Thursday, 29 November 2007 | 7PM

CAL STATE L.A.

THU 29 NOV 2007 | 7pm

CAL STATE L.A. MUSIC 149

5151 State University Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90032

Campus Directions




Roundtable Conversation Series on Socio-Political Graphics: Conversation with Rebeca Mendez, Mary Sutton + Zelda Harrison

Hosted by GAUGE, the AIGA Student Group at Cal State L.A., in conjunction
with the exhibition The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace,
Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005, at the Luckman Fine Arts
Complex, on the campus of Cal State L.A.

Moderated by Jon Beaupre.
This event will be filmed.
Free and Open to the Public.

Participants
Rebeca Mendez Professor, Department of Design-Media Arts, UCLA. In
partnership with writer and strategist Adam Eeuwens, Rebeca formed Rebeca
Méndez Communication Design (RMCD), a multidisciplinary studio focused on
research and design for art, architecture, and other cultural clients as
well as for nonprofit organizations, with practice in various areas of
design, including brand identity strategy and design, architectural
immersive spaces, interface design, wayfinding systems, experience design,
advertising, and book design. The firm recently completed a wayfinding
masterplan for Caltech, and donated the entire studio’s 360 brand
stewardship expertise to the nonprofit organization, Los Angeles Commission
on Assaults Against Women (now ‘Peace Over Violence’), leading them through
a two-year re-branding process.

Mary Sutton is the Program Director of the Center for the Study of Political
Graphics (see Carol Wells biography for CSPG info).

Zelda Harrison’s graphic design work is primarily in the public and
non-profit arena, providing information to the general public via printed
collateral, interactive media and environmental graphics. Graphic Design has
been an incredibly enriching experience for her, a transition from a
previous career in marketing and business development for consumer goods.
Zelda currently sits as Board member on AIGA’s Center for Cross-Cultural
Design, xcd AIGA’s community of interest that focuses on issues pertaining
to design in the international arena.

Jon Beaupre is Asst. Professor of Broadcast Journalism in the Communication
Studies Department at Cal State LA. He is an award winning journalist, with
years of experience as a reporter on National Public Radio, Bloomberg News,
Sirius Satellite Radio, and a long series of syndicated radio programming
including Market Place, The California Report, Latino USA, Living on Earth,
The Looseleaf Book Program, and others. He is a frequent host on NPR station
KPCC in Pasadena California. At CSULA, Prof. Beaupre teaches a wide range of
production classes including TV/News Magazine Production, in which students
produce an hour long news-magazine style special on a selected topic each
quarter. He also teaches Media Law, Documentary, Audio Production and
Announcing.

Elizabeth Resnick AIGA Boston 2007 Fellow. Associate Professor in the
Communication Design Department at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
She holds both a BFA and MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School
of Design, Providence. Elizabeth is the principal in Elizabeth Resnick
Design, specializing in publication design and design for artists and
non-profit organizations.

Resources:
GAUGE
Luckman Gallery
Graphic Imperative
Looking
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Helvetica Jones
Grim Sneaker
Ministry of Culture
RMCD
XCD.AIGA

For more information, contact Christine Cortina (christinecortina@earthlink.net) or Jimmy Moss (jimmy.moss@calstatela.edu).

The Roundtable Conversations will be held at the Music Building, Choir Room
(MUS 149) on the Cal State LA campus. 5151 State University Dr., Los
Angeles, CA 90032. Please park in the top level of Lot C. Permits can be
purchased from the dispensers, sold at $0.50/hour.

Poster available at: http://www.tinyurl.com/3ch9u2