ARTSFEST LOGO COMPETITION

The Arts Advisory Board (AAB) is a student run organization within the Arts program which focuses on promoting community, supporting students' creative interests, and developing events and opportunities that complement the Arts Scholars curriculum. Each year the AAB hosts a logo-design competition for ArtsFest. We always have many exceptional entries, and this year was no exception. Take a moment to browse this year's winning logo artwork and learn more about the Arts Scholar who created it.

Katie McKinney

Winning Design

Katie McKinney is a sophomore from Baltimore, Maryland studying Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland. Her willingness to experiment artistically has broadened her interests to include pottery, graphic design, painting, films, printmaking, drawing, and more. Her perspective research aims to examine how different art forms can connect with people therapeutically. By combining her love for communication, therapeutics, and art, she is able to develop passion projects that inspire. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences, she plans to attend graduate school in order to obtain a Master's degree and license for Speech/Language Pathology.

As a College Park Arts Scholar, Katie intends to explore her research interests through future service-learning projects and her culminating Capstone project to be completed in her sophomore year. She is excited to explore the various art institutions in the surrounding area, specifically those in the nation's capital. As part of her participation in the Art Scholars program, she hopes to connect with artists of different media and communicate with professionals in various fields. Throughout her next four years of undergraduate school, Katie hopes to utilize connections and skills obtained from her experience in the Scholars Program.