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A series of programs and seminars featuring noted designers, artists and film
makers will be given at intervals in key American cities. Sponsored by The Design
Schools and local art directors clubs, the programs will be announced by mail in
various local areas. Watch for your invitation.
NEWSLETTER
Skills for Hire*
Freelance illustrator Dave LaFleur takes time out from rendering a pen-and-ink interior.
Colorado Grad Succeeds as a Freelancer
DENVER—Most art school graduates come
to full-time freelancing, if at all, after years
of work in agencies, studios or publishing
houses. Not so for Colorado Institute of Art
graduate Dave LaFleur, an Advertising Design
major who began his freelancing career
while still in school. "A friend at Leo
Burnett in Chicago suggested that I do
some illustrations for 7-Up International,"
Dave says. "And when they were accepted, I
went to Chicago, had meetings with top
magazines, got a couple more freelance illustration
jobs, and even landed a local rep."
Since then, Dave has done jobs for magazines
such as Cal Today and Campus Life
and had two drawings in Illustration West
19 Annual. What's next? "First the Dallas
market," Dave says, "then California!"
Art Institute of Houston students paint, while camera-shy youngster says, "Beat it!"
Performing Art for the Performing Arts
HOUSTON—When the city's leading performing
arts groups, including the Houston
Symphony and Grand Opera, needed a colorful
mural, Art Institute of Houston stu-
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but large in clients."
ATLANTA—"It's a small agency," says Art
Institute of Atlanta graduate Lynda Simpson,
"but it offers full service: print, radio,
TV, the works." The company is Media Consultants
Inc., and Lynda is the Art Director.
Clients include the municipal bonds company
Hereth,Orr & Jones Inc.; Baldwin
Piano and Organ Co.; and all sorts of local
galleries, gift shops and restaurants. Lynda
says the job came about when the agency
head called the Art Institute and described
the skills that were needed. The school recommended
several students, among them
Lynda—who got the job and started work
immediately after her graduation.
dents volunteered. Their results, painted on
the 92-foot-long construction barricade of
the renovated Lancaster Hotel, won plaudits
from the local press and TV.
Slick, stylish and nostalgic, this antique
car was drawn by Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Visual Communication student David
Joyner for a Graphic Design assignment.
Graduates of The Design Schools have had 24 months of intensive, specialized preparation
in a variety of skills, including: advertising design, typography, photography, illustration,
drawing, perspective, lettering, airbrush, package design, multimedia, animation, mechanicals,
pre-separation and many others. They are prepared to work productively for you.
Edward A. Hamilton, Design Director
The Design Schools
Pan Am Building, Suite 256, East Mezzanine
200 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10166
❑ I would like to know more about The Design Schools graduates. Please send
me your free booklet "Design Graduates at Work."
❑ I don't have an opening at present, but please keep me advised.
❑ Include me on your invitation list for seminars and programs.
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