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$5,400 in Cash Prizes and Art Materials Gift
Certificates Awarded
to Top Designers Among Metro Detroit High School Students
Presented at the Automotive Hall of Fame
Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday, March 31, 2008 |
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Night to Remember
Hall of Fame Hosts Trophy
Winners and Presenters
The Avanti Awards Night was a "Night to
Remember" for all those who attended the first annual
event in the beautiful Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn,
Michigan. In attendance were the distinguished sponsors, the
engaging hosts, several Avanti owners whose show class cars
were on display, and of course, the competition winners, their
beautifully excecuted entries, and their handsome trophies.
Selecting the winners must have been very difficult judging
by the high calibre of those selected. Presented below are
the three winners' offical certificates, the three car trophies
and the three winners accepting the trophy awards. Coverage
of the. The 2009 ceremony promises to be even more exciting
than the ground-breaking premier event. Official opening for
submissions to the 2nd Annual Avanti Awards will be announced
at a later date. All Photography by Philip Dattilo. Find out
more about the competition at: stellarscholars.net
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Avanti Award certificate Summa Cum Laude
presented to the Henry Ford Academy for winner Evan Pipta. |
Avanti Award certificate Summa Cum Laude
presented to the Henry Ford Academy for winner Florin Blebea. |
Avanti Award certificate Magna Cum Laude
presented to the Henry Ford Academy for winner Colin Bonathan. |
The Stellar Scholars Avanti Award black
Avanti presented to Evan Pipta. |
The Stellar Scholars Avanti Award gray
Camaro presented to EFlorin Blebea. |
The Stellar Scholars Avanti Award silver
Dodge Challenger presented to Colin Bonathan. |
Evan Pipta receives his Avanti Summa Cum
Laude Award and black Avanti trophy from Lewis Schucart. |
Florin Blebea receives his Avanti Summa
Cum Laude Award and silver Camaro trophy from the car's designer
Tom Peters. |
Colin Bonathan receives his Avanti Magna
Cum Laude Award and silver Dodge Challenger trophy from Marc
Santia of WDIV. |
| In memoriam to Ford management supervisor Joseph
Douglas Earl, the Avanti Awards have been established to
recognize and encourage classic contemporary designs created
by Metro Detroit high school students and submitted through
their art instructors. Cash prizes totaling $4400 plus an additional
$1000 in Dick Blick Art Materials Gift Certificates were awarded
to the top designs at the Automotive Hall of Fame on March 31,
2008. The Design Committee hopes to cultivate innovation and
elan in future car stylists. In the early 1960s, the most popular
car model was the 2-door hardtop, It was an era of space age
adventure and the romance of the open road. Fast-forward to
the early 21st century. Euro four-door sedans and box-shaped
SUVs abound. Utility takes precedence over style. The Joseph
Douglas Earl Avanti Awards Committee seeks submissions that
recapture the spirit and flair of more daring times when designs
were new and strikingly different. Model to be designed: Two-door
sports hardtop or coupe seating four or five. The design can
incorporate retro styling cues but it should be a 2009 model.
Be original. Medium to use: Any art medium from charcoals, pastels,
oils, watercolors, pencils, inks, airbrush, or mixed media.
Computer-enhanced entries with color and halftones are acceptable
but they cannot contain photo elements of real cars, past or
present. Submission copies: All entries must be 8 x 11 color
copies. No originals. Contact Frank
Dattilo (313) 271-8339 or for more information go to stellarscholars.net |
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