Katie Parker-Obrecht, Assistant Department Chair at The Art Institute of Atlanta, Scheduled to Speak at AIGA Social Studies Conference

Atlanta, GA, October 18, 2008 --(PR.com)-- 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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