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The VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Program Blog

Silas Munro juror of AIGA 50 Books!

We are thrilled to announce that VCFA MFA in Graphic Design faculty member Silas Munro has been chosen as a jury member for one of the most bracing design competitions in America!

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VCFA’s Heather Snyder Quinn (and her students!) at Typeforce 11

Worldbuilding—The Fictional Nations of Föhn, Delta, and Afterlife

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Tristen Click at AIGA National!

VCFA alum Tristen Click will be presenting “[Dis]embodied Senses: Interaction Beyond the Screen” at the Design Educator Symposium at AIGA Design Conference!

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o t i t o: one thing into the other

VCFA alumnx Sondra Graff and Petra van Noot, recently presented at their performance “o t i t o” at The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art!

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Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna wins GDUSA 2019!

The VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Program is very happy to announce that alumnx Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna has won the 2019 GDUSA competition with her thesis exhibition and publication Enter the Void!

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2019: The Year of the Hammer!

VCFA’s own Hammer (faculty members Sereina Rothenberger and David Schatz are featured over on The Gradient!

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All reading aside. Or: a side of reading.

An essay and one of the most dynamic group projects ever, written and conducted by VCFA faculty Lorena Howard-Sheridan!

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Modes of Criticism #5 – Design Systems

Faculty member Ian Lynam has an essay in the latest issue of the leading journal of design criticism.

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Natalia Ilyin in Adbusters

VCFA faculty member Natalia Ilyin’s writing has been featured in the latest issue of Adbusters!

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This is Hardcore.

VCFA and zines on AIGA’s Eye on Design!

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VCFA’s Ziddi Msangi in South Africa!

VCFA faculty Ziddi Msangi speaking at the University of Johannesburg on kanga!

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Jessica Bellamy on the VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Program

“I felt invigorated by the design endeavors of the students, the admirable graces of each faculty member, and the unprecedented progressive culture of this institutional program.”

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Heather Snyder Quinn VCFA STA 100 winner
VCFA’s Heather Snyder Quinn wins STA 100!

Heather Snyder Quinn wins big in North Americas oldest design competition!

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VCFA’s Ian Lynam wins STA 100! So do most of the other VCFA faculty!

Faculty member Ian Lynam and collaborators win the United States’ oldest design competition!

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VCFA's Jimmy Henderson wins STA 100!
VCFA’s Jimmy Henderson wins STA 100!

“Meads of Poetry” awarded one of 2019’s top typographic designs!

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