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Nuclear (Unclear)

June 23, 2013

Julie Sittler, ’13 GD, is one of featured artists in the Glass Art Society’s juried International Student Online Exhibition 2013.

All of pieces are original, professionally crafted and contain glass as the main element. Julie’s piece, Unclear (Nuclear) asks questions about the possibility of a nuclear attack: “Do we let the government guide us by having us build unrealistic shelters using sandbags and hand-cranked fans for protection? Why government’s previous solutions seemed more like game pieces than reality. Was this a sustainable solution for civilization or just silly ideas conceived around the table? Fortunately we never needed to find out, but how can we expect a viable solution for today with a new threat looming out there?” View the digital catalogue here.

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The Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design is one of the nation’s first low-residency programs in graphic design that is built around a student’s individual interests and goals.

The MFA in Graphic Design is an immersive two-year graduate program that synthesizes five intense, one-week residencies with four six-month semesters of independent study with a range of faculty mentors. We educate students towards the broader context of design in order to investigate and reveal relationships. We see Graphic Design as a social tool and design education as a process of social transformation.

Our innovative, highly effective pedagogical model has its roots in the progressive educational philosophies of John Dewey. Our student-centered approach allows students to develop individualized study plans, addressing design issues that support their particular interests, values, and goals.

MFA students in our Graphic Design program will develop skills in form, content and craft, deepen and expand critical ability, build fluency in contemporary design discourse, and expand their ability to drive content with their work.

Graduates emerge with new research methods, critical acumen, and a body of design work that is personal and relevant; one which enhances their professional and academic path. They will have learned to continuously rethink design by considering cultural context, relationships between designers and their work, and the nature of education within design.