I designed this poster for the 2014 Traveling Stanzas Poster Workshop, in which we collaborated with the Wick Poetry Center to promote awareness of poetry and graphic design within our community.
I created a collage to illustrate the mood of my poem,“The Soldiers in the Garden,” by Martín Espada. I used acryllic paint and pieces of paper to hand collage it, then did some editing and photo montaging on the computer. We had a couple critiques with the client, the Wick Poetry Center, and learned about the details of print production. I designed the poster in various formats including a 28"x11" bus poster that will be displayed on PARTA buses in our community.
I was able to meet the poet, Martín Espada, who came to Kent State University to speak in the 2014 Symposium on Democracy. He said he really liked my design and felt that it captured the mood of the poem, which felt great to hear! Smaller copies of the poster were sold at this event for the Wick Poetry Center.
