Scott Fisk is a graphic designer and educator. Scott has taught at Memphis College of Art, American Intercontinental University, and Samford University. He graduated first in his class from Memphis College of Art with an MFA in Computer Art and recieved his BFA in Graphic Design from Henderson State University. Scott’s interests include web design, typography, photography, motion graphics and multimedia. He began his career in graphic design in 1994 at NetM Communications, a interactive agency with customers in the US, Canada, Australia, and the Europe. Since then, Scott has lived and worked in the United States and Britain. His motion graphic works have been featured on major television networks in the US, Australia, and Japan. Scott’s work is part of permanent collections in numerous galleries and museums including the US National Archives. Scott served as a Army Reserve Photo-Journalist in Iraq often embedding as a combat photographer with US and Iraqi units during combat operations. He was recently selected as a Road Scholar by the Alabama Humanities Organization. Scott is an active member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and serves as a Birmingham AIGA board member and Educational Chair. Scott enjoys traveling with his wife Timarie who shares his peculiar interest in broadsides, ephemera, and antique printing processes.

Media/Press/Presentations

SECAC Presentation “Incorporating New Media into Design Curriculum” – Oct 21-24 2009
AIGA Birmigham Shop Talk Nov 2009 – I’m thinking about usability, wordpress or basic web design as a subject. Twitter me with ideas.
Samford Faculty Shop Talk “The Art of Letterpress Bookmaking” – Oct 2009
Article in Seasons Magazine (pg 23) July 2009
Moderating “Type In Motion” at Typecon July 2009
Gold Star Plate July 2009
Printmaking Workshop at Wiregrass July 2009
BarCamp Success May 2009
Social Networking Talk Mar 2009
Published in 1000 Handmade Cards Jan 2009
Published in The means by which we find out way Jan 2009
The means by which we find our way exhibition Feb 2009
Wiregrass Art Museum Letterpress Lecture Nov 2008
Letterpress Workshop July 2008
Letterpress Making a Comeback Mar 2008
Gold Star Plate Mar 2008
Hurricane Poster Project Mar 2007
Pixel Website Design Award Apr 2006
NPR On the Media - July 2005
Stars and Stripes Jun 2005

Awards and Honors

AIGA Salon Des Refusés First Place for Best Identity, 2008
National Medial Marketing Aster Award, 2007
Alabama Humanities Organization “Road Scholar”, 2007
Birmingham Advertising Federation Gold Medal, 2007
Tesilization, 2007
National Pixel Award Top 5 for Web Design, 2006
Bronze Dir Web Award, 2006
1st Place, Jacksonville Florida AIGA Re-Charge Safari Mix Media Regional Show, 2004
1st Place Experimental Artists of Alabama Regional Show, 2004
National Keith L. Ware Award, 2004
Memphis College of Art MFA Scholarship Award, 1999
National Majon Web Select Award, 1998

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