Abner Preis Thursday, September 27, noon, Atrium Abner Preis is storyteller working in multiple media, from drawing to performance, installation, video and photography. Lately he have been using Virtual Reality and 360 cameras to bring his audience closer to his work. The main focus of his stories lay on popular culture and our societies ever changing morality, rules and regulations. To Preis, a simple story can be a tool to talk about social issues and to develop a dialogue from the…
Stan Squirewell, 2018 PCA&D Mosaic Project artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist, was born in Washington, DC and currently lives and works in New York, NY. His work is multilayered and his subject matter tackles themes such as: race and memory through mythology, sacred geometry and science. He draws his inspiration from theory books, science fiction movies and novels, avant-garde jazz and indigenous storytelling. He is a (2007 MFA) graduate of the Hoffberger School of Painting where he studied with…
Abby Chen Tuesday, October 9 , 10 a.m. Atrium Abby Chen, a China-born, New York City-based graphic designer, will present “Learning Through Unlearning – pursuing and navigating a non-linear graphic design path.” Since graduating from Parsons School of Design in 2014, she’s continued to pursue an interest in interaction design, exploring the ways that visual design can impact behavior and interaction in exhibition design, cultural projects, and campaigns for social issues. She landed a job at Gallagher, a firm that…
