The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
McIntosh graphics arts students win nationally

The McIntosh High School Graphic Arts Department has placed in national competition with ten pieces of student work produced during the ’98-’99 school year.
The Gutenberg Awards, sponsored by the International Graphic Arts Education Association and the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, recognize outstanding printing submitted by graphic arts students from high schools, technical schools and colleges across the country.
Michael Fessler placed first in Electronic Pre-Press, Single Color, One-Hour Class, with a layout he did for the school’s literary magazine. Fessler used Adobe PageMaker to assemble the 64 pages of the book, and also made desktop plates of the job which were used to print the book on an offset press.
Fessler, who will receive a package of software from Adobe for placing first in this category, graduated in June after completing two years of graphic arts.
In the area of Multicolor Offset Printing, One-Hour Class, MHS students placed first, second and third. First place went to Heidi Hysell, senior, who designed and printed her own graduation invitation in gold and black ink. Hysell used a thick, white, deckle-edged paper to show off her design. This was her first year in graphics.
Second place in the same category went to Mandy Musil, who designed and printed a personal letterhead with tight register. She graduated last year with 2.5 years of graphic arts.
Matt Dunn won the third place award for an illustration he drew by hand, turned into a two-color job on the computer, and ran on the press. Dunn graduated in June with three years of graphic arts. All projects were printed on AB Dick offset presses.
Two awards were won in the category of Screen Printing, Two-hour or Longer class. Joey Sutherland and Ronnie Melton placed third for a t-shirt design they created and printed in four colors with very tight register. Melton graduated last year with seven semesters of graphic arts and Sutherland with six. Placing fifth in the same category was a t-shirt designed and printed by Spencer Wadsworth, a junior this year and currently in his seventh semester of graphics.
In other one-hour class categories the team of Colleen Curasi and Laura Christie placed fourth with a single-color design. The two girls, now seniors and in their third year of graphics, designed and printed a Christmas card with gold ink on burgundy paper which was accompanied by a matching envelope printed in burgundy ink.
In Electronic Pre-press, Multicolor, Matt Dunn placed fourth with a pin design for Georgia Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. The design had earlier placed first in state VICA competition and will be the design for the official pin for the organization for the year 2000.
In other two-hour and greater categories, Joe O’Hara placed fourth in Electronic Pre-press, Single Color. He designed a calendar which the Graphic Arts Department printed and distributed to teachers. Kristin Knoeck earned a fifth place in Single Color Offset Printing for producing last year’s prom invitations, which were printed in silver ink.
Other students whose work was selected for entry and who earned a Certificate of Merit were Theresa Childs with two multicolor press pieces, Erin Smith with a multicolor electronic imaging design, and Ryan MacCallum with a process color piece. The MHS Graphics Department teaches skills of the printing industry including layout and design, desktop publishing, offset printing, screen printing and photography, and gives high school students the chance to explore careers in the printing industry and develop some marketable skills while still in high school.
Margo Booth is the instructor.


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