Thursday, April 01, 2010

Chaz Maviyane-Davies Speaks In Beverly

The other day G.D.S. Went to see our beloved professor Chaz Maviyane Davies speak at Endicott College way out in Beverly, MA. The weather was unforgiving, the commute lengthy, and the in-trainsit music was lacking; but upon our arrival at snowy Endicott we were greeted with a warm reception, plenty of fatty snacks, and a jubilant Chaz distributing copies of the poster he'd designed for the event.

Several MassArt student's works were on display along side Chaz's, among them: Cedric Douglass, Jessica DeJesus (both pictured below), RJ Foley, {let me know if I'm missing your name here- I'll augment it}. We also met Kathleen Moore, the coordinator of visal arts around those parts, who had nothing but smiles for us.

Chaz spoke of his experiences in, and frustrations with, his home Zimbabwe. He also spoke, more in prose, of his experiences with graphic design, and humored us with some anecdotes of early deadlines and quick thinking. His presentation was very articulate and smooth, but what were most affecting, were his words on the present situation in Zimbabwe and how circumstances there spured his coming to America. I believe this segment was titled 'Dissent'. One can immagine how difficult it must have been to put some of the things he spoke of to words.

The auditorium had a lot of people in it, there were no technical problems to be spoken of. We had a really good time, or at least I did, but I'm the one chronicling this for posterity so WE had a good time, damnit.




Monday, January 18, 2010

A Reception Of the Finest Type



The Type Show was a success! An abundance of interest and a lack of technical issues contributed to a dynamite reception, where guests were treated to finger-foods and the much anticipated 'Tang Fountain'. Of course the food was no competition for the magnificent display of typographic artworks.

On display for less than two weeks, due to the show's unique location, and displayed in its entirety for only one night, due to fire restrictions, the Type Show has now been completely dismantled and exists now only in our photographs and in our minds. Thank you to all who participated, exhibited, and had the time to view Mass Art's Graphic Design Society's Type Show.















Curator/Event Organizer- Joe Blair
Conceptualization & Implementation- Hayley Parker, Becky Margraf, Lia Osborg
G.D.S. Team- Tim DeVos, 
Lighting Design- Devin Nassar
Event Photography- Zack Milligan-Pate
Special Thanks- Lisa Rosowsky, Jan Kubasiewcz & Amy Lebow