Southern Students Win Nine Chattanooga ADDY Awards
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Students from the School of Visual Art and Design (SVAD) took home nine ADDYs at this year’s American Advertising Awards in Chattanooga.
Graphic design seniors Aveann Marsden, Jhoan Ogando, and Sarina Young, along with juniors Nevaeh Hippler and Sophia Hanna, alum Jyle Frias, ’25, and junior journalism major Sienna Escobar won three gold and six silver awards. The students’ submissions represented a wide variety of visual art, including book designs, illustrations, branding, packaging designs, animation, and short films.
Evan Eslava, junior animation major, accepted the Best of Show award for animation and special effects, one of the most valued prizes of the evening event spotlighting local designers. The short film Deep Space, released just this month, was a collaboration between SVAD majors and students from Southern’s School of Music. The local award qualified Deep Space to progress on to a district competition with students from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, where the film won a gold award. Next, it advances to a spot in the national competition later in May.
“We’re very proud of our students and all the hard work they’ve put into this,” says Mindy Trott, SVAD professor. “They’re pushing through, doing good work, and learning a lot. These achievements speak to the excellence audiences have come to expect from our academic areas and from Southern in general. The ADDYs are nationally revered in the world of design, and winning these awards will be invaluable on students’ resumes.”
Double-ADDY winner Hippler adds, “I am so happy with the end result of my pieces, and I’ve been blessed through the process of creating my work. We all have our own talents and strengths that God has gifted, and it’s been amazing to see Him work through mine! I know that everything I make is because of inspiration He gives me.”
“It’s really cool to see the broader impact of Deep Space since it was created by a group of students in a private Adventist school within a small community,” Eslava says. “This is our way of ministering to the world, plus it’s a great testament to the arts at Southern!”
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