I am honored to present my work and vision for Design for Social Good to AIGA Cleveland. During this virtual event, I propose for four frameworks for considering this: as personal inquiry, as validating artifact, as firebrand, and as creative process. More about this virtual event is here.
News
Redefine/ABLE catalog now available
A digital version of the Redefine/ABLE catalog is now available. It includes content from the Redefine/ABLE exhibition as well as the following disability-related essays written by project collaborators and myself: “An Exhibition Redefined by a Pandemic” by Dr. Audra Buck-Coleman “Redefining Redefine/ABLE: From Access to Inclusion at the Peale” by Dr. Nancy Proctor “Listen Very Carefully” by Ruth Lozner “Please Do […]
New writing published on Paul Orselli’s blog
I’m excited to have a guest post with Dr. Naliyah Kaya and Dr. Cheryl Fogle-Hatch featured on Paul Orselli’s blog about museums, exhibits, and design. “5 Accessibility and Inclusion Insights from Producing an Exhibition During COVID” features the insights we gained during the Redefine/ABLE project.
Read more about Sticks + Stones
My latest writing with Dr. Rashawn Ray, “Envisioning Equity and Inclusion Through Art,” is now available as part of Confronting Equity and Inclusion Incidents on Campus: Lessons Learned and Emerging Practices, edited By Hannah Oliha-Donaldson. The chapter describes research results from a recent iteration of Sticks + Stones. You can order a copy here.
UMD FLUX wins!
Three different classroom assignments received awards from FLUX, a national AIGA student design competition. UMD students’ work went up against students from 11 different states including Texas, California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia and Georgia. The winners were: The 2017 Graphic Design cohort’s Black Women: Image + Perception in Popular Culture exhibit design won awards for […]
Presenting at DECIPHER 2018
I’ll be presenting the poster “Should you undertake a social impact design project” at DECIPHER 2018, an AIGA design educators conference. The event is focused on tackling “the complexity of the problems we seek to address through design research in order to create a better future.” I hope to see you there! Post event update: […]
Speaking on Fundraising at [MAKE]
I’ll be leading a workshop about fundraising at MAKE, the AIGA Design Education Conference in Indianapolis. But how are you going to pay for it? Intimidating. Laborious. Confusing. Embarrassing. Complicated. Futile. There are many descriptions we might use to describe the process of finding funding for a design education project. As designer educators, we can […]
BMORE Than The Story wins Design Incubation Award
I received the 2017 Teaching Award from Design Incubation. The Teaching Award is for “… innovation in education, pedagogy, instruction, content delivery, and student learning outcomes. Visionary curricular development, outstanding instructional quality, novel teaching methods, successful assignments and projects, and impact on student and alumni success are germane to this distinction. Teaching is the facilitation […]
BMORE Than the Story recognized by Core77
BMORE Than the Story received runner-up the Core77 Design Award in the Professional category of Design Education Initiatives and was awarded Community Choice award for this category. Thanks to the community and the students for all their hard work!
Presenting at the College Art Association
I’ll be presenting about how to incorporate assessment into social justice curriculum at the College Art Association 105th Annual Conference in New York, NY.
Behind the Scenes: BMORE Than The Story
The students participated in a series of project orientation exercises and discussions at their separate campuses and then traveled each other’s campuses to meet, to build a sense of community, and then to start discussing the most critical issues upon which to focus. One activity asked students to express their reactions to 2015 Uprising. This […]