TrueStory. The Art Institute Quarterly began its journey in the summer of 2008. With our first meeting of 30 students from each major, we quickly joined together at school on Saturdays to start giving life to our project. Being such a new publication we really had no idea what we were getting ourselves or school into! We covered as many school events as possible to fill our pages with memorable content for years to come. Finding new talents and voices for our audience was quite challenging, but as each issue was printed, and more people gave their time to AiQ. We always wanted a slogan or catch phrase to build upon for AiQ. The logo we started off with was the original Ai from the school logo, but in issue number three we had to break away and have our own voice in the Ai family. So, a slogan “for students by students” was developed and the new lowercase typeface was added to the cover. Along the way we developed another phrase coined by our First Lady of The Art Institute Quarterly, Des’ola Gunter, “True Story.” The meaning behind these words really summed up the whole endeavor to me. We don’t think a lot of people know or will ever know exactly the details of our love affair with AiQ, but it will tell the tale of many great minds and hearts that gave their time and talents to a school full of opportunity and faith in pages for years to come. If anyone lives long enough to tell our tale after we are gone, if they ever should need an ending to it they should always end by saying, yes they did all this and more. True Story. Happy One Year Anniversary AiQ! –The students of The Art Institute of Charleston
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