Contact: Kay Fike Jones
A Mississippi State University senior from Grenada holds the highest honor given to a U.S. student in a worldwide graphic design competition.
Emily R. Garrick, a graphic design/art major, is the 1998 Gold Award winner in the Agfa-Bayer International Young Designer Contest, which invited entries depicting graphic realizations of popular songs. Garrick was the only Gold Award winner for the United States.
Her design of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" was selected by an international jury of journalists and designers from among some 500 participants worldwide, including 70 from the U.S.
"Emily has won a most prestigious international award," said Jamie Mixon, MSU associate art professor. "She not only represents her department, college and university, she solely represents her country in this world-class venue.
"This honor is simply staggering, but, then, Emily is a real contender in graphic design."
Garrick, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Garrick III, is a 1995 Kirk Academy graduate. Last year, she won third place in USA Today's annual Collegiate Challenge design competition that encourages people to volunteer to fight illiteracy.
As the Gold Award winner, she receives a $1,000 image scanner from Agfa.
A part of the Bayer Corp., Agfa is a leading international photographic and imaging company headquartered in Belgium.
Now in its 30th year, Mississippi State's art department has the state's largest university studio art program.