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Professor Wallace Marosek’s Graphic Design IV class recently completed their stamp project. The design goal was to create a “multiple issue, first class Forever, commemorative series in which 2 different stamps are designed to honor a not-for-profit organization.”
The New England School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition opens on February 1st and remains up until March 5th, in Sargent Hall at 120 Tremont Street. The reception is on Friday, February 1st from 5:30 until 8 pm.
Professor Joel Gendron’s Basic Typography students were asked to choose a segment from a song and create a typographic poster inspired by the work of chalk artist Dana Tanamachi. The focus of this project was to create a visual interpretation of a song using Stabilo chalk pastel pencil on black drawing paper. The final products were recently on display in the hallway near room 256.
Oprha is one of two graphic designers for the entire Au Bon Pain corporation. Her responsibilities include concept development, in house production, corporate identity/branding, social media, and advertisements. She works with everything you see in stores, from bakery tags to large menu panels.
She has been with Au Bon Pan for six months and has gotten to know the brand, as well as received a wide range of design projects, from designing PowerPoints for Human Resources to designing a campaign for a new product. Her position has allowed her to work with non-designers on a daily basis, from the head chef to the printers.
Orpha credits the NESAD Master of Arts in Graphic Design Program with helping her become a professional. She learned how to create strong concepts, the art of critiques, as well as how to listen to criticism with a constructive ear. She believes that brainstorming and having a reason for every element in her design proposals has benefited her greatly. When she meets with the Chief Brand Officer to discuss her design reasoning, she feels that NESAD has more than adequately prepared her to defend and communicate her ideas.
To see more of Orpha Rivera’s design work, please visit orpharivera.com
There is a meeting for those interested in the Italy Program in Room 257 on Tuesday November 13th at 1 pm. For more information please contact Professor Wallace Marosek at wmarosek@suffolk.edu or 617.944.42.66 or Professor Grace Consoli at gconsoli@suffolk.edu.
Professor Jen Fuchel’s Graphic Design I students worked with guest artist, Violet Byrd (www.violetbyrd.com), during a workshop on October 18th, to create dioramas, models and 3D scenes. The goal of the assignment was to use light and composition to transfer the visual message into a photographic medium. The final photographs will be used as imagery to create a poster and program for an avant-garde theatrical experience.
Krista Van Guilder, a Master’s student at New England School of Art and Design, is preforming with her band, Second Grave, at Great Scott in Allston on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 at 9:15 pm.
Graphic Design Master’s Student, Grace Jullian Murthy, was recently accepted as a part of the Switchbox Program through Malden Arts, in Malden, Massachusetts. While designing the POP ART box, she thought about the popping sound something electrical makes and decided to embrace this by connecting it to the art world. Her goal was to create something fun and intriguing, hoping to inspire and bring together the people of Malden with the style of Pop Art.
Her second switchbox, entitled “Life Is Sweet” was in inspired from one of her father’s sayings. The saying encapsulates the idea that we should not forget to appreciate the small things in life. The shape of the switchbox reminded Grace of a gumball machine, something as a child she relished. She sought to bring this nostalgic feeling to all viewers.
For more information on the Switchbox Program, please visit http://www.maldenarts.com/pages/Switchboxes_Completed.htm
Professor Wallace Marosek’s Graphic Design III classes attended the Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s rendition of The Mikado this past Thursday evening. Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, a musical set in the fictional town of Titipu, tells of a schoolgirl, Yum-Yum, who is engaged to marry the Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko, despite her adoration for the wandering minstrel, Nanki-Poo. Will these two lovers live happily-ever-after? It is a wonderful, witty musical satire of current politics and social mores that is bound to bring enjoyment to audiences of all ages. For more information on this rendition of The Mikado, please visit https://lyricstage.com/main_stage/the_mikado_1/
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s set for The Mikado