Internship at USA Boccia
Format
Junior and Senior Art and Design Exhibition
Faculty Mentor Name
Marie Lee
Faculty Mentor Department
Arts, Media, Performance, & Design
Abstract/Artist Statement
This precision-throwing sport has a combination of strategic thinking elements of bocce ball, chess, and curling. Rules for wheelchair-bound and seated athletes are determined from a classification system, which is based on athletes’ level of disability. Contested at the local, regional, national, and international levels, multi-sport organization USCPAA founded boccia in the early 1980s. By 2008, boccia grew at the global scale in over fifty countries. As one of only three paralympic sports that do not have a counterpart in the Olympics, boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed). After several organizational transitions for the previous decade, USA Boccia became a national governing organization (NGO) in 2015. This NGO provides athletes with disabilities the opportunity to compete in boccia from the local to pipeline international competitions. USA Boccia’s mission is to expand the sport of boccia nationwide in the United States through development, growth, and promotion.
As a graphic design intern for USA Boccia — the national governing organization for Paralympics boccia — I typically included the logo’s color scheme in all projects as one of the aspects for my own visual guidelines, which varied based on the assigned project. There were a few instances, however, when I varied this color palette to complement elements in a layout. USA Boccia’s logo was a necessity and served as a visual motif throughout my projects — for print or digital. Although I mostly had the creative freedom towards layout creation, I made sure to include USA Boccia’s photographs whenever possible to avoid misappropriation. When I would employ photographs outside of USA Boccia, I always checked to confirm if a photograph was under the Creative Commons license and did not include human subjects unaffiliated with USA Boccia. Lastly, I based my chosen typography on readability.
Location
Reynolds Art Gallery
Internship at USA Boccia
Reynolds Art Gallery
This precision-throwing sport has a combination of strategic thinking elements of bocce ball, chess, and curling. Rules for wheelchair-bound and seated athletes are determined from a classification system, which is based on athletes’ level of disability. Contested at the local, regional, national, and international levels, multi-sport organization USCPAA founded boccia in the early 1980s. By 2008, boccia grew at the global scale in over fifty countries. As one of only three paralympic sports that do not have a counterpart in the Olympics, boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed). After several organizational transitions for the previous decade, USA Boccia became a national governing organization (NGO) in 2015. This NGO provides athletes with disabilities the opportunity to compete in boccia from the local to pipeline international competitions. USA Boccia’s mission is to expand the sport of boccia nationwide in the United States through development, growth, and promotion.
As a graphic design intern for USA Boccia — the national governing organization for Paralympics boccia — I typically included the logo’s color scheme in all projects as one of the aspects for my own visual guidelines, which varied based on the assigned project. There were a few instances, however, when I varied this color palette to complement elements in a layout. USA Boccia’s logo was a necessity and served as a visual motif throughout my projects — for print or digital. Although I mostly had the creative freedom towards layout creation, I made sure to include USA Boccia’s photographs whenever possible to avoid misappropriation. When I would employ photographs outside of USA Boccia, I always checked to confirm if a photograph was under the Creative Commons license and did not include human subjects unaffiliated with USA Boccia. Lastly, I based my chosen typography on readability.