SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
A selection of posters for the 2017-2022 performance seasons for the School for the Arts.
SLEEPY HOLLOW
A MUSICAL TALE
TO EVOKE THE CREEPINESS OF THE CLASSIC TALE, I CHOSE A DISTRESSED TYPEFACE WITH SERIFS THAT ARE REMINISCENT OF STONE CUTTING SEEN ON CENTURIES OLD GRAVESTONES. I CREATED A DOUBLE L LIGATURE TO PLAY IN TO THE GRAVE STONE IDEA. TO ADD MOVEMENT AND TEXTURE, I PLACED THE GNARLED TREE BRANCHES AROUND THE LETTERS TO MAKE THEM APPEAR AS IF THEY ARE GRABBING HOLD OF THE TITLE.
OKLAHOMA!
I USED A COLOR SCHEME OF BROWNS, ORANGES, AND YELLOWS TO ELICIT A FEELING OF THE HOT, DRY EXPANSIVE WHEAT FIELDS.
ARABIAN NIGHTS
A STARRY SKY SETS THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS POSTER. I CHOSE TO USE AN ARABIC PATTERNED MOON HOLDING A CITYSCAPE TO REPRESENT THE IDEA OF THE MAIN CHARACTER TELLING HER LIFE SAVING STORIES TO THE KING.
ARISTOCATS
THIS POSTER NEEDED TO EXPRESS THE ELEMENTS OF CATS, PARIS, AND JAZZ MUSIC. I USED THE ICONIC EIFFEL TOWER, PAW PRINTS MOVING ACROSS THE PAGE, AND LINES THAT I FELT MIMICKED THE IDEA OF JAZZ SOUNDS.
MARY POPPINS STORYBOOK BALLET
FOR THIS POSTER, I MODIFIED THE
TITLE TYPOGRAPHY TO PORTRAY THE
QUIRKY, WHIMSICAL, YET TRADITIONAL FEEL OF THE MAGICAL NANNY.
THE SNOW QUEEN
AN ICY WORLD WAS CREATED THROUGH SHADES OF WHITE, BLUE, AND LILAC.
A BEARY MERRY HOLIDAY
THIS POSTER IS FOR THE YOUNGEST DRAMA STUDENTS AT SHSA. THE PREMISE OF THE SHOW IS A CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY AT THE NORTH POLE WITH BEARS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
THE NUTCRACKER
TO SHOWCASE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DANCE STYLES FEATURED IN THE SHSA VERSION OF THE POPULAR BALLET, SILHOUETTES WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS TREE.