Spring 2024
The 2024 Keene State College BA & BFA Show happened only because of a semester-long sprint where graduating BA & BFA students assembled and built physical portfolios, websites, promotional knick-knacks, and an entire personal brand identity which included a general theme, backdrop, stickers, font choice, and a unique cultivated aura in addition to collaborating on a unifying and cohesive umbrella theme that encompassed the entire show.
After many exciting design meetings and pitches from everyone in the class the idea everyone agreed we should move ahead with was one of Nathan and I’s devising. We would collect the fingerprints of all 21 graduating BFA students and use them to design a meaningful poster (and theme) to capture the essence of our class experience. Below, you will see a poster and postcard redolent of heat and flame. This was the final iteration found by Bella Hanson and is the “Burning Torch of Creative Fire” that our class carried through our four+ years of hard work (and one pandemic). This is the light that we will carry with us wherever we go. This is our purpose.
Below is a gallery of the every single artboard from the 2024 Keene State College BFA Show poster and identity process that preceded the final version (above). Please Enjoy.
Poster Team:
Benjamin Foster— Lead/Concept/Design/Collateral
Nathan McCracken— Concept/Design/Collateral
Isabella Hanson— Design/Collateral
Rachel Boudreau— Design
April Wright— Design