Graphic Design 1: The Studio︎︎︎Graphic Design 1: The Studio︎︎︎
Co-taught with Ana Llorente
Chair: Jon Sueda
⟶ Course website
⟶ Final course exhibition website: Anthropositivisms
Above poster images: Andrew Roque (Lee Harvey Oswald), Katie Harper (Earthquake), Rosie Simose (Mt. Saint Helens), Tracy Leeds (Challenger), Saleem M’boge (Castro), Shijia/Bella Luo (Casablanca)
Student work & process from this course:
Andrew
Katie
Rosie
Tracy
Saleem
Shijia
Chair: Jon Sueda
⟶ Course website
⟶ Final course exhibition website: Anthropositivisms
Above poster images: Andrew Roque (Lee Harvey Oswald), Katie Harper (Earthquake), Rosie Simose (Mt. Saint Helens), Tracy Leeds (Challenger), Saleem M’boge (Castro), Shijia/Bella Luo (Casablanca)
Student work & process from this course:
Andrew
Katie
Rosie
Tracy
Saleem
Shijia
First core studio course for students pursing an MFA in graphic design in the three-year program. Three projects: image-making, methodologies exploration resulting in a typographic poster, and a speculative journey (open form) project.
This class hosted a typography workshop with Martin Venezky, images below by Katie and Tracy.
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This course was taught online using Zoom, Google Docs, Moodle, Are.na, Mural, and Padlet.
This class hosted a typography workshop with Martin Venezky, images below by Katie and Tracy.
This course was taught online using Zoom, Google Docs, Moodle, Are.na, Mural, and Padlet.
Very Varied, a talk about my practice
MFAMarch 2, 2020
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
As part of the CalArts Visiting Designer Lecture Series, Spring 2020.
~Gorgeous (!) posters designed by Nadia Haile and Xiyu Deng.
~Gorgeous (!) posters designed by Nadia Haile and Xiyu Deng.
Very Varied
was a talk about my practice organized in 11 “knowns” about the possibilities and challenges of making, designing, teaching, and being.
Full series:
Mary Banas, March 2nd
Bijan Berahimi, March 12th
Jerome Harris, April 16th
Rob Giampietro, April 21st
Special thanks to co-coordinaters Candice Navi & David Caterini.
Full series:
Mary Banas, March 2nd
Bijan Berahimi, March 12th
Jerome Harris, April 16th
Rob Giampietro, April 21st
Special thanks to co-coordinaters Candice Navi & David Caterini.
Lecture photos courtesy of Candice Navi.
First year core studio for graduate students in the 3-year MFA design program. Students conceptualize and produce a group exhibition at the end of the semester, this one was called “Evidence” and held in the Graduate Studio lecture room.
Research trip to Letterform Archive.
*This course was previously called “Year Zero Studio”
Research trip to Letterform Archive.
*This course was previously called “Year Zero Studio”
Open Publication Studio: Form(ing) Ideas ︎︎︎ Open Publication Studio: Form(ing) Ideas ︎︎︎
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Open Publication Studio: Form(ing) Ideas ︎︎︎ Open Publication Studio: Form(ing) Ideas ︎︎︎
Open Publication Studio: Form(ing) Ideas
MFA Writing
Fall 2019
California College of the Arts
MFA Writing
Fall 2019
California College of the Arts
Chair: Leslie Roberts
MFA Writing & cross listed as a general elective for all MFA students
⟶ Take a closer look at the syllabus
MFA Writing & cross listed as a general elective for all MFA students
⟶ Take a closer look at the syllabus
This class offered a framework to explore different ways to shape, contain, and distribute content. Students brought their thesis material to the course and through a series of prompts, exercises, and structures, formed it into printed publications which were produced in multiples on a risograph.
This course was cross-listed as a general elective for all MFA students. The class makeup was a mix of writers, designers and artists.
Oct. 5 offsite at 2727 California Street in Berkeley with Lexi Visco of Publication Studio SF & P.E. (Print Experimentation) Area.
This course was cross-listed as a general elective for all MFA students. The class makeup was a mix of writers, designers and artists.
Oct. 5 offsite at 2727 California Street in Berkeley with Lexi Visco of Publication Studio SF & P.E. (Print Experimentation) Area.
CONTACT
BIO
Currently teaching at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA.
Mary Banas has taught graphic design since 2009, notably as Visiting Assistant Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Bridgeport, Roger Williams University, and California College of the Arts.
She has led design workshops for the Center for Creative Solutions (Vermont), Dolby Labs (San Francisco), OTIS College of Art and Design (Los Angeles), the Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (Michigan). She has been a visiting critic at Maryland Institute College of Art, Pratt Institute, University of Utah, Boston University, Rhode Island School of Design, and San Jose State University.
Mary has been invited to talk about her creative practice at California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA), Cranbrook Academy of Art (Michigan), and University of Georgia (GA).
Mary develops conceptual and informed designs for brands, institutions, and artists with her independent creative practice YES IS MORE and currently serves as a Senior Visual Designer in Marketing and Communications at Rhode Island School of Design.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA Graphic Design, with Honors
May 2009
University of Connecticut
BFA Communication Design
May 2003
For speaking engagements, workshops and critic appoinments, drop me a line here.
BIO
Currently teaching at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA.
Mary Banas has taught graphic design since 2009, notably as Visiting Assistant Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Bridgeport, Roger Williams University, and California College of the Arts.
She has led design workshops for the Center for Creative Solutions (Vermont), Dolby Labs (San Francisco), OTIS College of Art and Design (Los Angeles), the Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (Michigan). She has been a visiting critic at Maryland Institute College of Art, Pratt Institute, University of Utah, Boston University, Rhode Island School of Design, and San Jose State University.
Mary has been invited to talk about her creative practice at California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA), Cranbrook Academy of Art (Michigan), and University of Georgia (GA).
Mary develops conceptual and informed designs for brands, institutions, and artists with her independent creative practice YES IS MORE and currently serves as a Senior Visual Designer in Marketing and Communications at Rhode Island School of Design.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA Graphic Design, with Honors
May 2009
University of Connecticut
BFA Communication Design
May 2003
Original photo: Hunter Kelly. Image manipulation: Derrick Schultz