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Life-long
artist John Foster was born and raised in Marion and has been a
fan of the Marion Arts Festival since he was a mere lad. A graduate
of Marion High School, John went on to receive a BFA with an emphasis
in graphic design from Mount Mercy College. Since then, he's had
numerous, cumulative experiences across the design spectrum, including
web design, silk screen illustration, as a "Jack of All Trades"
in-house designer, and as the Art Director of True Identity. While
with TI, John won eight Addys from the Advertising Federation of
Cedar Rapids (ADFED), two of which were "Best in Category."
Here at the Marion Arts Festival, we are not surprised. John
joined the MAF Advisory Board in 2004, and became Board Chair in
2006. He has created for our 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 events a
visual identity that reflects and includes all the elements that
make the city of Marion and the Marion Arts Festival each so unique
from – yet so well-suited to – each other. John's goal
has been to combine the contemporary class of the festival with
the vintage charm of uptown Marion, with the further aim of doing
it all through a series of designs that his mother could love. And
– reportedly – she does. When not giving to the festival huge, sweeping gifts and being brow-beaten into making tiny, nit-picky changes to the web site, John lives in Marion with his wife Holly and their two young children. His day job is as principal of Avatar Design, a full-service design studio that specializes in meeting your graphic, web and print design, and illustration needs. Contact
John Foster at:
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