The 10th annual Extreme Grafx Experience was held recently at Lenoir Community College. Area students, ages 12-18, were invited to learn about the graphic arts industry through hands-on projects in the Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology department at the college. The week consisted of training in computer graphics and imaging, computer illustration and effects, digital photography, screen printing, and offset printing and bindery.

Pictured front row, left to right, are Cassidy Elmore, Taylor Sutton, Sarah Smith, Braxton Spence, Sarah White, Eric Williams, Jackson Garvey, Caitlin Campbell; back row, left to right, Graphics Instructor Kelly Statum, Lisa Spengler, Anna Haggerty, Kara Robinson, Kristen Crenshaw, Anna Hall, Suzanna Smith, Cody-Rae Palush, Sophia Mitchell, and Program Head Dwight Downie. Not pictured are Carrington Simmons and Steven Guzorek.