Hartford Art School students have designed Earth Day posters as part of a Civic Design project. All students are visual communication design majors.
The students and their respective works include:
Faculty member Michael Scricco offers the Earth Day assignment every year, to teach students about how students might want to use their talent for social change and awareness. Student Camren Ferguson sums up the Civic Design class, saying “it’s a great way to work with outside clients and get a better understanding of real world designs and get a better grasp of the world of designing.”
The school’s Civic Design collective, which is both a course and a student visual communications agency, offers students the opportunity to gain real-world experience by teaming with clients and professionals to build powerful and positive brand experience. Over the last 10 years, Civic Design has worked with almost 70 nonprofit and community organizations. This past fall, Hartford Art School students designed a rebranding campaign for the City of Hartford’s Keney Park, one the largest public parks in New England.