Not even the rain could stop students from making the trek to MassArt last Wednesday evening to attend “The Say Something Poster Project” event.
The gathering provided attendees with the opportunity to come together and share their ideas and critiques of entries for “The Say Something Poster Project,” a poster design competition created to generate positive messages that inspire, motivate and educate youth around issues of social justice.
As participants trickled in Alisa Aronson, Michael Estabrook, and Jason Stevens, the creator of “The Say Something Poster Project” welcomed them. Jason began his presentation by showing the final round of entries from last year’s poster competition and the audience was instantly engaged. Attendees discussed everything from choice of color palette to the delivery of concepts and the resonance of messages.
Everyone in the audience had something to lend to the conversation. It felt similar to a design critique session but the difference here was the main goal; identifying effective approaches to poster designs that successfully met the criteria of inspiring, motivating and educating youth around issues of social justice. The event was helpful for Jason as it provided an informal opportunity to get youth involved with “The Say Something Poster Project” and I’m sure it will push all the potential designers entering the competition in the right direction!
Students Who Attended:
Carlos Alonzo, YD 2010 participant and 1st year at Bunker Hill Community College
Emmanuel Baez, YD 2009 participant and 1st year at MassArt
Vanessa Baretto, YD 2011 participant and 1st year at MassArt
Tucker Gaye, YD 2011 participant and senior at Boston Latin Academy
Junioris Jimenez, YD 2011 participant and senior at Madison Park
Edgar Melo, YD 2011 participant and senior at Madison Park
Dahrell Rush, YD 2011 participant and junior at Boston Arts Academy
Ivan Richiez, YD 2010 participant and returning Alumni, 1st year at Bunker Hill Community College
Joseph Soto, YD 2011 participant and senior at Boston Latin School
For more information on The Say Something Project or to read Jason’s recent blog post on the event visit:
