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December 23, 2023

We’re so happy to welcome back designer, researcher, educator and VCFA MFA GD alumnx Heather Synder Quinn! Heather is usually where she “isn’t supposed to be.” You will find her playing in unexpected places, physical or virtual, and collaborating with people from an array of backgrounds. She uses design fiction to empower communities to imagine […]

December 20, 2023

The VCFA Graphic Design MFA department proudly presents this year’s edition of Global Studio Sessions. In the past, this has been a lecture series inviting a wide-spectrum of creative practitioners from around the world. We’ve had spotlights on Asia, the Global South, and the Middle East. This year, we have curated the programming around the […]

December 17, 2023

Congrats to Chris Lange ‘24 on being selected as a Center for Arts and Social Justice Community Engagement Fellow for his work “Just A·S·C!” Lange’s VCFA thesis studies the economic and political power structure behind the growth of monopsonies and monopolies. This has led to the realization that individual agency depends upon independent and community […]

December 10, 2023

Dec 2023 Podcast: “What do iconic movements like women’s suffrage, Civil Rights, queer liberation, and the Vietnam war resistance have in common? They tapped into the power of words and images to convey messages of protest that changed the collective imagination and direction of history. For LA-based designer and educator Silas Munro, there is “no […]

November 26, 2023

Sneak Peek! Coming to your mailbox soon! This year, the VCFA alumnx magazine “In Residence” is designed by Graphic Design alumnx Sarah Flood-Baumann (GD ’16). Here is the link to the digital version: Sarah: “I have 12+ years of design experience under my belt and in 2016 I snagged my MFA in Graphic Design from […]

November 4, 2023

Join the MFA in Graphic Design program on. November 9th at 7:00 pm EST for our upcoming Alumnx Talk featuring Ray Masaki (GD ’23), Robyn Lindquist (GD ’22), and Segun Olude (GD ’14). Each Alumnx will share their current work and reflect on both their time at VCFA and how their experience in the program […]

October 21, 2023

GD 2022 Alumnx Simona Bortis-Schultz was honored to have one of her favorite, recent posters, exhibited in the United States and soon internationally as part of the United States Poster International Biennale @unitedstatesipb. All selected posters will be exhibited in multiple exhibitions in the United States starting in Los Angeles, California @posterterritory in Long Beach, […]

September 20, 2023

VCFA GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE HOUSE! Alumnx 2020 Patricia Childs and Alumnx 2018 Katie Krcmarik, Alumnx 2016 Jason Alejandro and Alumnx 2019 Leslie Moore Parker! And Faculty Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Natalia Ilyin and visting Faculty Ramon Tejada all will be presenting. Join us OCT at the AIGA National Conference! We’re leading education dialogues on Friday and […]

July 20, 2023

From Under the Rubble Faculty Panel: Designing Design History Curriculum Now July 22, 2023 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (Mountain Time) Register on Zoom here: When the brain registers disparate stories about a topic, it invents a construct into which those stories fit in order to avoid cognitive dissonance. Such construct-making can have good effects, […]

July 12, 2023

SNEAK PEEK!  The MFA in Graphic Design program’s Summer 2023 residency will be held on the campus of Colorado College July 21-29, featuring visiting designers Ignace Cami, Jürg Lehni, Bethany Koby-Hirschmann, Lana Soufeh, and Ryan Waller and Gary Fogelson (from Other Means). Join us virtually and register for all events in zoom. Click here for more […]

July 11, 2023

Re: Reflecting on the cyclical nature of design, history, and experiences, we found that they are not singular or linear—they are relational and ever-evolving. The prefix “re” emphasizes the importance of learning from our pasts and using that knowledge to promote effective change within the work we do for others and ourselves. Check out our […]

June 16, 2023

Typographics is a design festival for people who use type. Kyla Paolucci ’23 will be presenting part of her thesis work in person at Type Lab on Thursday, June 15 at 2:00 pm EST. Her presentation will center on the typeface she designed based on her grandfather’s tape lettering and sign-making practice. Silas Munro, Faculty […]

June 11, 2023

Typographics 2023 June 12-22 at The Cooper Union, NYC VCFA’s MFA in Graphic Design will be well represented at this year’s Typographics Conference. Kyla Paolucci ’23 will be presenting part of her thesis work in person at Type Lab on Thursday, June 15 at 2:00 pm EST. Her presentation will center on the typeface she […]

June 1, 2023

A powerful new look at history-making uses of lettering, type, and design to amplify resistance and inspire change. Author Silas Munro, cocreator of the first BIPOC-centered design history course, presents a vibrant collection of broadsides, signs, banners, posters, ephemera, and archival photographs, highlighting the vital roles of letterforms in messages of social change. Informed by […]

May 28, 2023

June 1, 2023 /2 pst /4 cst /5 est “Hello Departures Talk Series” with Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton What do we need to unlearn, explore, do, transform and reprogram to rethink design? Imagine a liberated design practice and education outside systems of oppression. Hello Departures Talk Series invites you to pause and join designers whose critical perspectives […]