The Academy of Screen Printing Technology (ASPT), Fairfax, VA, has dedicated its Student Printing and Digital Imaging Awards to Tom Frecska, the late editor of ST Media Group International’s Screen Printing Magazine.
“Tom recognized the importance of the education of students in the screenprinting process,” said Marci Kinter, SGIA’s VP of government and business information. “He was a supporter of screenprinting technology, and also understood, accepted and embraced the newer technologies used by our industry sector.”
Now the Tom Frecska Student Printing Competition, the annual awards honor excellent student work in the specialty-imaging field. Students are encouraged to enter multiple entries in any of the 24 categories.
An Award of Excellence will be granted per category and division. Additionally, one, first-place winner from each division has the opportunity to be named Best of Show and will receive a Student Achievement Award plaque and a monetary prize to use toward their graphic-arts education. Their sponsor school also will receive a monetary prize to use toward its graphic arts educational program.
The competition is open to all secondary and post-secondary schools that hold a membership with SGIA, the Federation of European Screen Printers Associations (FESPA) or the Asia-Pacific Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Association. Eligible samples must be produced during the 2009–2010 school year and submitted to SGIA headquarters no later than July 16, 2010.
For more information, please access the competition rules/procedures and entry form by going to SGIA.org, keyword: StudentComp.