Student Art Competition
2007
- 2008
The Student art Competition now in its
22nd Year, enables community college students to compete with their peers across North America. This year’s Student Art Competition,
is hosted by San Diego Community College District
and the coordinator is Lou Ascione .
Competition Coordinator
Juror
 Entry Form
Poster
2007-2008 Poster
(Adobe PDF, 299kdb)
Winners
COMPETITION COORDINATOR:
Lou Ascione
San Diego City College
1313 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
JUROR:
RAFAEL LÓPEZ
The work of Rafael López is a fusion of strong graphic style and magical
symbolism. Growing up in Mexico City he was immersed by his architect
parents in the rich cultural heritage and native color of street life. Influenced
by Mexican muralists, dichos and myths he developed a bold, vital drawing
style with roots in these traditions.
In 2005, at the Library of Congress, his first children’s book Me Llamo Celia,
My name is Celia about the life of the late salsa singer Celia Cruz won the
prestigious Americas Award and was also honored with the 2006 Pura Belpre.
The Latino Dance stamp he created for the United States Postal Service was
featured on the cover of the Commemorative Stamp Yearbook and in 2006 at
a special exhibition at the Smithsonian called Trendsetters. His second stamp
Mendez vs. Westminster was released in September 2007 for the U.S. Postal
Service and celebrates an important political case about equality in education.
Rafael envisioned and led the Urban Art Trail Project that transformed San
Diego’s blighted East Village with colorful murals, sculptures and art
installations and served as a model of urban renewal that was implemented in
cities around the nation.
His international client list includes Apple Computers, IBM, Intel, Latino Issues Forum, Los Angeles Times, Morgan Stanley Childrens
Hospital at New York Presbyterian, Kaiser, McGraw Hill, Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund. His work has been featured in the
American Illustration Annual, Communication Arts Magazine, Graphic Design USA, How, Step and he is a regular speaker at
conferences and book fairs. Trained as an illustrator at the Art Center College of Design he finds inspiration in communicating
concepts with an emotional twist.
Rafael divides his time between his studios in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and a loft in downtown San Diego
where he works and lives with his wife Candice and five year old son Santiago.
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