Mary Banas,
Design Education


An ongoing record of teaching & related activities, 2007–now.




Leadership + Service

Academic activities / University service / memberships / volunteering

2020
• Co-founded with Darian Newman COLLECTIVE POWER, a volunteer collective of creatives who donate creative services to BIPOC-owned businesses and organizations.
• Member, “Adjunct” an informal teacher club via Kelly Walters, Ojus, Michael, + Diane Lee

2019
• Member, Colophon Club
• Participant, “On Beauty” via Rachel Berger, Meg Bisineer, Sara Dean, and Janette Kim. Point Area, CA, May 31–June 2

2018
• Participant, “FREE 2018: Humanism vs. Post-Humanism”, a pedagogy workshop by Workshop Project via Yasmin Khan + Jessica Wexler, July 12–15

2017
• Volunteer for AIGA New Orleans
• RISD Portfolio Day, West Coast

2016
• Volunteer Coordinator, AIGA SF Design Week, studio crawls
• Representative, RISD Portfolio Day, West Coast

2015
• Scholarship Show Committee at UConn: design, promotion, planning, jury
• National Portfolio Review representative for University of Connecticut
• University Scholar Advisor at UConn
• Visiting Artist & Scholars Committee at UConn
• Counterproof Press faculty at UConn
• Advisor, Print This! Student club at UConn

2014
• National Portfolio Review representative for University of Connecticut
• University Scholar Advisor at UConn
• Visiting Artist & Scholars Committee at UConn
• Counterproof Press faculty at UConn
• Advisor, Print This! Student club at UConn

2013
• Counterproof Press faculty at UConn
• Advisor, Print This! Student club at UConn
• Co-leader, RISD NorCal. Rhode Island School of Design Northern California alumni chapter, with Heather Phillips.

2012
• Co-founder, UCCD. UConn’s alumni club for the Communication Design concentration.
• Co-leader, RISD NorCal. Rhode Island School of Design Northern California alumni chapter, with Heather Phillips.