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.