Browning
the
Design
Canon

 

2021 College Arts Association, USLAF Sponsored Panel:

Co Chairs: Sam Romero and Gaby Hernandez

What do Latinx and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) graphic visual languages in the design fields look like? How are our mixed/multiracial populations reinterpreting design and/or conceiving and circulating powerful graphical images and statements, particularly but not limited to social justice movements, causes, and cross-cultural solidarities? This panel seeks to explore the intersections of US Latino/a/x design with that of BIPOC designers’ visual narratives and approaches, whether in the present moment or historically. Our objective is to create dialogue and unseat traditional design canons, while looking forward to a decolonial design future from the Latinx and BIPOC designer perspective.

 
 

Conversations on Race and Design

Kelly Walters, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY Associate Director, BFA Communication Design Program

 
 
 

Finding Purpose in the Design Canon

Alexandria Canchola, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

 
 
 

Exploring Indian Culture Through Devanagari.

Shantanu Suman, Assistant Professor of Art, School of Art
Ball State University, Muncie, IN

 
 
 

Nike Cortez: Who Does it Honor?

Sadie Red Wing, Assistant Professor, OCAD University, Canada