Each year, the D.L. Geary Brewing company partners with Maine College of Art on a contest for students to design the label for the Geary's Summer Ale. The winning student is awarded a $5,000 scholarship and their work is featured on the label and packaging for nearly one million bottles of beer distributed along the Eastern seaboard.

This year the winner is Kegan Ambrose of Denmark, Maine, a senior majoring in graphic design. His design features a colorful assortment of lobster buoys spelling out the word "Geary's". Kegan grew up sailing the coast of Maine with his family. He recently restored a 19-foot sailboat, which is moored off East End Beach in Portland. His time on the ocean and his love for it inspired his colorful lobster buoy design. In the future he hopes to combine his design work with his interest in sailing. He is the son of Gary Ambrose, a longtime member of the sculpture faculty at the College. Says his father, "He has wanted to win this competition since he enrolled at MECA."

To see a slide show of all the entries, go to www.meca.edu