 clients happy in the Y225 Lab - a day & night experience
• Success is having 10 students in the Seattle area & 10 students in California with great jobs
• In teaching Design History and Art Appreciation I have an advantage in teaching aesthetics
• Trust the opinions of those who actually work in their discipline
• Teaching without credentials and never working in this discipline is a serious problem
• Avoid miserable people they bring you down (from Milton Glaser's list of key points)
• Vicious treatment of our students is a sign of inexperience
• Bottom line in teaching is quality student work, experience & awards - it's worked for 35 yrs
• Designers Teach Design
• Effective teaching in Graphic Design requires demonstrations of skills & techniques
• Our program is a 4-Year Degree in Design - Graphics Technology is a community college term
• Taste and aesthetics is developed through experience in working on diverse projects
• Students respect faculty who help them with experience on professional projects
• Communication Design is a very complex discipline - if you don't do it - you don't know it!
• Arrogance and poor taste are symptoms of a lack of aesthetics and knowledge
• Of the thousands of design students I've taught - there are tremendous success stories
• I've worked with liars for 35 years - they always hang themselves!
• It's a pleasure helping our students all over the country with recommendations
• My students - Holly Grundel, Jay Krier, Robby Myers & Lance Camp have been very thankful
• Working as a designer in Chicago, Miami and Washington DC was important in my career
Friendly Passages - Law Library Magazine
The Manatee Center Annual Report
A $1,000 Grant • Rachel Tennant, Manager
Working with Rachel Tennant at the Manatee Center has been a real pleasure -
she is bright, thoughtful and a perfectionist. - Walt Hines
she is bright, thoughtful and a perfectionist. - Walt Hines
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I think it looks great! Thank you for all of your time and effort. The book is beautiful and we are so happy to have had this opportunity. You are a wonderful designer and we are grateful that you took an interest in us.
Rachel Tennant Manager, Manatee Center Fort Pierce, Florida |
The New Flavors for MycoTea at 31 oz
ARTISANAL MYCELIUM BEVERAGE • THE ORIGINAL NECTAR OF THE GODS
Thank You Tiffany Nugent & Kasey Bonilla
Thank You Tiffany Nugent & Kasey Bonilla
Shiitake • Reishi • Maitake • Enoki •Tigris • Lion's Mane,
Cordyceps (I, II, III) • Chaga • Bear's Head Tooth • Tiger Tail
Cordyceps (I, II, III) • Chaga • Bear's Head Tooth • Tiger Tail
4th District American Advertising Federation
of Florida - Fall Leadership Conference
Will be Hosted by AAF Treasure Coast • November 13-15, 2020
Thank You Heather Christman, 4AAF Governor, 2020!
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A Snapshot on Saturday, May 2, 2020 of the 4AAF Virtual Meeting
Heather Christman has been elected Governor of the AAF 4th District of Florida by a unanimous vote! I have never been this excited to work with an executive of an organization - she's very professional, level-headed, experienced, knows her way around and has all kinds of leadership experience. My Partner! She challenged us to have the Fall 2020 Leadership Conference on the Treasure Coast. We are working on details for everything! We accept the challenge and are in planning meetings every day for this great event on the Treasure Coast, November 13-15, 2020 - details will be coming soon! |
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Visualization Basics - GRA1129
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100 Times More Exciting than the 2020 Student Exhibition
The First Virtual Digital Media Portfolio Exhibition
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O U R D E S I G N C E L E B R I T I E S
Barry Wallace
AAF National Brand Manager Tampa, Florida |
Heather Christman
Gov-Elect - 4AAF Graphic Designer St. Petersburg, Florida |
Doug Chilton
Senior Graphic Designer FP&L Juno, Florida |
Martha Perez
Creative Director Oceania Cruise Lines Miami, Florida |
Lance Camp
Videographer/Designer The Agora Group Delray Beach, Florida |
Howard Beauchamp
Creative Director Cannes Award Winner NYC, New York |
Kevin Blandon
Creative Director IdeaBar WPB, Florida |
Barry Marsh
AAF Treasure Coast VP BGM Creative Stuart, Florida |
Daniel Sauceda
Jr Creative Director IdeaBar WPB, Florida |
Victoria Racine
BlueFly Design Creative Director Hutchinson Island, FL |
A Big Thank You to These Creative Directors & Graphic Designers
for their Time & Commitment to Our Student Success at IRSC
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These established Creative Directors & Designers were impressed by the quality of our work in the Portfolio Review. Many of them have seen our portfolios for 13 years and know what kind of design we produce. 283 Student Addy Awards to be exact. They have all worked with me on a variety of projects, AAF collateral, Design publications, Award Winning Design Projects, Event Promotions and as former students at IRSC and Northern Illinois University.
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The comments by Heather Christman, Doug Chilton, Martha Perez, Barry Wallace, Kevin Brandon and Lance Camp were very insightful and important for graduating seniors as they spoke about their responsibilities, projects and their expectations when interviewing new graduates. On three consecutive Mondays Howard Beauchamp, Daniel Sauceda and Victoria Racine all spent several hours talking to and reviewing seniors work - and they all loved it!
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Michael Winslow - Man of 10,000 Voices
Hutchinson Shores Resort & Spa - January, 2020 • A Sellout - 300+
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My current clients:
Sunrise Theatre (13 years) New York Boulders Baseball Team - (9 years) Adams Ranch - Robbie Adams (7 years) Manatee Center - Rachel Tennant - Annual Report Mz Perky's Cold Brewed Coffee - Will Roberts Independence Charter Academy - Sandy Krischke Project Lift - Bob Zaccheo - Palm City, Florida On Demand Internet Media - 3 investors Indian River Golf Foundation - Roger Van Dyke - Web/Design National AAF Admerica Conference - Hollywood, FL / Washington DC SLC Economic Development Council - Pete Tesch |
The Clients Who Trust Me for Quality Design and Professionalism in Marketing, Design & Advertising at the Local, Regional & National Level
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Adams Ranch
American Advertising Federation Sunrise Theatre Bluebird Productions The Comedy Corner Baunovo/Bautech Adams Ranch New York Boulders Baseball Club Manatee Center - Fort Pierce Project LIFT Society for Marketing Advances City of West Palm Beach - CRA Islamorada Beer IRSC - SBDC Mz Perky's - Cold Brew Coffee Barwis Rupert J. Smith Law Library TRW Law Nathaniel Pryor Reed KendraDelano.com Denis Potvin Foundation The Galleria of Pierce Harbor SLC - Economic Development Council Independence Charter Academy VisitStLucie.com Brooklyn Sweets HealthyStLucie.com Navy UDT-Seal Museum Treasure Coast Manufacturers Assn. IRSC - Advanced Technology Brown Family Farm Oak Harbor Golf Club Grand Harbor Golf Club Dylan Investments |
Executive Sports
Exclusive Sports Marketing Physician Corporation of America On Demand Internet Media DV8 Sports Leather Golf SubAcute Care Associates, Inc. Treasure Coast Life & Leisure The Light of Hope - Pink Tie Friends Fine Arts Conservancy Fort Pierce Police Dept - Lock It/Lose It Tile of Spain The Racquet Club of Memphis Royal International Trading Co., LTD Hotel Broadcasting Corporation Media Club of North Carolina ICreatives Coloron Corporation Cotton & Company Sven Tumba Johansson Treasure Coast Video AIGA - Miami Norwegian Cruiselines SLC Public Schools Watson Publications The Art of Riding - Natalia Martin Northern Illinois University Athletics Big Ten Conference Mid Continent Conference Mid American Conference Midwestern Collegiate Conference First Plus Sports Marketing Evert Seguso Bassett Tennis Center National Geographic |
Pro Sports Marketing - Cardale Jones
AAF - Treasure Coast Indian River County Sheriff's Office Treasure Coast International Film Fest. PCW Manufacturing Lincoln Park Career Pathways Youth Build - IRSC St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce Heathcote Botanical Gardens SBDC - IRSC - Treasure Coast Business Greg Enns & Indian River Publishing City of Port St. Lucie City of Fort Pierce Main Street Fort Pierce Yacht Watchman Ecotourism on the Treasure Coast TheHighwaymenTrail.com The ARC of Martin County Conservation Alliance of SLC County The United Way Tradition, Florida - E-Books American Society of Plastic Surgeons Solar Energy Loan Fund University of Miami - Intl. Studies Palm Beach State College The Dario Gallery Natl. Painting, Drawing, Print Exhibition Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute SLC - Billion Step Challenge Treasure Coast EDC SLC Wildlife Boat Tours Royal Palm Condominiums Rotary of St. Lucie County Pro-Energy Partners |
Teaching Design Online! How It's Done!
I created this piece online in InDesign - step by step and then I demonstrated
how to use templates for presentation at the next class!
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In my Publication Design Course I demonstrate the process of designing a simple promotional brochure for a contemporary lamp from start to finish. In Zoom I take over the screen and use InDesign and create a cover and spread and show the developmental process and potential concepts of continuity between front & inside. I demonstrate how to set type and set headlines, create a masthead and display continuity in color and talk about size relationships.
The students in the course spread it around that this was very important in learning design, creative thinking and understanding the interface as well. I could design this multiple ways - it's in my blood! More coming partners! After I complete the process, I place it into a presentation template that will make a great splash page and a believeable image on the internet. All Designers throughout the country use these for presenting and convincing clients. |
My Favorite Photos of 2019-2020
IRSC Design Students Win 26 Addy Awards
2020 American Advertising Federation • Treasure Coast Student Addy Award Winners
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Virginia Faitella (2)
Nathaniel Alicea (2) Rebecca Mitchell Will Miranda (2) Brandon Sellers Christa Halstead (2) Christina Remian |
Christian Childers
Kasey Bonilla Nathaniel Jimenez Tatyana Alfred Sarah Howard Jonathan Derinor Luke Forbes |
Dorran Russell
Kayla Sanchez Terrel George Angel Kenney Brandon Davis Cara Richards Thalia Juarbe |
Professionalism in Design & Education
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Students in a quality 4-year design program deserve credentialed faculty who have the professionalism to give information from experience and actual work in their field of study. Community Colleges are at another level - requirements are at a much lower level. I am proud to have worked at three major 4-year institutions who have highly-professional faculty who all produce quality work, win awards and perform at a high level of expertise. Faculty with no experience do lots of talking and are limited in their knowledge of professionalism in the design environment, understanding production and the diversity of skills needed to be successful.
Class Projects that I produce meet the professional standards of what designers, art directors and advertising executives in the field of design expect. My experience with hundreds of major design firms in Chicago, New York, Miami and around the country who have hired my students enforce what I do in the Design Classroom everyday. It's a process of growing professionally and moving up the ladder of success with each new job and taking on new challenges. We have all kinds of design students at IRSC from all kinds of backgrounds - they all need to be mature enough to dedicate themselves to excellence in creating a portfolio that has quality, diversity and personal expression. I help students by demonstrating the design process - in my own projects and showing students how to experiment - teachers who can't are wasting your time & money. |
The big test is the interview where they explain who they are and what they articulate about their work. I have prepared students in Design for 35 years including many of the top designers in the US. I make sure that the portfolios are diverse and well constructed in composition, typography & across several visual platforms.
Designers and Faculty are judged by what they produce - I pride myself on maintaining a network of over 40 companies & professionals who trust my judgement. I involve over 100 of my students in assisting in these projects. Local and national printers trust me with my production background and design skills - Annette Watson at Hartley Press (the biggest printer in SE of the US), Steve Schmoyer at MultiColor Printing & Rene Pierre Levoie at IMS, Inc. in Montreal/Quebec City, Canada. Some of our students think they are highly talented yet have never interviewed or worked in a quality design office. They are in for a big awakening. The correct attitude is to be experimental, open-minded and diverse, as well as confident. The successful students that I have taught have a lot in common - they are relentless in finding great solutions. The Design World is working at a high level - we'll see how hard you work and whether you can fit into it! Remember - Designers Teach Design! |
Why is Student Success in Graphic Design So High at IRSC?
Quality Projects • Experience While in School • Awards • Constant Contact & Support System
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Claudio Abbascia
Web Designer - Palm Beach State Coll. Lake Worth, Florida Esdras Adamas Web Master - NorthZero Port St. Lucie, Florida Brian Adams Brian Adams Photography Port St. Lucie, Florida Mike Afonso Designer - Smashed Media Fort Pierce, Florida Matthew Albers Designer - Environmental Learning Ctr Vero Beach, Florida Xavier Alejandro Designer - The BrandIt Agency Vero Beach, Florida Ravi Annum Web Master - Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida Francesco Avitto Senior Designer - The BrandIt Agency Vero Beach, Florida Chris Baker Designer - Century 21 Professional Port St. Lucie, Florida Brett Bailey Designer - Firebrands Group Sebastian, Florida JulieAnn Banks Marketing - Boston Barricade Vero Beach, Florida Drew Barenborg Designer - Citrus 3 Design Vero Beach, Florida Mike Becthel Designer - IRSC Fort Pierce, Florida Micayla Bragg Designer - Bragg Design Port St. Lucie, Florida Nichole Brewer Designer/Illustrator - HooRag Fort Pierce, Florida Valerie Bullington Designer - Avison Young Real Estate West Palm Beach, Florida Shelby Busenbark Designer - Florida Sportsman Magazine Stuart, Florida Lance Camp Videographer - AGORA Group Delray Beach, Florida Rick Carlson Technical Diving International Stuart, Florida Anthony Catalano Photographer - CS3 Design Orlando, Florida Doug Chilton Senior Designer - FPL Juno Beach, Florida Pat Chamberlain Designer - A•D Solutions Orlando, Florida Dhahran Christie Designer - Hobe Sound Elementary Hobe Sound, Florida Dieulanie Claude Web Design - St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Fort Pierce, Florida Oscar Collazos Marketing - Comcast/XFinity Vero Beach, Florida James Crocco Videographer - IRSC Fort Pierce, Florida Patricia D'Abate Web Master - City of PSL Port St. Lucie, Florida Kevin Day Graphic Designer - SynergyNDS Melbourne, Florida Stephanie Diaz Creative Director - Vacation Super Store Port St. Lucie, Florida Veronica Deboisbriand Designer - AXA Capital Charlotte, North Carolina Tim Delano Videographer/Actor - Sag-Aftra Los Angeles, California Floyd Devine Designer - Locian Design Orlando, Florida Will Dolan Designer - IdeaBar West Palm Beach, Florida Lesley Driver Senior Designer - ITS Fiber Stuart, Florida Jake Dunn Video - Ultimate Fighting Championship Pasadena, California Penny Earls Manager - Sun Communications Melbourne, Florida Nick Ellis Designer - Boston Barricade Vero Beach, Florida Michael Fabiano Illustrator - Ace High Tattoes Stuart, Florida Tiffany Faria Designer - Vero Beach Magazine Vero Beach, Florida Sarah Fernandez Designer - Lazarus Software Coral Springs, Florida Max Feurer UX/UI Designer - Fabric.com at Amazon Atlanta, Georgia Michael Francois Production / Designer - Staples Asheville, North Carolina Desiree Fulton Designer - Castlight Health San Francisco, California Gustavo Gamez Creative Director- Gamez Design Vero Beach, Florida Michael Ganey Manager - CinemaWorld Vero Beach, Florida Tiffany Gavin Graphic Design Coordinator - UBU Brands Stuart, Florida Terrel George Designer - ABC Printing Vero Beach, Florida Kimberly Graef Designer - Crunchi Stuart, Florida Charles Graham Web Master - Cleveland Clinic Stuart, Florida |
Marcus Grant
Designer/Teacher - The Batt School Juno Beach, Florida Josh Green Designer - The Main Land Orlando, Florida Hamlet Gonzalez Design/Recruiter - Creative Circle Fort Lauderdale, Florida Kelly Goodbrad Artist/Designer Sarasota, Florida Cody Gressinger Designer - Sea Coast Metal Works Sebastian, Florida Caris Haggerty Designer - WMTEK Fort Pierce, Florida Holly Grundel Designer - Sablewood Paper Company Seattle, Washington Christa Halstead Designer - KPA Productions West Palm Beach, Florida Tamica Harris Instruct. Designer - University of Miami Miami, Florida Sydney Havee Social Media - Vacation Super Store Port St. Lucie, Florida Sarah Howard Designer - Ram Mounts Seattle, Washington Erica Hueter Teacher/Designer - Westwood HS Fort Pierce, Florida Dianne Hill Office Manager - Firebrands Group Palm Bay, Florida Rene Hunter Designer - Florida Oceanographic Hutchinson Island, Florida Christina Ibanez Designer - FC Edge Marketing Port St. Lucie, Florida Joya Jones Artist - Morning Star Apparel Vero Beach, Florida Ryan Jones Designer - Palm City Designs Palm City, Florida Juan Kahr Video Production - IRSC Fort Pierce, Florida Piyi Kalampaliki Designer - TAMCO Port St. Lucie, Florida Reese Kemp Designer - Tri-Bike-Run Juno Beach, Florida Tom Kirkpatrick Designer - IdeaBar West Palm Beach, Florida Rosie Kissell Designer - MedOne Hobe Sound, Florida Dustin Knotek Art Director/Illustrator - HooRag Fort Pierce, Florida Jay Krier Photographer - Compass Group Charlotte, North Carolina Andrew Krueger Production - Blue Ridge Printing Asheville, North Carolina Chris Krueger Videographer - Geoffrey Smith Galleries Stuart, Florida Jerry Labouef Designer - Express Printing Port St. Lucie, Florida Caitlin Larkin Vibe Host - Hard Rock Cafe Orlando, Florida Christie Lee Designer - TAMCO Port St. Lucie, Florida David Leemon Design-Florida Museum of Nat. History Gainesville, Florida Patrick LeJeune Web Master - St. Lucie County BOCC Fort Pierce, Florida Ron Lopez Designer - Ron Lopez Design Port St. Lucie, Florida Mike Lopresti Marketing - Yum! Brands Louisville, Kentucky Cameron Lott Digital Marketing - LEVO Health Tampa, Florida Dane Lux Instructional Designer - Asurion Orlando, Florida Kathy Macaluso Manager - KMAC Solutions Stuart, Florida Luis Magaña Success Coordinator - WMTEK Fort Pierce, Florida Jessica Mahler Designer - The BrandIt Agency Vero Beach, Florida Nichole Malloch Designer - UBU Design Stuart, Florida Roger Mallot Designer - General Micro Systems Jensen Beach, Florida Robin Marsicovetere Designer - Infinity Sales Group Boca Raton, Florida Annie Mayer Art Director - Canon Boynton Beach, Florida Kyle Melanson Design Manager - Business Mast Vero Beach, Florida Edward Cachu-Mendoza Videographer - Treasure Coast Video Port St. Lucie, Florida Felonice Merrimen Publisher - Palm Beach Parenting Mag. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Rene Mimms Designer/Manager - Pratt Whitney West Palm Beach, Florida Michael Monti Designer/IT Tech - Xtreme Solutions Woodstock, Georgia John Nelson Photographer/Designer - Audubon Society Stuart, Florida Donnie Nilsson Designer - GAI Consultants West Palm Beach, Florida |
Marissa Neun
Designer - TAMCO Port St. Lucie, Florida Lauren O'Kelley Designer - The Design Market Stuart, Florida Caezar Orjaliza Videographer - Painted Media Fort Pierce, Florida Lupita Palacios Designer - MarkeTeam Mission Viejo, California Sean Pemberton Designer - Boston Barricade Vero Beach, Florida Brandy Perez Designer - Minuteman Press Vero Beach, Florida Mike Poolt Photographer - Seafari Photography Jacksonville, Florida Maria Paula Puentes Designer - Crunchi Stuart, Florida Nathan Putnam Designer - Boston Barricade Temecula, California Victoria Racine Art Director - BlueFly Design Hutchinson Island, Florida Brittany Ringe Designer - Alexis & Lynn Raleigh, North Carolina Cynthia Roden Art Director - Atlantic Classical Orch. Fort Pierce, Florida Melissa Rogolino Artist/Web Designer - CadCom Port St. Lucie, Florida Dorran Russell Artist/Teacher - Morningside Academy Port St. Lucie, Florida Sean Rustay Photographer - The Learning Alliance Vero Beach, Florida Tori Ryan Artist - Martin County Library System Stuart, Florida Leo Samayoa Designer - Global 5 Communications Longwood, Florida Sada Sanchez Designer - Bremerton Press Bremerton, Washington Daniel Sauceda Art Director - IdeaBar West Palm Beach, Florida Stephen Schmidt VFX Artist/Composer - Zero VFX Boston, Massacheutts Nathan Putnam Designer - Boston Barricade Temecula, California Brandon Sellers Designer - Sunrise Theatre Fort Pierce, Florida Rick Silliker Digital Designer - Magic Leap Fort Lauderdale, Florida Julie Kendall Snyder Designer - Snyder Marketing Stuart, Florida Matthew Stone Photographer - Stone Photography Hobe Sound, Florida Joe Sweat Marketing - City of Fort Pierce Fort Pierce, Florida Megan Thomas Creative Specialist - WMTEK Duluth, Minnesota Patrick Thomas Photographer - Creative Minds Vero Beach, Florida Kayla Thompson Designer - WMTEK Fort Pierce, Florida Kiante Todd Designer - Epek Data Los Angeles, California Ahmad Toom Designer - Southern Eagle Fort Pierce, Florida Georgina Tougher Marketing - Gannett Stuart, Florida Walter Trujillo Videographer - Student Bridge Atlanta, Georgia Pete Tullock Designer - Design Aces Fort Pierce, Florida Brian Urso Web / IT Tech - The BrandIt Agency Vero Beach, Florida Catherine Valinote Designer - 8 Oak Lane/Shade Critters Stuart, Florida Kristin Verga E-Commerce Manager - Brandster Stuart, Florida Alejandro Villa Designer - Image 360 Vero Beach, Florida Eric Vogt Designer - The BrandIt Agency Vero Beach, Florida Amber Watson Videographer - NASA Merritt Island, Florida Robert Watson Designer - Boston Barricade Vero Beach, Florida Heather Welsh Designer - ISpot TV Seattle, Washington Levi Wilke Photographer/Designer - Vacasa Destin, Florida Jaeda Williams Videographer - St. Lucie County Schools Fort Pierce, Florida Kelly Williams Designer - Whole Foods Orlando, Florida Jason Willis Designer - WMTEK Fort Pierce, Florida Evyn Zosia Designer/Creator - New Synrgy Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Sunrise Theatre Is Rescheduling Performances
in the Coming Weeks for the 2020-2021 Season
With the 2019 - $5,000 Check from the Sunrise Theatre
It Marks 13 Years & $60,000 Helping Our IRSC Design Students
The money from the Sunrise Theatre is used to pay
for Addy Awards (350 in 13 years), fonts, templates, websites, mock-ups, fees for students working on projects with local clients and the SBDC that give them experience on their resume and extend our outstanding Student Success. It has been extremely important in getting jobs. |
Walt, the Sunrise Theatre is blessed to have you and your students as hands on supporters and creative partners. You are unsung heroes of the Sunrise Theatre.
Bob Bluestone Sunrise Theatre Board Member Former Owner, Chicago Bears |
2019-20 A Tremendous Year Of Student Success
For Our IRSC VisCom Graduates
Amber Watson
Emmy Award
Amber Watson Videographer Cape Canaveral, FL NASA Creative Group 
Amber and her team of videographers won an Emmy Award for their video of a NASA launch.
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Dustin Knotek
International Award
Dustin Knotek Illustrator Palm City, FL Tony Hawk Skate Jam 
Dustin recently won Adobe's International, Global Contest for Tony Hawk's Skate Jam Deck Artwork.
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Joseph Murray
Regional Addy Award
Joseph Murray Designer/Illustrator Port St. Lucie, FL IRSC Student 
Joseph's renderings called Medieval Military were a big success this past year with a Regional Addy Award.
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Holly Grundel
Seattle Bride Awards
Holly Grundel Designer Seattle, WA Sablewood Paper Co. 
Holly has won Multiple Design Awards in Seattle Bride Magazine in 2018-19
at Sablewood Paper Co. 
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Jay Krier
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Jay Krier Photographer-Videographer Charlotte, North Carolina Compass USA 
Jay Krier has been traveling the country as an award winning photographer/ videographer for Compass.
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Jean Chery
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Jean Chery Fine Artist/Designer Port St. Lucie, Florida Swiss Art Expo - Zürich, SZ 
Jean Chery was accepted
into this International Swiss Art Exhibition/Competition in Zürich, Switzerland. 
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Lance Camp
CREATIVE AWARD
Lance Camp Photographer-Videographer Delray Beach, Florida Agora Creative Group 
Lance Camp and his Agora Creative Group created videos for Glenn Beck, Yale University & Switzerland
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Daniel Sauceda
HOW DESIGN AWARD
Daniel Sauceda Senior Graphic Designer West Palm Beach, Florida IdeaBar 
It's been a great year for Daniel Sauceda - winning multiple awards for Design
& Marketing at IdeaBar. 
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Tim Delano
48-HR COMEDY AWARD
Tim Delano Comedian/Videographer Los Angeles, California All Coast Pictures 
Tim Delano and his Comedy Group in Los Angeles just recently won a 48-Hour Comedy Film Fest. Award.
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Francesco Avitto
CREATIVE AWARD
Francesco Avitto Senior Graphic Designer Vero Beach, Florida The BrandIt Agency 
Francesco Avitto assisted in creating collateral for The BrandIt Agency's identity for Metro By T-Mobile.
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Doug Chilton
25 YEAR SERVICE AWARD
Doug Chilton Senior Graphic Designer Juno, Florida Florida Power & Light 
Doug Chilton has been a designer at FPL for 25 years creating Collateral for the parent company.
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Robbie Myers
CREATIVE AWARD
Robbie Myers Videographer Colorado Springs, CO University of Colorado 
Robbie Myers set a high standard of excellence at Universal Studios & the University of Colorado.
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Stephen Schmidt
THE 365 FILM AWARD
Stephen Schmidt Compositer Boston, Massachuetts ZERO VFX 
Steven is on the Compositor team at ZERO VFX which has made many films including Patriots Day. His dad is the locksmith at IRSC.
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Kristen Verga
OPERATIONS AWARD
Kristen Verga Operations Manager Stuart, Florida Brandster 
Kristen has extensive experience at Brandster including Operations,
E-Commerce Coordinator and Customer Relations. 
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Ahmad Toom
AAF CHARLIE AWARD
Ahmad Toom Art Director Fort Pierce, Florida Southern Eagle 
Ahmad won the American Advertising Federation's top award The Charlie - he is Philip Busch's
Art Director. 
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Patricia D'Abate
5 YR ANNIVERSARY AWARD
Patricia D'Abate Web Master Port St. Lucie, Florida City of Port St. Lucie 
I recommended Patricia for the Communications Dept. job in Web where she excels now as the
Web Master. 
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