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Tue, Oct 15th
AIGA Minnesota
International Market Square, 275 Market Street, C21, Minneapolis MN 55405

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Nominations accepted now thru October 15, 2019 (extended)

We invite you to submit your nominations for the AIGA Minnesota Fellow Award 2020.

The AIGA Fellow program recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community, as well as in their local AIGA chapter. The areas of education, writing, leadership, and reputation, as well as the practice of design, are given equal consideration. The Fellow award is the highest honor an AIGA chapter may bestow upon one of its members. This year’s recipients will be honored at a local event in early 2020.

Nominate a member by October 15.

Nominations will be accepted by AIGA members in good standing through October 15, 2019. To nominate an individual for the AIGA Minnesota Fellow Award 2020, complete the nomination form. Nonmembers are ineligible to submit nominations.

A Fellow award nominee should be:

  • A practitioner and/or educator with more than 15 years of experience in the profession
  • A member of AIGA Minnesota in good standing
  • Making or has made a significant contribution to AIGA and/or AIGA Minnesota
  • Making or has made a positive impact within the local or regional design community (non-AIGA)
  • Advancing or has advanced excellence in design as a discipline, profession, and cultural force

Nominees will be reviewed by the 2020 AIGA Minnesota Fellow Program nominating committee, facilitated in a non-voting role by Jo Davison, AIGA MN Fellow and past President, AIGA MN.

Please direct any questions to the nominating committee at fellows@aigaminnesota.org

To nominate an individual for the AIGA Minnesota Fellow Award 2020, complete the nominations form. You will be asked to answer questions about the nominee’s contributions to AIGA Minnesota (and/or AIGA) and the impact on the design community along with any examples and relevant links to online resources.

Past AIGA Minnesota Fellow honorees include

2000: Peter Seitz
2008: Tim Larsen
2010: Sue Crolick, Eric Madsen, Joe Duffy
2012: Monica Little, John DuFresne, Heather Olson
2014: Jo Davison, Dale Johnston, Doug Powell
2016: Andrew Blauvelt, Timothy Eaton, Kolean Pitner

2020 AIGA Minnesota Fellow Program Nominating Committee

Heather Brooks, President, AIGA MN
Sue Crolick, AIGA MN Fellow
Jo Davison (facilitator), AIGA MN Fellow and past President, AIGA MN
Susan Hopp, member at large
Katrin Loss, past President, AIGA MN
Eric Madsen, AIGA MN Fellow
Mark Odegard, past President, AIGA MN (MGDA)
Karyn Roszak, member at large

Contact Leadership

Brent Larson
Brent Larson
President
Brent is an award winning Motion, 3D, and Graphic designer with 20 years of experience working in the architectural, manufacturing, legal, corporate, and film industries as a solopreneur, agency, and in-house designer. He has experience in illustration, graphic design, product design, 3D modeling & animation, motion graphics, video production, live & virtual event production, presentation design, art direction, and project management. He currently works as a corporate in-house Principal Motion and Graphic Designer in the MedTech industry.

Before becoming AIGA Minnesota President, Brent served as Vice President from 2022-2023 and Chair of the In-House Designers Committee from 2019 - 2023.

Brent volunteers as a mentor for emerging designers and is a member of the AIGA Minnesota Mind to Mind Mentorship Program Committee.

His interests include history, film, design, animation, illustration, 3D printing, model making, woodworking, golf, bowling, fishing, and restoring things.