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PUBLICATION
Solstice • Volume 17 • Issue 1 Publication Date:
May 2021 Cost:
Part of optional student HCHS Activity
Pass fee or a one-time payment of $5.00 Theme:
Monumental Theme selection process:
Theme was selected over a series of meetings of the entire Solstice club be- ginning in September 2020. Ideas were brainstormed, then categorized into several groups of potential themes to reduce duplicate/overlapping themes. Idea groups were then evaluated on their ability to represent objective criteria in five areas: universality, multifacetedness, visual & emotional evocativeness, per- sonification, and originality. From this evaluation, five potential final theme ideas were chosen by the whole group, with the final theme determined by the head Literary and Design editors.
Spread Design:
Under the supervision of the Creative Director and Head Designer, design staff create a series of spread idea sketches. From these ideas, 13 spread templates for 26 interchangeable page types were de- veloped in InDesign. Individual spreads in the final magazine were created by
designating artwork/literary for specific template pages roughed in by designers with design staff assistance. Spreads were then finalized/proofed by the Creative Director and Head Designer.
Artwork Selection Process:
Submissions for artwork are open from September through February, and art- work is submitted by students, teachers, and through digital school art shows. Artwork is selected by design staff based upon four criteria: artistic merit, art- work category, editorial flexibility, and publication theme. Special consider- ation is given to Scholastic Art award winning work. Other than minor crop- ping to fit page/bleed, no editing of the art is done.
Literary Selection Process:
Submissions for literary are open from September to February; all literature is student-created and submitted for con- sideration by students. All literary sub- missions sent to Solstice are admitted and judged by the literary staff anonymously, guaranteeing that all writers are given an unbiased chance to be featured for pub- lication. Literary works are selected on a basis of thematic content, writing tech- nique, and originality. All selections are curated to ensure the most varied array of interesting, unique, and conceptually rich pieces. Published pieces are only ed- ited by the literary staff for mechanics.
Distribution Process:
Magazine is distributed digitally to all stu- dents, and distributed physically to those who paid the HCHS Activity Fee in May or purchased the book in early April.
Quantity Printed: 1,000
SPECIFICATIONS
Software & Hardware:
Adobe InDesign CC 2021 Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 Apple iMac macOS v.11.2.3
Headshot Photographer: Akshay Undevia
Typographic Specifications: Title:
Giveny, Regular—35pt, 70pt Subtitle:
Gotham, Bold—10pt Body Copy:
Baskerville, Regular—10pt Pull Quote:
Gotham, Bold—15pt Captions:
Title/Artist: Gotham, Bold—8pt
Medium: Baskerville, Italic—6pt Paper Specifications:
Book: 100# Gloss
Cover: 14pt. Matte Cardstock Printer:
UPrinting.com, Van Nuys, CA
OPERATION
Solstice Art and Literary Magazine is a Hinsdale Central extracurricular club. It is made up of an all volunteer staff open to all Hinsdale Central students, divided into two areas of specialization: Design and Literary. Number of members:
15 students, 2 faculty advisors. Frequency of meetings:
Weekly Funding/Budget:
HCHS Activity Fee Subsidy
Pre-orders Affiliation:
Consortium for Regional Scholastic
Awards: Suburban Chicago Art Region School:
Hinsdale Central High School
5500 S. Grant Street, Hinsdale IL 60521 Phone: 630-570-8000
Fax: 630-887-1362 https://d86.hinsdale86.org solstice@hinsdale86.org
School Population:
Enrollment: 2,765 students Faculty: 310 teachers and staff
COLOPHON
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