This is America

{faculty-student-community collaborative project}

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This is America, a faculty-student-community research based interdisciplinary collaborative project with the Advanced Honors Seminar : Innovation and Inquiry Art + Social Justice for Presidential Scholars, and Design Streak studio (research based social innovation lab), and the broader community. The eight-week course examined stereotypes and marginalization of minority communities living in the U.S. Honors scholars from various majors who had not taken an art course since elementary school actively engaged in conversations about biases, racism, intersectionality, and privilege with graphic design students and community leaders.

The exhibit is a result of complex discussions, and was inspired by the American musician Donald Glover’s video. Design students and I created a total of 104 posters based on reflective writings and drawings by honors students. The floor to ceiling typographic installation is a visual voice demanding change, denouncing injustice, confronting hypocrisy and micro aggressions, and respecting human dignity for building a better America today. The project also invites audiences to join the conversation by recording their thoughts on a comment card to be included in future exhibitions. 

I designed the announcement, about the show, and 40 + posters for the exhibition .