PRP Design students just finished uploading this year’s entries in the VANS Custom Culture competition. The annual contest, sponsored by VANS, challenges students to create shoe designs based upon four themes: Action Sports, Local Flavor, Music and Art. Students in all classes generated original designs after brainstorming for ideas in groups. Then, students downloaded templates for each of the VANS shoe styles, and began creating their designs on paper and on the computer. Click on the video link below, to see the process used to create this year’s entry. Kudos to Jada Bruce for filming and producing the video. Wish us luck!!!

Congratulations to the following Visual Art, Design and Photography students who won awards in the 2016 KYAEA Art Derby Regional Art Competition:

CERAMICS

Roncayle Cyrus 1st Place

Michelle Bray    2nd Place

Deonté Gordon 2nd Place

Savannah Wilder [2] Honorable Mentions

SCULPTURE

Roncayle Cyrus    1st Place

Ira Porter    2nd Place

Darius Henderson    3rd Place

MIXED MEDIA

Ivy lee McKean   2nd Place

FASHION DESIGN

Jalen Spreitler   2nd Place

DIGITAL ART

Lauren Farris  1st Place

Victoria Borelli    2nd Place

Taylor Mingus   3rd Place

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Taylor Mingus   1st Place

Erin Greenwood   2nd Place

Erin Greenwood   3rd Place

Erin Greenwood   [2] Honorable Mentions

Baylee Peck    Honorable Mention

All first place winners will proceed to the All-State Competition in Covington, KY for judging in April.

PRP Graphics students recently competed in the SkillsUSA KY Regional competition, held at Sullivan College of Art and Design. Congrats to all student leaders who competed and won in the following areas:

Advertising Design:  1st Place/Baylee Peck, 2nd Place/Abbi Stewart, 3rd Place/Emily Johnson

Photography: 2nd Place/Caitlyn McCarthy, 3rd Place/Taylor Mingus

These students will go on to compete at SkillsUSA KY State Finals in Louisville, this April.

Way to go Panthers!

 

This video features a recent PRP graduate, Jayla Stevenson, who is now attending college in Boston. She graduated from PRP last May, was editor of the Yearbook, and held many leadership roles in our school. So proud of her many accomplishments and for her part in delivering the powerful message in this video!

PRP Design students recently competed in an in-class team building exercise called the marshmallow challenge. This was serious business. After all, a giant bag of skittles were at stake! It was a fun and instructive design exercise that encourages teams to experience simple, but profound lessons in collaboration, innovation and creativity. The task is simple: teams have 18 minutes to build the tallest free standing structure out of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow, which must be placed on top. Surprises emerge with every team. Who tends to do the worst? Who tends to do the best? Why? What improves performance? What kills it?

More than 14 PRP design students participated and competed in this year’s high school marketing challenge, sponsored by Becker Law Office and Louisville Advertising Federation/AIGA. Everyone enjoyed this year’s challenge brief, tackling the topic of texting and driving. Students formed two teams [PRP Innovative & PRP Creative], and worked together to create two distinctly different campaigns.

Congrats to the winning team, PRP Innovative, who won first place for their Drop-N-Drive campaign. Team members are PRP seniors Taylor Mingus, Jada Bruce, Erin Greenwood, Jamia Cadet, Emily Johnson, Baylee Peck, and Jalen Spreitler. The team will receive a trophy, cash prizes and an opportunity to present their campaign to business professionals at an AIGA luncheon this spring.

 

Congratulations to seniors Taylor Mingus and Jada Bruce for their winning video entry in the 2015 Better Business Bureau Video Competition! Their entry won 1st Place overall and 1st Place People’s Choice out of more than 25 entries from Louisville and surrounding areas. They will attend the BBB Torch Luncheon to receive their award which includes a college scholarship.

Congratulations to PRP senior Ashley Palmer, who won second place for her poster design at the 2015 Ky Youth Film Festival. Ashley joined other student winners in a limousine ride to the awards ceremony at Louisville Slugger Museum, and is shown here with her winning design entry. The annual competition is a part of the Louisville Film Festival. A special thanks to JCPS and the Louisville Youth Film Fest for supporting this event.