Part 2: Chat Archive

mableton:
Hello everyone!

Christine Prado:
Hi Gina!

Sean Payne:
Hello everyone!

Lucy Kimundi:
Good afternoon everyone!

673w8p:
Hello everyone!

Velyn Scarborough (she/her):
Hello!

Olympia Crawford:
Hello everyone!

abaskin1:
Hi!

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
Hello from Nashville!

monica:
Hi all, I’m Monica from Boston College

Amy Schuldt:
Hi From Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Kelly McMurray:
Kelly from 2communique!

Cheryl Pugh:
Hello from Los Angeles

jenn stucker:
Hi everyone from BGSU, Bowling Green, Ohio. Thank you panelists and UCDA!

Rafael Barahona:
Hello from Goshen, IN

Joel Lustre:
Hello from Bloomington, IN (Indiana University Foundation)

Vanessa Harris:
Hello. Vanessa from Meredith College in Raleigh NC

Dana Boulden:
Hello from Dana — Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh!

Lucy Kimundi:
Hello from Kennesaw, GA.

Ann Ford:
Good afternoon everyone. I am Ann Ford from Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA

mableton:
South Carolina

Gab:
Hey my name is Gab from State College!

Miller, Heather Nicole:
Hello from Oregon

Sharon Oiga:
Hi from UIC School of Design in Chicago!

josh ege:
Good Afternoon from Dallas, TX!

Princess Jackson:
Hello from North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC

Laurie Hottinger:
Hello from Chicago, remote for Moraine Valley C.C.

673w8p:
Hi to all, I’m Anne, graphic designer from Springfield, College in Springfield, Massachusetts

Vanessa Harris:
Hi NCCU!

Liz DeLuna:
Hi all. Liz from St j

jenn stucker:
Go Ohio!

Liz DeLuna:
oops. Hi all! Liz from St Johns in NYC

Seulgee Lee:
Hi all, calling in from Chicago :)

Brittny Wroblewski:
Hi from the University of Wyoming!

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
Welcome everyone

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
Hi from Blacksburg, Virginia (Virginia Tech). Thank you UCDA and Panelists for organizing this! I appreciated part 1 of this series, and we talked a good bit about K-12 engagement at last week’s AIGA DEC Conference (which came up a good bit in the conversation last time) — and there was a panel on non-traditional and K-12 education led by Jacinda Walker (https://youtu.be/2PsFyn4uQfQ)

Ann Ford:
Hello @Meaghan

Christine Prado:
I am thrilled to tell you that Jacinda Walker will be speaking at the UCDA Virtual Conference as well.

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
@meaghan Thanks for the link

Sharon Oiga:
Hi Meaghan!

Vanessa Harris:
Hi. At the last meeting we talked about recruitment meeting the experience. Can Ashley talk more about how UNCG has done that successfully for BIPOC?

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
Anne also shared some lovely thoughts last week (https://youtu.be/wHIkyIcLBr4) and I particularly appreciated how she spoke of “empowering and engaging” our students

Oluwatosin Ogedengbe:
Hi I'm Tosin from Lagos, Nigeria.

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
@christine Glad to hear Jacinda is sharing again. I’d love to see organizations like UCDA and AIGA having design professionals and faculty doing more to help k-12 outreach

Lisa Mercer (she/her):
@Ashley, what an amazing project, are those examples written about or posted anywhere?

Gina Gray:
Here is our site that hosts the panels, designer showcase and the professional development scholarships: https://www.ucda.com/elevating-black-design-voices/

Ann Ford:
My university is an HBCU an we offer a BFA Visual Arts with concentrations in graphic design, animation & traditional studio

Ashley Marshall:
@LisaMercer Yes! Send me an email at adhill3@uncg.edu.

Ashley Marshall:
@Ann Ford Awesome! What school did you attend?

Ann Ford:
@Ashley, I am the chair of Virginia State University and I teach in the graphic design concentration.

Ann Ford:
Department of Art & Design

Ashley Marshall:
@Ann Ford, Yes! Can we connect? I’d love to ask you a few questions.

Ann Ford:
Absolutely! aford@vsu.edu

keelyedwards:
I taught design for about 11 years. I would like to return, on a part-time basis, just to have more representation in design education.

Meena Khalili:
Justin+++

Meena Khalili:
K-12 is where we start this conversation!

keelyedwards:
Justin,Great thoughts on the need to reach the K-12 levels.

Kaleena Sales:
That’s such a great point, Justin! I teach at an HBCU and many of my students don’t have a great foundation in art/design.

Ashley Marshall:
@Kalenna Sales ++++

treyf:
Justin you're so on point. Drawing and Art classes are just seen as an elective/ hobby in high school. I never really learned much about the art world in high school which is why I didn't begin in art starting in college.

Meena Khalili:
treyf+

Kelly Walters:
Yes and when I was in school the arts programs were first to get cut!

Lisa Mercer (she/her):
@Ashley, thank you!

Meena Khalili:
Yes, Kelly. Isn’t that that’s the way it is? And it’s a political issue when the rubber meets the road.

Kelly Walters:
I’m here!

Marisa Millard:
I teach at a community college in MA and we get wonderful students from the vocational technical high schools where students could be in the graphic design or visual communication “shop.” Much of the diversity in our student body comes from those schools.

Kelly Walters:
Thanks Anne!

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
Yay Kelly!

Samantha Morales:
Mentorship is so important. That is where you really start to learn. I’ve had the privilege of having some great leaders whom I consider mentors and they come from many diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Christine Prado:
In fact, I’d suggest the vocational schools might be better at training folks in the graphic arts. I’m a white woman who grew up in a bubble in the rural south and I too was utterly unprepared for graphic design. Art teachers in high school aren’t really ready to teach graphic design. I love the point that we need to reach people with great potential at an early age.

Christine Prado:
Sean: taking board applications :-)

Sean Payne:
@christine Haha! I'll shoot you an email :)

Anne:
To Christine’s point, I’m a white woman that grew up in a suburban community in western Massachusetts. In my public high school the art classes never touched on graphic design. I didn’t even realize it was a possibility for a career until my high school councilor mentioned it to me as a possible art-related career. So I went into college as a graphic design major with no graphic design background.

Anne:
I would have loved having a mentor when I started my design education.

Oluwatosin Ogedengbe:
This is so good. You know over here in this part of the world, the design industry is usually not focused on unlike entertainment and sport even few college who offer art related courses are substandard. So most people like myself are usually self taught, through passion and practice we get better daily. But the role of mentorship can never be replaced. So I'm glad Justin and Some other great designers are offering to help young designers in the field. So so good.

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
https://www.fastcompany.com/3068020/web-dubois-was-a-master-of-the-hand-drawn-infographic

Ricardo Febre:
^^^ Thanks for the link.

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
I’d read something by Anne and had the link open already. haha

Marisa Millard:
I felt the same way when I read the Fast Company article.

Joel Lustre:
I wish this discussion was longer

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
Pierre’s “A Sin of Omission” (more on his website): https://www.ucda.com/sin-of-omission/

Kaleena Sales:
My Black design students from urban environments have struggled with working within the boundaries of Eurocentric design standards. They oftentimes struggle with feeling pressure to suppress their style/aesthetics in a design field that often honors clean lines / grids, etc. As a Black designer (and educator) with a similar background as my students, it’s a challenge I also relate to having.

Jennifer Rittner:
Kaleena +1

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
@Joel Agree. We learned that after the first one… that’s why we are doing it in several parts

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
+1 Kaleena — and as educators making sure to not be as euro-centric in our projects and what we define as “good” design

Anne H Berry:
Same, Pierre!

Meaghan Dee, AIGA DEC + Virginia Tech (She/Her):
Kaleena started a beautiful series called “Beyond the Bauahaus” https://educators.aiga.org/category/blog/beyond-the-bauhaus/ and we’re open to contributions too

Meena Khalili, AIGA DEC, University of South Carolina:
^^^ yes, Meaghan. Thank you and Kaleena.

Joel Lustre:
POC designer here… also interested in being a mentor

Ricardo Febre:
^^^ Again, thanks for the link.

Meena Khalili, AIGA DEC, University of South Carolina:
What do you say to a student trying to break into the field who is worried about that “3-5 years experience”?

Tadson Bussey | UCDA:
EVALUATION (we would appreciate your feedback):
https://ucda.typeform.com/to/bHQnEW9R

Anne H Berry:
Would encourage folks to check out Jacinda Walker’s organization: https://designexplorr.com

Gina Gray:
https://www.ucda.com/elevating-black-design-voices/

Meena Khalili, AIGA DEC, University of South Carolina:
Thank you all so much for this panel!

Christine Prado:
THANKS!

Sharon Oiga:
Thank you all!

Ricardo Febre:
Thank you, panelists — UCDA.

Cheryl Pugh:
Great panel!!!

Ash Ayvar:
Thank you all. This was great!

Kaleena Sales:
Thank you all!

Hall, Teresa Ann:
Thanks!

Joel Lustre:
Thank you!