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Elevating Black Design Voices

July 3, 2020

ELEVATING BLACK DESIGN VOICES
A PANEL DISCUSSION

July 8, 2020
1-2:30 p.m. (Central)

Join us. for an open and honest conversation with Black designers in education. Discussions will include what it means to be a Black designer and why there are so few. Among other topics, the panel will address what racism exists in higher education and how institutions can be more authentic when recruiting diverse students.

This free event is open to everyone, but registration is required.

MODERATOR

Pierre Bowins
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Alumnx, VCFA MFA in Graphic Design

PANELISTS
Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton
Associate Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University
Faculty, VCFA MFA in Graphic Design

Aliatu Burke
Director of Creative Services, Miami University

Lucy Kimundi
Assistant Director of Design Services, Kennesaw State University

Tara Masthay
2020 graduate (B.F.A. in Graphic Design), University of Dayton

Marq Mervin
Professor, Florida State College at Jacksonville

Silas Munro
Assistant Professor, Otis College of Art and Design
Faculty, VCFA MFA in Graphic Design

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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.

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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.

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