BCYC Immersion Graphic Design Track
This track is available:
- Session 1 (June 15-20, 2025)
- Session 3 (July 13-18, 2025)
Graphic Design is everywhere! The BCYC Immersion Graphic Design summer program for high school students focuses on visual communication through art and technology. In this track, students will use design as a creative process in communication. Students will also explore various methods to create and combine words, symbols, and images to represent ideas and messages visually. Students will use the essential elements and principles of art and also learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, the same software used by advanced graphic design professionals. This track teaches the basics of Graphic Design through illustrative and visual methods with a strong focus that, if used correctly, can positively impact society.
Track Instructor
Associate Professor and Chair, Art and Design
“Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.”
— Robert L. Peters, designer and author
At a young age, Jay Wallace visited many historical sites during his formative years, which helped him grow a love for history. Jay undertook architecture and drafting courses and frequently incorporates architectural elements in his work.
Jay worked as a Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher in the commercial printing industry for over 15 years before turning to the fine art of Printmaking. In 2010, Jay received a BFA in Design & Illustration with an emphasis in Printmaking at Utah Valley University. He was offered a graduate teaching assistantship at the University of South Dakota and received an MFA in Printmaking in 2013.
Jay served multiple years as an assistant for the nationally recognized Frogman’s Printmaking Workshops and has been active in exhibiting nationally and internationally in the past. His work has been published in a number of print and online publications. Jay has also been a Graphic Design and Printmaking instructor at Utah Valley University and Provo College. He has also enjoyed working with museum fossil restoration and mounting at a Paleontology lab. Jay currently resides in Atchison, Kansas with his wife and children.