Eight museum-style posters setting out the commemoration’s major themes were installed in the McDowell County Administrative Offices lobby recently, where they will be on display through Saturday, July 4. The posters were designed by McDowell Tech graphic design student Aleta Cheynne Reese (pictured).
The poster project was “dead in the water” until McDowell Technical Community College President J. W. Kelley (center) connected America 250 Chairman Doug Swaim with Jay Perry (left), director of the college’s Arts and Design Program. Perry assigned the poster project to two classes of graphic design students. The posters of Aleta Cheynne Reese (right) were selected as the best designs.
Another poster on display at the County Administrative Offices highlights the protests in Old Fort about the closing of the town’s school for Black students during the era of segregation.
Eight museum-style posters setting out the commemoration’s major themes were installed in the McDowell County Administrative Offices lobby recently, where they will be on display through Saturday, July 4. The posters were designed by McDowell Tech graphic design student Aleta Cheynne Reese (pictured).
The poster project was “dead in the water” until McDowell Technical Community College President J. W. Kelley (center) connected America 250 Chairman Doug Swaim with Jay Perry (left), director of the college’s Arts and Design Program. Perry assigned the poster project to two classes of graphic design students. The posters of Aleta Cheynne Reese (right) were selected as the best designs.
Another poster on display at the County Administrative Offices highlights the protests in Old Fort about the closing of the town’s school for Black students during the era of segregation.
