AIGA Fellow Award, New York, NY. This national award given by American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) was awarded to an elite 13 people in the United States this year. The award recognizes mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter. The areas of education, writing, leadership and reputation, as well as the practice of design are given equal consideration in measuring significant contribution.
Mary is the past president of the Jacksonville Chapter of AIGA in 2003/2004 and continues to be very active with the organization.