Bill Clarke - Corporate Art Director for Ad-Art
Bill Clarke was Ad-At's first corporate art director. He joined the firm in 1958, shortly after its inception.
Clarke was born in 1924 in Pittsford, New York. He was a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Following military service in WWII and the Korean War, he moved to Oregon and worked as a commercial artist. Then he joined Heath & Co.'s office in San Francisco, before joining Ad-Art.
Las Vegas sign credits include:
Castaways (Ad-Art's first Las Vegas sign installation), 1965
Thunderbird sign facade and pylon, 1965
Frontier Hotel Pylon, 1966
Flamingo Pylon, 1968
Source: the Magic Sign by Chuck Barnard, ST Publications, 1993
Bill Clarke - Corporate Art Director for Ad-Art
Bill Clarke was Ad-At's first corporate art director. He joined the firm in 1958, shortly after its inception.
Clarke was born in 1924 in Pittsford, New York. He was a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Following military service in WWII and the Korean War, he moved to Oregon and worked as a commercial artist. Then he joined Heath & Co.'s office in San Francisco, before joining Ad-Art.
Las Vegas sign credits include:
Castaways (Ad-Art's first Las Vegas sign installation), 1965
Thunderbird sign facade and pylon, 1965
Frontier Hotel Pylon, 1966
Flamingo Pylon, 1968
Source: the Magic Sign by Chuck Barnard, ST Publications, 1993