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James Chae: Visiting Faculty Spring 2022

James H. Chae is a designer and educator based in Seoul, Korea. His work deals with the designer’s medial position in relation to consumerism, commercial image production and global politics. He is an Assistant Professor at Hongik University and maintains an independent design practice that involves editorial and web design, in addition to self-initiated works. […]

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Ramon Tajada: Visiting Faculty Spring 2022

RAMON TEJADA (he/him) is a (New Yorkino / Afro-Caribbean / American) designer (el studio de ramon) and educator based in Providence, RI, and Los Angeles. He works in a hybrid design/teaching practice focusing on collaboration, inclusion, unearthing, and the responsible expansion of design, a practice he has named “puncturing.” Ramon is an Assistant Professor in […]

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Spring 2022 Residency Alumnx Support Staff

Lorilee Rager is the founder and fearless leader of Thrive Creative Group, LLC. She recently earned her Masters degree in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier, Vermont and her undergrad Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She is also a Visiting Assistant […]

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Rosemary Rae (’18 GD) selected among the first round of participants in Kolaj Institute’s

Rosemary Rae (’18 GD) has been selected among the first round of participants in Kolaj Institute’s Poetry & Collage Residency for 2022. According to Kolaj’s website, the 12 selected artists “will work together to investigate the intersection of collage and poetry by exploring concepts of found poetry, blackout poetry, collage poems, haikus, centos, response collages, response poems, word […]

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Mindy Seu, Visiting Designer

Mindy Seu has long been a gatherer. In its material and social forms, as a collection and event, gatherings serve as the intentional aggregation of resources for a specific community. In this lecture, Seu will discuss tools, indexes, and learning trails through five chapters: 1) Cyberfeminism Index, 2) ellipses and citations, 3) asterisks and collective […]

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Global Studio Sessions: S.W.A.N.A. Region

Global Studio Sessions: The Middle East Guest Designers: Munirah AlShami, Maya Moumne, and Bahia Shebab MONDAY, April 4th | 11am EST The MFA in Graphic Design program’s fourth Global Studio Sessions features presentations by visiting designers from the Middle East. This event is open to VCFA faculty, staff, students, and alumnx. Please get in touch […]

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AIGA Design Future Live with VCFA’s Ian Lynam

Ian Lynam will be featured on Design Future Live, an interview show about how the design industry is changing as a discipline and opportunities this creates for the design community.

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Doko Demo Design Deluxe!

Doko Demo Design Deluxe is a 200-page Japanese/English dictionary and phrasebook for graphic designers, artists, photographers, and culture enthusiasts by VCFA faculty member Ian Lynam.

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Tré Seals workshop!

Join Tré Seals, founder of Vocal Type Co. for an experimental and hands-on workshop on Thursday, February 10, from 6–7:30 pm EST to learn more about his process, thinking, and use of typography as a means to explore BIPOC design histories, and to create your own typeface using his approach.

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Corinthians Press 002!

VCFA faculty Ian Lynam releases new 324-page bilingual Japanese/English book featuring new visual work and essays by Patrick Tsai, Shirana Shahbazi, Chris Ro, Naohiro Utagawa, Mr. Keedy, Yuko Amano, Ed Fella, Yuki Kameguchi, Scott Massey, Yunim Kim, and Chris Duncan.

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A Conversation with Marian Bantjes, Visiting Designer

OMG, it just doesn’t stop! Canada’s finest, Marian Bantjes, joins us for Fall Residency!!!!

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David Bennewith, Visiting Designer

Holy crap! David Bennewith is joining us for Fall Residency!!!

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Global Studio Sessions: Latin America

The MFA in Graphic Design program’s third Global Studio Sessions features presentations by visiting designers from Latin America. A Q & A following will be moderated by faculty member, Lorena Howard Sheridan. Guest Designers: Alejandro Magallanes, México, Fernanda Martins, Brazil, and Pepe Menéndez, Cuba!

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Shruthi’s Movin’ On Up!

Is there a doctor in the house?

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「グレー背景・Gray Background」

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design candidate Ray Masaki opens exhibition in Tokyo!

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