Collaboration of the arts is a fine-tuned instrument at
Burlington High School, coming to life each year with the design and
implementation of the poster artwork for the annual spring musical.
With Burlington High School’s spring musical Mamma Mia! on its way to record ticket
sales, several BHS art students in Keith March Mistler’s Digital Publishing
course have worked with anticipation and excitement on a competitive assignment
to become the designer of this year’s poster.
Freshman Benjamin Kirabo’s artwork has been chosen for this
year’s Mamma Mia! poster. Eleven
students competed for the honor by watching the movie version of the musical,
analyzing thematic elements, and creating sketches and inspiration boards with
imagery, fonts and color schemes.
The client (producers of BHS’ Mamma Mia!) provided guidance and critiques for the students who
then refined their original concepts. Final designs were submitted and the one
best suited to the production was chosen. Following a few tweaks to the design,
Kirabo produced eight different formats of the poster for printing in a variety
of sizes and applications. This is the first year a freshman has won the
competition.
Students in Mistler’s course create graphics and logos for
the school and the community on Mac desktops with Adobe Illustrator software, a
real-world application of the skills they learn in the classroom. The poster
assignment is a favorite of the students. It has a competitive edge
because the chosen design has public visibility.
“I try to teach my students how to be skillful learners who
inquisitively seek knowledge and want to learn,” comments Mistler. “Working with the music department is a wonderful
experience for students, as this project allows them to interact with
real-world clients, learn how to give and receive constructive criticism and
apply that knowledge to their own designs, refining and reflecting.”
Benjamin Kirabo’s winning poster graphics will soon be seen
around town in signage, at a variety of local retailers and in all digital publicity. It
will also appear on the playbill cover and t-shirts for the cast and crew. All eleven
poster designs from the digital publishing competition will be on display in
the lower library of the high school during the Burlington High School 46th Art
and Fashion Show.
Performances of Mamma
Mia! will take place March 22-31, 2019, in the Fogelberg Performing Arts
Center of Burlington High School. For information and tickets visit
BurlingtonTheatre.com and 781-A-FUN-TIC.Freshman Benjamin Karibo, poster artist |
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