AAF Treasure Coast President
​AAF Addy Judge​​
Creative Director​
35 Years of Successful Teaching


4th District of Florida AAF Fall Conference
November 13-15, 2020 • Marriott Hutchinson Island Resort 



A Great Night of Comedy at the BlackBox

Experienced Comedians Richie Minervini, Richie Purpura and Spaz McGoorty.
Minervini & Purpura worked on Disney Cruises for many years.
​They both have moved to the Treasure Coast!

An Exciting Season at the Sunrise Theatre in 2021 
Executive Director Sharon Engel Has Put Together Outstanding Performers

IRSC Design student Marissa Thomson & I worked on this Arrangement of Performers



Our Students in Visual Communication, a 4-Year Program, Deserve Faculty with Professional Credentials and Experience in Design!

All you have to do is follow the professional guidelines of the accreditation that is required by SACS!

I have the deepest respect for my profession - what's the difference in my teaching and those with no credentials and no experience - students want to be taught how to create a solution by the design process - all my students know it - except for those who don't work hard enough.

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​New Design Projects - 2020


2020 Fall - Best Student Work  

Created by Stephan Nilson

​Animation Created by Milos Hall


Mac AirServers & IPads for Teaching - The Newest Technology

Trey McCray
Apple Computer 
​Higher Ed Technology Rep
​Orlando, Florida
I've been in touch with Trey McCray Higher Education Technology Rep for Apple Computer in Orlando, FL in keeping up with the latest technology in Online Teaching. Their new product AirServer makes for a powerful tool in Classroom Instruction and using iPads with a Stylus. Trey is assisting us with the IPads & experimenting with the new technology. He's been terrific. I just attended an Online Seminar about Online Teaching and the Servers being used at some colleges.
Sean Petelinkar working on his Poster & E-Blasts with his Stylus!
October 7, 2020 - Apple Computer Seminar
Online Teaching in Colleges & Universities
Apple Computer New Online Technology
Teaching with IPads and the New AirServer


I've Brought in $85,000 in Funded Projects
Supporting Student Success in the VisCom Program Over 13 years 
Design Resources for Students • Student Design Experience • Fonts • Mock-Ups ​• ​Paper & Ink ​• AAF Support • Stock Photography  
​Web Templates • Hosting Student Websites ​• Design Projects for Students • Professional & Student Addy Awards • New Software 

IdeaBar Agency - West Palm Beach, FL
Dan Sauceda, Tom Kirkpatrick, Will Dolan, Will Montoya
Set Up Internships - $25 an hour / 25 Hours a week - (7)
New York Boulders Baseball Club
Pomona, New York
Shawn Reilly, President
Joseph Murray, IRSC Student
Medieval Military 
​AAF Regional Award Winner - Gold Addy Award  
$60,000 - Sunrise Theatre 
​$7,500 - Adams Ranch
$6,000 - City of Fort Pierce - Ecotourism
​$5,000 - MycoTea 
$2,500 - New York Boulders Baseball Team
$2,000 - City of Fort Pierce - Highwaymen Project
​$1,500 - State of Florida - Healthy St. Lucie
​$1,500 - Indian River Golf Foundation
​​$1,000 - Manatee Center Annual Report
​​$900 - The Art of Science Exhibition - VGTI Tradition
​$500 - SLC - Economic Development Council

I've Developed a Very Successful
​4-Year Design Program in
Visual Communication at IRSC 

• 13 Years of Hard Work & Dedication to Student Success & Experience 
• Nights, Weekends, Holidays 
• Keeping 40 Active Clients 
• Raising Money for Our Students 
• ​Providing Design Experience in School 
• Professional Awards 
• Providing Student Resources 
• ​Funding for Student Websites
• Assisting Students Nationally 
• Great Jobs & Great Salaries
​• A​ Diversity of Designers Throughout the Country
• 283 AAF Student Addy Awards - I paid for them all!
• Leadership in All Kinds of Industries
• National Awards & the Ladder of Success 
• Emmy Award - Amber Watson​
• Adobe's International Tony Hawk Competition - Dustin Knotek
• UX/UI Designer at Amazon - Max Feurer ​ 
• American Advertising Federation Regional Award - Joseph Murray
• American Advertising Federation Charlie Award - Ahmad Toom
• Outstanding Portfolios & Quality Projects 
• Strong Interview Skills 
• A Network of Great Jobs Around the Country
• 4 IRSC Designers at IdeaBar Agency in WPB  
• Portfolio Reviews By Established Professionals

​PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 4AAF Fall Conference - Treasures of Innovation • Marriott Hutchinson Island • Nov 13-15, 2020 • AAF Treasure Coast President
​• AAF National Admerica 2019 Conference Committee, Diplomat Hotel • Hollywood, FL • Marketing & Design
• $85,000 in Grants/Project Performance for the Y225 Design Lab Benefitting IRSC Design Students
• IRSC SBDC Projects - Newsletter, Conference collateral, DV8 Sports, Yacht Watchman, On Demand Internet Media
• $7,500 Grant from Adams Ranch - Website, Auction Books, Trade Show Displays
• $6,000 Grant for Ecotourism Project for the City of Fort Pierce
• $3,000 Grants for Sports Marketing Projects with the New York Boulders Baseball Club - Shawn Reilly
•​ 2019 Award - Martin County School District Career & Technical Education Business Partner of the Year   
• 170 Major Golf Tournament Magazines (100-120 pages each) • Executive Sports • Watson Publications
• World Golf Championships, Sarazen World Open, Doral & Honda, Bay Hill, Players Championship, etc
• NCAA CoSida Award for Sports Publishing • NCAA Volleyball Media Guide • NIU
• 40 Intercollegiate Sports Media Guides - Northern Illinois University - FB, BB, VB, WBB
• Big Ten Conference - 8 years - Marketing & Design, Media Guides, Newsletters, 6 Design Interns
• Mid-American Conference - #1 Basketball Media Guide - Sports Marketing - Northern Illinois University 
• Three Major College Sports Conference Logos • Big Ten • Midwestern Collegiate • Mid Continent • MAC - 50 Yr Logo
• Apple Technology Partner's Grant - $45,000 • Mac Lab - NIU
• $100,000 Grant from IC Industries & Whitman Corporation for NIU - Publication Design/Mac Lab Publishing 
• Northern Illinois University Outstanding Teacher Award - $5,000 • 70 Art & Design Faculty
• American Advertising Federation Awards - 25 Gold Addy Awards
​• First Plus Sports Marketing Identity Design - Dan Marino - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
​• Evert Seguso Bassett Tennis Center Identity System
• American Advertising Federation Student Awards - 283 Student Addy Awards
• Curator, 2nd/3rd National Painting Drawing Printmaking Competition - Palm Beach State College
• Navy Seal Museum - Medal of Honor Exhibit
• Navy Seal Museum - Children's Obstacle Course - 3D Renderings 
• Marketing & Design for the Sunrise Theatre - 13 years - 100 Posters a year, Collateral, Event Marketing
• BlueBird Productions - 7 Years - Marketing & Design • Web Design • Posters, Collateral Advertising & Promotions
• Comedy Corner - 7 Years - Marketing & Design • Posters, Collateral Advertising and Promotions  
• 4AAF District of Florida - American Advertising Awards Judge
​• Designed the Manatee Observation and Education Center Annual Report - Rachel Tennant, Manager
• Designed (4) E-Books for Tradition, Florida
​• Designed the Denis Potvin Family Foundation Identity
​• Created Identity for Cardale Jones Football Camp - NFL QB • Columbus, Ohio 
​• Created TheHighwaymenTrail.com website for the City of Fort Pierce
• Senior Art Director • Physician Corporation of America • $4 Million printing budget • 400 Projects per year • Miami, Florida
• $1,500 Grant for Indian River Golf Foundation and Roger Van Dyke, PGA Tour Life Professional
• Award for Promoting Health & Wellness in St Lucie County by HealtyStLucie, Jennifer Harris
• Created a Timeline of Success for the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida - City Chambers
• MycoTea packaging for Mycilium Tea - Shark Tank contestants
• Established Internships at IdeaBar Agency in WPB - $25 per hour/25 Hours per week - 7 students
•​ Established Internships at the Sunrise Theatre, Southern Eagle, Solar Energy Loan Fund 


​I D E N T I T Y   D E S I G N

Performing Arts Center Identity
2020 Gold Addy Award Sunrise Theatre
Treasure Coast Mfg Identity 
Pure Zeppelin - Sunrise Theatre  
2019 Addy Award
Main Street Fort Pierce - Auction
Exclusive Vero Beach Gated Community
AAF Treasure Coast Event
A Local Travel Agency Identity
New York Boulders Sponsorships
Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival 
Ecclestone Signature Homes - Jupiter, FL
Charity Golf Tournament - Oak Harbor
Baunovo / Bautech 
Sunrise Theatre - Concert Series
Identity - National Marketing Organization
Blues & Jazz Identity
A North Carolina Media/Drone Business
On Demand Internet Media
Identity for an Investment Company
Dental Implant Network WPB
Professional Youth Training Center
Mz Perky's Cold Brewed Coffee
Sports Grille at New York Boulders Stadium
The Galleria of Pierce Harbor
MycoTea - Original Nectar of the Gods
Brown Family Farm Green Market
Curator of a National Art Competition
Identity - Exclusive Vero Beach Community 
Patented Module #N331
New York Boulders All-Star Game Banners
Identity - Visual Communication Program
Denis Potvin Family Foundation Identity
IRSC Robotics Program Poster
Solar Energy Company - Vero Beach
Comedy Corner - Casey & Spaz Comedy
IRSC National Preparedness Institute
Virtual Reality Digital Classroom
TheHighwaymanTrail.com Website
AAF Treasure Coast E-Blast
National Science Foundation Organization
City of Fort Pierce Environmental Campaign 
ARC of Martin County Event Poster
PGA, LPGA, Champion Tour Magazines-170
Sunrise Theatre - Charlie Daniels Last Poster



​Responsive, WordPress & Elementor Pro Websites 

BlueBirdProductions.org
AAFTreasureCoast.org
FPSunriseKiwanis.com 
Website Design for TCMA.org


​ The VisCom Program E-Book
Featuring the Latest Design & Digital Media Projects
(Click on the Book - FlipSnack)



​D  E  S  I  G  N

Vanessa Collier - Blues & Jazz
IRSC Electric Vehicle
Luminary Hotel - Fort Myers, FL
2D Design - Visualization Study
3D Design Project
2D Design - Visualization Study
2D Design - Visualization Study
3D Design Project
Digital Media Portfolio Exhibition


Professional Projects - Marketing, Design & Advertising - 2019-2020

• When I am asked to work on Professional Projects, I involve my students for
  their Design Skills and Fresh Ideas and the chance to get Experience on their
  Resumes before they graduate. 
• Every year for 13 years I've paid for all the 283 Student Addy Awards here at
  IRSC, and this past year some of our best agencies had nothing to present.
• I called several professionals - and paid their fees and they entered their best
  work to keep up the momentum of quality work here on the Treasure Coast. 
• I explained this to Heather Christman, 4AAF Governor of Florida, and she was
  extremely impressed by our Design Membership and the quality of the work
​  at the 2020 Treasure Coast Addy Judging. 
• It's a very self-serving world now. 
• However, I keep our students at the forefront of everything I do. 
• I'm rewarded with comments from my students all over the country. 
​• It makes all the hard work worth every minute.
• 2020 - New WordPress & Elementor Pro Website for BluebirdProductions.org
• 2020 - New WordPress & Elementor Pro Website for Sunrise Fort Pierce Kiwanis
​• 2020 - New Identity Design for Project Vision - Helping Colleges Innovate for Dr. Kevin Cooper
• 2020 - New Identity Design & Website for Merrimack Capital Partners - Management & Investment Business
​​• 2020 - Baunovo/Bautech Engineering - Sergio Prahl / Megan Smith / Laura Mendoza - Brochure - Okeechobee, FL
• 2020 - Friendly Passages Magazine - 80-pages -Jim Walker/Carolyn Fabrizio - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2020 - Manatee Center Annual Report - 32-pages - Rachel Tennant - Fort Pierce, FL - $1,000
​• 2020 - Project LIFT Newsletter - 8-pages - Bob Zaccheo - Palm City, FL
• 2020 - YouthBuild Promotion Brochure - Dr. Pamela Welmon - IRSC - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2020 - Roasting Darryl Bey/BlueBird Educational Foundation - Collateral - $20,000 Fundraiser - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2020 - Southern Soul Society - Poster Design - Will Vaughn - Fort Pierce
• ​2020 - MycoTea - Freddie Munoz/Giuliano Melluso - 12 Bottle Labels / Photography - Vero Beach, FL - $1,500
• 2020 - Southern Eagle - Philip Busch/Ahmad Toom - Revolt CBD Project - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019-2020 - New York Boulders/Shawn Reilly - Design/Media Guides/Ads/Signage/Banners - Pomona, NY - $2,500
• 2019-2020 - Indian River Golf Foundation - Roger Van Dyke - Website/Collateral - Vero Beach, FL - $1,500
• 2019-2020 - Sunrise Theatre - 100 Season Performance Posters - Fort Pierce, FL - $5,000
• 2019-2020 - Comedy Corner - 25 Season Performance Posters - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019-2020 - BlueBird Productions - 20 Season Performance Posters & E-Blasts - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019-2020 - Treasure Coast Economic Development Council - Pete Tesch - Marketing - Port St. Lucie, FL
• 2019-2020 - KendraDelano.com - Website - Stuart, FL (Kasey Bonilla)
• 2019-2020 - Heathcote Botanical Gardens - Diana Kimes - Fort Pierce, FL (Kasey Bonilla)
• 2019-2020 - Digital Media Student Exhibitions - Posters / Entry Forms - IRSC - Fort Pierce, FL
​• 2019-2020 - Digital Media Portfolio Exhibitions (4) - Posters / Social Media - IRSC - Fort Pierce, FL
​• 2019-2020 - Digital Media Portfolio Exhibitions (2) - Promotional Brochures - IRSC - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019-2020 - Cattleman's Dance Poster - Adams Ranch - Fort Pierce, FL 
​• 2019-2020 - Adams Ranch - Auction Catalog - Robbie Adams - Fort Pierce, FL - $7,500
​• 2019-2020 - AAFTreasureCoast.org - Website - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019 - Ellen Lupton Lecture, Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt - Norton Museum - WPB, FL
​• 2019 - Fort Pierce History Festival - Greg Enns - Posters for the Event - Downtown Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019 - HealthyStLucie FitFest - Logo/Poster/Photography - Jennifer Harris - Port St. Lucie, FL
​• 2019 - Admerica National Conference Committee at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, FL
• 2019 - Designed Treasure Coast Business Magazine for the State of Florida SBDC
​• 2019 - Award - Business & Education Partner of the Year in Stuart, FL
​• 2019 - Award for Promoting Health in St. Lucie County - Jennifer Harris - Billion Step Challenge
​• 2019 - Barwis - Jade Wright - Marketing - Port St. Lucie, FL     
​​• 2019 - Indian River Magazine - Greg Enns - Website - Fort Pierce, FL
• 2019 - MycoTea - Trade Show Booth - Palm Springs, CA


Always Trust Designers Who Work in Their Profession 
​and Have the Credentials to Give Good Advice on Projects, Portfolio, Interviewing & Professional Practice

OUR DESIGN CELEBRITIES
BAS Portfolio Students Cara Richard, Tristan Armstrong, Skye Heller, Rudy Francisco, Lucia Borroto, Simone Dupree and Kasey Bonilla All Enjoyed These Sessions and Told Me That They Learned About Finishing a Complete Portfolio of Work! Every One of These Creative Designers Told Me They Enjoyed the Sessions With the Students and Will Be Back Again!
Barry Wallace
AAF National
4AAF Florida
Tampa, FL
Heather Christman
Governor 4AAF Florida
2020 Leadership Conf.
St. Petersburg, FL
Doug Chilton
Designer - 25 years
FPL / NextEnergy
Juno, FL
Martha Perez
Creative Director
Oceania Cruises
Miami, FL
Lance Camp
Videographer 
The Agora Group
​Delray Beach, FL
Howard Beauchamp
Creative Director
Communication Arts
Cannes Film Fest 
Kevin Blandon
Creative Director
IdeaBar Agency
West Palm Beach, FL
Barry Marsh
AAF Vice President
BGM Creative
Stuart, FL
Dan Sauceda
Junior Art Director
IdeaBar Agency
West Palm Beach, FL
Victoria Racine
Creative Director BlueFly.Design
Hutchinson Island, FL
Howard Beauchamp, Dan Sauceda and Victoria Racine spent over  two hours each in reviewing the portfolios of our Seniors in Visual Communication last semester. My students work with the Economic Development Council & Pete Tesch, City of Port St. Lucie, Navy Seal Museum, Sunrise Theatre, New York Boulders Baseball Team, City of Fort Pierce Ecotourism Program, Healthy St. Lucie, Board of County Commissioners, On Demand Internet Media, Adams Ranch, Denis Potvin, Society for Marketing Advances, the United Way, The Galleria of Pierce Harbor, BlueBird Productions & Kendra Delano.
Our Design Celebrities have won Design Awards including Howard Beauchamp - Cannes Film Festival Award, Communication Arts, Art Direction Awards - clients like Rolls Royce, Oceania Cruises, Atlanta Ballet, The Royal Family in England, FPL, Yale University, Capri Vida, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Atlanta Ballet, Glenn Beck, Lion Country Safari, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, One River Point, United Way, Carrabbas, Abacoa & Gibson Guitars! I'm proud to have them review our student portfolios and give feedback, encouragement & guide them before they enter the Professional Design Marketplace. 

Sunrise Theatre Is Rescheduling Performances 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 following students have worked as Designers, Photographers, Social Media Designers and Illustrators at the Theatre: Mike Poolt, Stacy Givens, Dustin Knotek, Francesco Avitto, Kimberly Graef, Michael Monti, Catherine Valinote, Megan Thomas, Matthew Stone, Donnie Nilsson, Jake Dunn, Lesley Driver and Brandon Sellers.
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


​​The New 2020-2021 Sunrise Theatre Season Schedule is Out
With More Shows Being Added! Some Big Surprises Are Coming

Teaching Design Is All About Knowing How to Create Expressive Work - When You Have Experience, Teaching is a Breeze! 

Sub Acute Care Associates
​24 page Publication
World Golf Championship
​PGA Tour Magazine
Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce
​Advertisement
Treasure Coast EDC
​Promotional Brochure
Tradition Florida Tech Corridor
​One of (4) E-Books
The University of Miami
Art Glass Program
City of Las Vegas Chamber  
​Advertisement
Indian River Golf Foundation
​Sponsorship Guide
Project Lift Newsletter
A Bob Zaccheo Publication
Manatee Center Annual Report
City of Fort Pierce
GoNuke.org
IRSC & FPL Website
Norwegian Sky - Brochure
Miami, Florida


​Big Highlights in Visual Communication 
Student Success • Professional Clients • Conferences • Design & Marketing

Amber Watson
Emmy Award - ​NASA
IRSC Design Grad
​Merritt Island, Florida
Digital Media Portfolio
AS & BAS Exhibition
Kight Center Atrium
​Fort Pierce, Florida
Dustin Knotek
​Digital Illustrator
Adobe Award Winner
Tony Hawk Competition
Innovation Challenge
Advanced Technology
NSF Competition
IRSC Main Campus
BK Jackson
Gold Addy Award
Sunrise Theatre
​BlueBird Productions
Manatee Center
Annual Report
​Rachel Tennant, Mgr
Fort Pierce, Florida
Potvin Foundation Logo
AAF Addy Award
Hockey Identity
Jupiter, Florida
BlueBird Productions
In Flight Fall Series
Sunrise Theatre
Fort Pierce, Florida
Michael Winslow
Comedy Corner
​Hutchinson Island Resort Comedy Corner
Rockland Boulders
All-Star Game Poster
​Marketing & Design
Rockland, New York
New York Boulders
Shawn Reilly, CEO
NY Baseball Club
​Pomona, New York
Jimmy JJ Walker
Sunrise BlackBox
Comedy Corner
​Las Vegas, Nevada
Iluminate E-Blast
Sunrise Theatre
Iluminate Performance
​Fort Pierce, Florida
Marcus Grant
Batt School  - Juno, FL
​Hibiscus - Vero Beach
IRSC Design Grad
Jay Krier
​Videographer
Compass USA 
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lance Camp
​Videographer
Agora Group-Glenn Beck
Dallas, Texas
Kenny G
Sunrise Theatre
​Performance Poster
Fort Pierce, Florida
Admerica 2019 - AAF
Marketing & Design
​Conference Committee
Hollywood, Florida
Max Feurer
UX/UI Designer
​Amazon
Atlanta, Georgia
IRSC Design Students
26 Student Addy Awards
​283 Total Addy Awards 
2020 AAF TC Awards
Digital Illustration
Student Exhibition
Bradley Gustaf
Fort Pierce, Florida
Treasure Coast Business
IRSC - SBDC
Tom Kindred
​Fort Pierce, Florida
Dr. Yasser El Shatlawi
UN Ambassador
​Cicraun Project
Istanbul, Turkey
Jeff Cecere
Digital Photography
IRSC Design Grad
​Stuart, Florida
Tim Delano
​Actor, Director 
Sag-Aftra - Video Award
Los Angeles, California
ARC of Martin County
Tracy Howse
Fundraising Campaign
Stuart, Florida
Dream It - Identity  
Rudy Francisco
Visual Communication
​BAS Design Student
Luke Forbes
Digital Manipulation
IRSC BAS Student
​Stuart, Florida
Victoria Racine
BlueFly.Design
IRSC Design Grad
​Hutchinson Island, FL
Michael Carbonaro
Sunrise Theatre
​Performance Poster
Fort Pierce, Florida
Adams Ranch
Robbie Adams Projects
​Auction Books
Fort Pierce, Florida
Amanda Soto
IRSC Designer
AS Portfolio Show
Spring Portfolio Exhibition
Maurice McMillon, IRSC
HealthyStLucie.com
Heath Promotion Award
Jennifer Harris - SLC
Friendly Passages
​80 page Magazine
Friends-RJS Law Library
Fort Pierce, Florida
Luke Forbes
Digital Manipulation
IRSC BAS Student
​Stuart, Florida
Dustin Knotek
Digital Illustration
On Adobe's Website
Fort Pierce, Florida
Nathaniel Pryor Reed
Environmentalist
Book Cover Design
​Hobe Sound, Florida
Ringo Starr
Sunrise Theatre Poster
​Gold Addy Award
Fort Pierce, Florida
EDC Annual Report
St. Lucie County
Addy Award
​Port St. Lucie, Florida
Digital Media
Advanced Technology
Kight Center
Fort Pierce, Florida
At my niece Jacqueline's wedding in Panama City, Florida a few years ago!
walthines@gmail.com • whines@irsc.edu
772.359.8214 • 772.462.7918