Released on: October 16, 2008, 8:57 am

Press Release Author: The Art Institute of Atlanta

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: Katie Parker-Obrecht was invited to speak at teh AIGA Social
Studies Conference taking place Oct 17-19, 2008. Parker-Obrecht will focus on Web
design for print designers.

Press Release Body: ATLANTA (GA) - Katie Parker-Obrecht, assistant department chair
for photographic imaging and graphic design at The Art Institute of Atlanta, will
present at the Social Studies: Educating Designers in a Connected World Conference
taking place October 17-19 at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Parker-Obrecht will focus on Web design for print designers. The Social Studies
conference is a project of American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), sponsored by
Adobe Systems.

Parker-Obrecht has been with The Art Institute of Atlanta since 2004, becoming
assistant department chair in 2007. She earned her master's degree in graphic
design and advertising from the Savannah College of Art and Design and her
bachelor's degree in graphic design from Auburn University.

For more information about the Social Studies conference, visit:
www.socialstudiesconference.org.

The Art Institute of Atlanta, founded in 1949, is an institutional member of the
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The Art Institutes of
Atlanta, including its satellite campus and its branch campuses - The Art Institute
of Atlanta-Decatur, The Art Institute of Charleston, The Art Institute of
Tennessee-Nashville, and The Art Institute of Washington - is accredited by the
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award
associate and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866
Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about
the accreditation of The Art Institute of Atlanta. The Art Institute of Atlanta is
also one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 40
educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of
design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts professionals.

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