VCFA alumnus Aaron Winters and MFA candidate Michael Scaringe will be participating in Otis College of Art and Design MFA Graphic Design Program’s 5th annual Design Week from June 21-27, 2015. They will be giving a public presentation on June 21, highlighting their experiences at VCFA in the MFA in Graphic Design Program.
Design Week is a core component of Otis’ limited-residency MFA program, serving to introduce students to the international graphic design community and explore a range of professional opportunities in the field. Each summer, visiting artists from near and far come to Otis College of Art and Design to engage with MFA Graphic Design students. Throughout the week, they engage in workshops, one-on-one and group critiques, reviews, and lectures. By the end of each summer session, the students have learned about a wide array of possibilities within the discipline.
This year Otis welcomes eleven visiting artists from Melbourne, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Zurich, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. These guests will host workshops over the course of the week and give one-collective lecture open to the public on the evening of Thursday, June 25, 2014, at 6PM, on Otis College of Art and Design’s Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Campus located at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045. A public reception will follow.
All participating studios will present during the public lecture as well as Takashi Yanai, partner at Ehrlich Architects (s-ehrlich.com). Mr. Yanai will showcase secret places within the city of Los Angeles that speak directly to how design can effect our life on a daily basis and why L.A. is an never-ending resource for pleasure and inspiration.
In addition to current and incoming Otis MFA candidates, the department welcomes students from other institutions to participate during the week. Select schools include: Sint Lucas – Gent, Sint Lucas – Antwerp, Vermont College of Fine Art, and Cal Arts.
“The goal of the lecture is to expose the audience, through short presentations in rapid succession, to a global perspective of art, architecture, and graphic design today. This part of Design Week is always electrifying and inspiring for everyone including the visiting artists themselves,” says Kali Nikitas, Founding Chair of the MFA Graphic Design program at Otis.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Thursday, June 25, 2015, 6PM
Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Campus – Lighting Studio
Admission – Free
PARTICIPATING STUDIOS
Tania Prill, Zurich http://www.prillviecelicremers.ch
April Greiman, Los Angeles http://www.madeinspace.la
Laurie Haycock Makela, Los Angeles http://www.designtoobjective.com
Field Experiments: Benjamin Harrison Bryant, New York
And Paul Marcus Fuog, Melbourne And Karim Charlebois-Zariffa, Quebec http://www.field-experiments.com/
Lu Liang, Amsterdam http://www.the-exercises.com And Cédric Van Parys of OMA, Rotterdam http://www.cedricvanparys.com/
Cameron Ewing of Facebook, San Francisco http://www.cameronewing.com
Elisabeth Prescott and Michael Jakab, San Francisco http://www.agencycollective.com
Curator, Design Week theme and coordinator for the week: Visiting Faculty, Menno Cruijsen of LAVA Design, Amsterdam http://www.lava.nl
Design Week is made possible in part by a generous grant funded by The Consulate General of the Netherlands.jordan Sneakers | Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG ‘University Blue’ — Ietp
