Local Winner of Poster Design Contest Announced

Posted on March 29th, 2007 in Press Releases by AiDallas

High school senior Samantha Nance of Italy, Texas recently won first place in the local The Art Institutes/Americans for the Arts “Life Is Better with Art In It” Poster Design Scholarship Competition. This prize includes a $3000 tuition scholarship to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.

As a result of placing first in the local competition, Nance’s work has been entered into the national stage of the contest, in which she will compete against local winners from across the country for tuition scholarships.
The top 12 winners’ work will be used in a promotional calendar, to be distributed to high schools across North America.  The competition was open to graduating high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in design.

Students submitted an original poster design, a current high school transcript and a statement describing their design process, and why they want to attend one of The Art Institutes. From April 14 – May 4, an industry panel of judges selected by Americans for the Arts and The Art Institutes will assess each student’s poster based on the specified criteria by visiting the posters and designers’ statements at www.artinstitutes.edu/posterdesign.

Rockwall, TX senior wins local Best Teen Chef Competition

Posted on March 19th, 2007 in Press Releases by AiDallas

Rockwall high school senior Lara Pullin kept her cool in a hot kitchen and won the $10,000 first prize in the local Best Teen Chef Competition, held on March 17 in the Culinary Building of The Art Institute of Dallas. Lara will move on to the national competition, also being held at The Art Institute of Dallas, on May 5!

The second place winner was Plano East senior Ashley Riehs, and Taylor Kearney of Caddo Mills came in third.

Students prepared a menu of shrimp cocktail, sautéed chicken breast, fresh broccoli and rice pilaf. They had 90 minutes to prepare their dishes, and were judged on taste, cleanliness, and mise en place (organization, taste and presentation).

According to judge (and past local winner) Rachel Fraizer, “We had an exceptional group of competitors here today – they all did extremely well, but we can only send one to nationals, and Lara showed that she had the talent and focus to succeed in the national event.”

Lara will join 22 other high school seniors that will travel on to Dallas. In all, The Art Institutes will award over $250,000 in tuition scholarships.

AID Meets AFI

Posted on March 15th, 2007 in Campus Clips by AiDallas

“A Fair to Remember,” a documentary tracing the history of the State Fair of Texas, was accepted into the AFI Dallas Film Festival! Art Institute of Dallas instructor Steve Barnes and Digital Media Production student Jeff Bannister did the graphic animation and special effects for the film, which will be screened on Friday, March 23 at 6:00pm at the Magnolia Theatre in Dallas.

Art Institute of Dallas Hosts Best Teen Chef Competition

Posted on March 13th, 2007 in Press Releases by AiDallas

Eleven area high school seniors will be competing for the title of Best Teen Chef this Saturday, March 17 at The Art Institute of Dallas. The winner will move on to compete at the national level.

Up for grabs is a full scholarship worth up to $35,000 to study culinary arts at one of The Art Institutes. In all, more than $200,000 in tuition scholarships will be awarded. Following the local competitions held around the country, 20 finalists will attend the national Best Teen Chef 2007 event to be held on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at The Art Institute of Dallas.

The contestants will cook the same four dishes for a panel of esteemed judges, who will choose the winner.

Culinary Student one of Three Finalists in Stephen Pyles Culinary Scholarship Competition

Posted on March 12th, 2007 in Press Releases by AiDallas

Congrats to Art Institute of Dallas culinary student Carly Tagan Gann - she is one of three students selected to compete in the upcoming Wine & Food Foundation of Texas’ Stephen Pyles Culinary Scholarship Cook Off!

Open to currently enrolled culinary students throughout Texas, this $15,000 award is one of the largest culinary scholarships in the country, and the signature scholarship of The Wine & Food Foundation of Texas. The scholarship challenges students to cook an imaginative and creative three-course meal using a pre-determined selection of Texas ingredients. Scholarship applicants’ menus are blindly evaluated by a panel of independent culinary experts, and narrowed to ten finalists.

Of the ten finalists, the top three were blindly selected by Chef Stephan Pyles, and were required to participate in a cook-off competition at the Center for Foods of the Americas in San Antonio on March 17 & 18, 2007, utilizing the menus they have created. This cook-off is the highlight of this statewide competition and the winner will receive a $15,000 scholarship for tuition expenses at their home school. They will also receive a $500 stipend to travel with Chef Pyles to a charity engagement during the year.