Edwards Wins Poster Design for “Blood Relations”

     The gruesome and mysterious Lizzie Borden murders are the focus of the play, “Blood Relations,” presented by Campbell University’s Theatre Arts Department. In her poster design, senior graphic design major Lark Hallock Edwards managed to capture the horror of the event without giving away play secrets or sacrificing the beauty of her design. Edwards competed against 15 other art students to win the poster competition for the play.
     “She is quite a stylist,” said graphic design professor Daniel Rodgers. “Her work will never have any problem looking like anyone else’s. She is quite talented.”
Rodgers went on to predict that Edward’s strong work ethic and nose for business will serve her well professionally. “Visual communication, which is what graphic design is, is not like painting and sculpting,” Rodgers said. “Problem-solving is basically what we do.”
     Computer programs such as PhotoShop and Adobe Design are the paintbrushes and pallet knives of the graphic design artist, Rodgers explained. “Graphic design is the only art form that comes to you; you don’t have to go to it.”
     Although Edwards loves to paint, she will be looking for a job in the graphic design field when she graduates this May. “I am really open to anything-advertising, public relations, business. I just want to work in my field,” she said.
     While at Campbell Edwards, who is from Fredericksburg, VA, has been active in Campus Crusade for Christ and Epsilon Pi Eta honor society. She is married to Campbell law student Matthew Edwards, who also graduates in May.
 

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