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Toronto Craftsmen Celebrate Student and Printer Achievement

The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen last night at the Duncan House recognized local printers for their award-winning work in the Toronto IAPHC Gallery of Superb Printing competition. A handful of secondary and post-secondary students were also honoured with scholarships for their achievements in industry-related programs and the annual Toronto Craftsmen Graphic Challenge Competition.

The evening was highlighted by a presentation from executive members of Ryerson’s RyeTAGA student chapter, which recently returned from Memphis, Tennessee, with the Helmut Kipphan Cup. RyeTAGA has now won the Kipphan Cup, awarded to the best student produced and written journal presented at the research-focused TAGA conference, for three straight years.

In the Gallery of Superb Printing competition, C.J. Graphics won both the Best of Show Award and Best Use of Ink Award, sponsored by Heidelberg Canada and Taniguchi Ink, respectively. Colour Innovations won the Best Use of Bindery Award.

C.J. Graphics also won the most Gallery of Superb Printing Awards with 14 Gold, 10 Silver and 12 Bronze. The remaining award winners include Colour Innovations (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Polytainers (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), The AIIM Group (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze), Wellington Printworks (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), and Webcom (1 Silver).

Bill Kidd, President of the Toronto Craftsmen, explains 54 submissions from eight educational programs were entered into this year’s Graphic Challenge, which has grown since its inception six years ago when 15 students submitted work from four institutions. The Craftsmen scholarship program has been running for 41 years and is now called the Tai Chi Awards in honour of a promising student who passed away shortly after graduating from Ryerson University’s Graphic Communications Management program.

The Chai Tse Awards winners include Olga Filimonova of Centennial College, The Centre for Creative Communication; Minh Le of Central Technical Secondary; Zelie Berube of George Brown College School of Design; Paige Einboden of Georgian College Design and Visual Arts; Jamie Bursey of Gordon Graydon Secondary; Will Cuthbert of Humber College Advertising & Graphic Design; Diondra Filicetti of Ryerson’s School of Graphic Management; and Emily Ha of Seneca College School of Creative Arts and Animation.

Post-secondary Graphic Challenge Awards went to Olga Filimonova of Centennial and runner-up Will Cuthbert of Humber. Raize Kira of Central Tech and runner-up Hossam Ibrahim of Gordon Graydon received Graphic Challenge Awards among secondary school entrants.