Cristina Muffatti, AWARD School South Australia’s Top of Class AWARD , received her award at The Bunka at The Austral Hotel, in Adelaide in July 28.

Muffatti was one of the nine students who were tutored by representatives of KWP!, Nation, Jamshop, Showpony, The Distillery and More Space For Light.

AWARD School Head, Matt O’Grady, head of KWP! Advertising, commented, “This year’s AWARD School was a tight race with at least three students earning near identical scores. But in the end, it was a couple of key pieces from Cristina along with her consistently high standard of work that nudged her into the top spot. Having said that, I was encouraged to see that each student had their moment of brilliance and they should take that as an endorsement of their creative talents and a foundation from which they can further develop their skills.

AWARD School SA 2016 graduates. [Main pic above: Christina Muffatti & Matt O’Grady]

“Adelaide has a much smaller talent pool than our Eastern counterparts so we rely on a loyal band of tutors to generously give their time and energy year after year. It was good to see a couple of new faces this time round and we’ll be extending an invitation to some of Adelaide’s smaller and upcoming agencies to share their creative wisdom in 2017.”

The AWARD School SA tutors were:

Andy Scott – Showpony

Becq Hinton – Jamshop

Corey Swaffer – KWP!

Dan Levy – More Space For Light

David OLoughlin – KWP!

Geoff Robertson – Nation

James Rickard – KWP!

Johnny Velis – Jamshop

Matt O’Grady – KWP!

Oliver Prneton – The Distillery

Michael Gagliardi – KWP!
This is the third AWARD School graduation ceremony in Australia this year. Events in Brisbane and Perth will be held in the next two months.

AWARD School is also currently running in Auckland, with the graduation set for October.