Student’s Design Chosen for Museum Association’s Logo
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June 10, 2003
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Student’s Design Chosen for Museum Association’s Logo
A California State University, Chico design student has won a competition among fellow design students to create a new logo for the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG).
Senior Melissa Welliver’s design was selected at the ACUMG’s Board of Director’s meeting held in Portland, Ore., May 18 through 22. The logo and design system will be used on published materials by the association nationwide.
Catherine Sullivan, curator of the Janet Turner Print Museum at CSU, Chico and Western representative of the ACUMG, said CSU, Chico students in communication design class 222, Corporate Design Systems, were asked to submit recommendations for the new logo. Under the tutelage of instructor Allen Rellaford, 13 students participated.
The ACUMG board chose three finalists from among the 13 presentations: Welliver and CSU, Chico seniors Ian Gilmore and Ryan Orcutt. “Everyone was very impressed by the overall quality of the entries,” Sullivan said. “It was very hard to make a decision.”
Welliver received $300 for her winning design system. Orcutt received $200 and Gilmore $100 for coming in second and third, respectively.
The ACUMG is a network of approximately 300 museums and galleries affiliated with academic institutions throughout North America.
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