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Graphic Design Students Earn ADDY Awards

March 10, 2016

Seven Angelo State University art majors earned honors in the student categories for creative excellence in advertising at the American Advertising Federation-San Angelo ADDY Awards last month.

Armando Mendoza, a senior from Del Rio, won a Gold Award and Best of Show for “Typography Self Portrait” that he created using the names of artists who have influenced his work, such as Salvador Dali, and quotes from those and other artists. He also won two Bronze Awards for a poster created for a reggae-themed contest in Brazil and for a poster advertising ASU Fright Night.

Other ASU winners were:

The winners are all students of Edwin Cuenco, an ASU assistant professor of art who specializes in graphic design.

The San Angelo chapter of the American Advertising Federation announced the winners at an awards gala Feb. 26.