Competitions
This program is the jewel of our educational efforts—an event attended by 600 students from over 30 schools. RAISE Foundation, Cal Poly Technic State University SLO, California Graphic Arts Education Association, The Castle Press, Graphic Arts Club of Los Angeles, Grafico, Inc., Kodak, Micro Perfect Systems, and Protrade, Inc.
The focus of this program is student participation. Each school designs and prints t-shirts identifying its graphic arts program. The t-shirts are judged for originality and print quality and cash prizes are given to the winning schools.
There is also an academic competition, which is comprised of three components. The first two components (a technical project and a written terminology test) are used to identify four schools to compete in the Academic Challenge (Jeopardy type) game at the Assembly. The competition is intense--and highly exciting--with the students in the audience picking a team to cheer on to victory.
Technical Project
The Technical Competition is the first of three rounds of competition for graphic arts students participating in the annual Academic Competition. Graphic art teams have to produce winning technical entries to qualify to go on to the second round of competition.
College Poster Competition
The design and production competition for college students was initiated in 2006 by the PIASC Education committee to provide college students with an opportunity to compete against their peers and win scholarships to continue their education in graphic communications.
Every year the Education Committee comes up with a different project where students can use their design abilities and production skills. This year was the creation of a poster promoting safety in the workplace.
The following college competition winners received cash prizes from the RAISE Foundation for $600, $500, and $400.
The 2008 Winning Entries
Written Exam
Students go through a written exam to determine the five finalists for the academic challenge.
The 2008 Written Exam
Students have a run through of the Academic Challenge Game to prepare for the final round at the Student Assembly.
Academic Competition
The Final Round of competition is a jeopardy-like Question and Answer showdown between the five schools that scored highest in the written test in front of schools, teachers, and industry members.
The new Academic Challenge game is more like "Jeopardy".
Schools continue showing their support for their team by bringing handmade banners to cheer on their representative.
T-shirt Competition
Every year, RAISE Foundation sponsors a t-shirt design and silk screening competition, open to all area schools with access to facilities to print their own shirts.
There are two categories of competition: Design and Production.
The 2008 Winning Entries
The 2008 Honorable Mentions
Lunch... Sponsored by YOU!
Students enjoy the sack lunches that PIASC members so generously provided.
(Pictured, students from: Garfield, El Camino, Venice and Rosemead). They all appreciated it very much.
Engineering/Technical Tour
After the assembly, the students were invited on a tour of Cal State L.A. around the Engineering and Technical building which includes the Graphic Arts Program.