GC 420 Showcase: The Power of Visual Thinking

Students in GC 420 Visual Thinking used their graphic communication skills and a variety of media to explain core visual thinking concepts.

On view Wednesday, April 19, 2023 to Monday, September 9, 2024

A hand-painted canvas poster/infographic with illustrations of the concept of pattern on a black background at top, and a large collage of road signs at bottom.
"Patterns & Graphic Ideation" by Virginia Rezk
The six images are painted in a dreamlike, impressionistic style, showing an alligator and/or multiple figures in a scene with desert qualities and a bodies of water, and in some images a boat, the sun, and various structures.
"My Hypermnesia Nightmare" painted project by Bella McInnes
A poster with hand lettered titles and descriptions in various lettering, with simple hand-drawn graphics, displaying the different types of autonomous imagery, steps for utilizing the different imageries, and benefits for doing so.
"Autonomous Imagery" by Sharonda Daniels

About This Exhibit

These projects, made by students in the course GC 420 Visual Thinking led by instructor Mariam Elias, bring together form and substance in unique and powerful ways. Each student has chosen a concept in visual perception or processing (e.g., color, dimensionality), and used creative visual means to elucidate the concept in a variety of media, including posters, sculpture, and even a playable video game.

When

On view Wednesday, April 19, 2023 to Monday, September 9, 2024

Where

iPearl Innovation Studio, D. H. Hill Jr. Library

Admission

Free and open to the public.

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