Jack Sprague

Current

• Owner, educational director at The Smart Center Santa Fe NM
• Professor of Communication Design at University of North Texas
• Senior Designer at Sprague Design

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Education

• Florida State University
• University of West Florida

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Company

Jack Sprague’s Summary

1.The Smart Center Santa Fe NM. Innovative Thinking and Creative Development. A unique Think Tank educational and art center for top educators and developing creatives from all fields.
2. 25 years teaching experience in advanced university communication design education with BFA and MFA students
3. Extensive work in advertising art direction and graphic design

Jack Sprague’s Specialties:

Naming, branding, identity, advertising and marketing for a diverse array of clients nationally and internationally.

Jack Sprague’s Experience

• Owner, educational director

  The Smart Center Santa Fe NM

  (Think Tanks industry)

  February 2009 — Present (6 months)

  This summer The Smart Center Santa Fe held it's first educational workshop from June 6-13 in Santa Fe and we are very pleased with the success of our first group of "Smart Ones." This was our first of many international workshops in innovative, creative thinking and education and this first workshop offered a five day immersive experience in the "Art and Power of Presentation and Self/Idea Promotion". Professors Jack Sprague, Burt Peachy, Dr. Chuck Spence and Mike Estes provided training in acting, presentation, extemporaneous speaking, Meyers Briggs Personal Profile analysis and daily video critiques of student presentations. We are currently planning our next series of workshops to begin in 2010 which will offer interested applicants training in Creative Writing, Acting, Comedy, Cooking, the Fine Arts, Art History, Philosophy and Creative Presentation and Entrepreneurship. Please check out the Smart Center Santa Fe.com website for additional information. We have just updated our website with new information and pictures of our first group of graduates.
  Those interested in teaching one of our workshops in creative process or being one of the next group of creatives selected for our "2010 Workshops" please contact me at.
  sprague@unt.edu or by applying directly with the Smart Center website registration link.
  We have short-term paying teaching opportunities for creative people who have the ability to teach "the creative process" in their area of expertise. See our website for the range of workshops that we plan on offering and apply.

• Professor of Communication Design

  University of North Texas

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 1989 — Present (20 years)

  2009/10 will be my 20th year anniversary at the University of North Texas teaching in the Communication Design Program in the College of Visual Arts + Design. In May 2010 I will move on to full to serve as the Educational Director of the Smart Center in Santa Fe NM where I have developed a bridge between UNT College of Visual Arts and Design and the Smart Center NM.

• Senior Designer

  Sprague Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  1985 — Present (24 years)

  Full service communication design and advertising/art direction services is addition to full branding and naming services for a full array of clients from real estate development and architecture to fine arts, retail/fashion and corporate promotion.

Jack Sprague’s Education

• Florida State University

  MS , Graphic Design, Design Education and sculpture , 1976 — 1978

• University of West Florida

  BFA , Art and Design , 1968 — 1971

Additional Information

Jack Sprague’s Websites:

• My Company

Jack Sprague’s Groups:

The DSVC; The Dallas Society of Visual Communications, the nations largest professional organization of art directors, designers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators and service professionals.

Jack Sprague’s Honors:

Last May 2008 I was awarded the Golden Orchard award for lifetime achievement as a Communication Design Educator by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications at their annual awards show and dinner. I was absolutely shocked by this honor and thank everyone who participated.

In 2008 I received a gold, best of category award by the Printing Association of America for design.

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