BORBAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY and Washington, DC – November 3, 2010 – Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker 2009, location artist Jason Borbay, has created a series of twelve portraits featuring inspiring educational leaders for The College Board. The collective work, featuring — Anne Sullivan Macy, Booker T. Washington, Clark Kerr, Ella Flagg Young, Father Theodore Hesburgh, Horace Mann, Jaime Escalante, John Dewey, Mary McLeod Bethune, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Sequoyah and Theodore Sizer — was unveiled at The College Board Forum, which took place on October 27-29 in Washington DC.

Additionally, the paintings were featured in a limited-edition poster designed by Borbay, which were distributed to over 2,000 educators from across the country at The Forum 2010. All twelve paintings will hang in The College Board headquarters lobby in New York City. In the coming weeks, the details of this project will be shared visually and contextually on Borbay’s website.

About The College Board

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board is composed of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admission, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT® and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities and concerns.

THE COLLEGE BOARD EDUCATION LEADERS POSTER

11″X22″ | Original Paintings Featured, 12X(9″X12″) | Click here to download 8.5″X11″ PDF | Click here to download 11″X17″ PDF

COLLEGE BOARD FORUM PROGRAM COVER BOOK

8.5″X11″ | Click here to download the entire program as a PDF

YOULONDA COPELAND-MORGAN PORTRAIT PRESENTATION

9″X12″ | Additional portrait being presented by The College Board’s Eighth President, Gaston Caperton | Click to download the Forum Daily Connection Issue Four PDF

Contact Jason Borbay.