ASAI Student Award of Excellence
DEADLINE Friday, January 29, 2010
While the American Society of Architectural Illustrators’ “Architecture in Perspective” is entering its 25th year competition, ASAI is sponsoring a new competition.
In 2009, the American Society of Architectural Illustrators introduced a student member category to “Architecture in Perspective”. Student members are invited to enter a maximum of 5 images which can include formal presentation renderings, informal sketches, study projects, drawings, paintings and computer imagery. The Student Award of Excellence winner will receive a Certificate of Excellence and the winning image will be included in the AIP exhibition which travels the United States and international venues. The winning image will also be published in the AIP catalogue and on the ASAI website. The jury, at their discretion, may also award Student Awards of Merit accompanied by a Certificate of Merit. Student entries will be judged by a separately convened jury which will include senior ASAI members.
The goals of this competition are to bring exposure of what ASAI is all about to a new wave of aspiring architectural renderers. It is also a venue that allows students of architecture to demonstrate their abilities to a broad audience.
You may view the results of the first competition on the ASAI website. The level of talent is impressive. And the architectural rendering styles and techniques are fresh and original. From digital architectural renderings to hand painted architectural illustrations you can get a glimpse into the “future” of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.
For a full description of the competition and entry requirements, along with the Student Entry form (below) and/or a poster, please contact ASAI headquarters on 623-433-8782 or [email protected]
Jury for Student Awards
Frank M. Costantino, ASAI, SI, JARA, FSAI
Frank Costantino is an architectural illustrator, watercolorist, teacher, and writer. A Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize recipient - and other Juror or Category Awards - from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, he is one of only two professionals in the world with the Ferriss Prize and an Arthur Ross Award from ICA/Classical America.
Award-winning artworks from his thirty-five year career appear in more than forty-five books or catalogues. Since 1987, twenty-six of his illustrations have been juried into annual ASAI exhibitions.
As one of ASAI’s founders and President Emeritus, Mr. Costantino received the American Institute of Architects Institute Honors in 1995, and was recognized with an ASAI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007, for his numerous contributions to the Society. A signature member of the New England Watercolor Society, and member of New York’s Salmagundi Club, he regularly conducts seminars around the country in architectural and fine art watercolor.
Jeff Mottle
Jeff Mottle is the President and Founder of CGarchitect Digital Media Corporation (www.cgarchitect.com), the leading online magazine for architectural visualization professionals. Having worked in the industry since 1997, Jeff has been involved in developing and speaking at conferences around the world including: Mundos Digitales, IMAGINA, VisMasters DMVC and the American Society for Architectural Illustrators conference (ASAI). He is immersed in many areas of the industry and actively pursues initiatives that help promote the growth of the field, including CGarchitect’s yearly Architectural Visualization competition and 3D Awards. Jeff has also written articles for 3Dworld Magazine and has been quoted in Business week. He frequently acts as an expert judge in industry competitions and publications, including Ballistic Publishing’s EXPOSE and ELEMENTAL books.
Jeff has worked for a number of companies including London based design communications firm, Smoothe, and more recently, as business development manager for VisMasters, an online software marketing and resource company for design visualization professionals.
James Gurney
James Gurney is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Dinotopia book series, which has been translated into eighteen languages in thirty-two countries. He designed the World of Dinosaurs stamps for the United States Postal Service and has worked on assignment for National Geographic magazine, painting reconstructions of Moche, Kushite, and Etruscan civilizations.
His unique blending of fact and fantasy has won Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, and World Fantasy Awards. An exhibition of the artwork from Dinotopia began at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. will appear at the Delaware Art Museum in early 2010. His most recent book is Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist (Fall, 2009). Gurney lives in the Hudson River Valley of New York with his wife Jeanette and his blue parakeet Mr. Kooks—a living descendant of dinosaurs.
