Page 6 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024 NorNortheast Metro Tech Students theast Metro Tech Students Create Scrim Banner Create Scrim Banner for Fence of Building Site for Fence of Building Site Students hold up a 6’ by 60’ scrim banner, which now adorns the fence of the Northeast Metro Tech construction site. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) S uperintendent David DiBarri was pleased to share that Northeast Metro Tech students created a 60-foot scrim banner for the fence of the new school building site at Northeast Metro Tech. The banner was installed on the construction site fence on Friday, April 5, with students who helped design it in attendance. Over 20 senior students in the school’s Design and Visual Communications program designed the banner as part of their studies after a representative of Gilbane, the school project’s construction manager, reached out. The students worked in the Studio 12 design fi rm that is part of the Design and Visual Communications shop under instructor Brian Peluso. Studio 12 is run like an actual design fi rm so that students can learn a pathway of JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM A section of the scrim banner (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) skills, techniques and gain a realistic understanding of client relations and expectations. While most scrim banners are utilitarian and pedestrian, students designed the scrim to tell a story about Northeast Metro Tech, its students and its com Shannon Sturtz of Gilbane and Northeast Metro Tech Design and Visual Communication Instructor Brian Peluso stand next to the scrim banner. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) munities. Students worked in design teams, each team creating a panel. They presented the panels to the client, Gilbane, just like a professional design agency would, and then received feedback on their designs, working with Instructor Peluso as a creative director. “It was a truly moving experience for our client as well as the class,” said Peluso. “Our students have a renewed sense of pride and involvement in the school and community at large — as well as a more-defi ned idea of what opportunities and career paths await them after graduation.” “Being able to work on such a big project for the Gilbane construction company was such an unexpected opportunity to be given,” said Kariana Franklin, a Design and Visual Communications senior from Chelsea. “Working as a team and as a shop helped us make a piece that represented the school, the students, and its community. We’re all proud of what we’ve made together.” A group of Studio 11+ and Studio 12 design students stand with the scrim banner after it was attached to the construction site fence. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) Students pose with the scrim banner after it was attached to the construction site fence. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech)
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