Ken
Hiebert
Visiting artist
April 12 & 13, 2006

Ken Hiebert is founding chairman of the graphic design program of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, retiring Professor Emeritus in 1999. He is author of Graphic Design Processes and Graphic Design Sources, both supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught at Yale University, the Basel School of Design and Carnegie Mellon University—in 2001 as Nierenberg Visiting Professor—as well as in short-term workshops internationally. He was awarded the Master Teacher Award of the Graphic Design Educators Association and an honorary doctorate from the Maine College of Art. He is a founding member and Fellow of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and has received multiple awards from the AIGA and other professional associations for his work in book, poster, promotional and corporate image design. Art/design/technology integration is the underlying theme of his continuing work as designer and educator and in his play with new possibilities in mixed media.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 12

STUDENT WORKSHOPS:
2 sessions, 9AM & 1PM, AB 118
Students must RSVP if planing to attend as seating is limited.

Xenophobia
Exploration of denotation and connotation in the composition of given and invented visual components to create a statement for a specific mass media format. Contrast and similarity at macro and micro levels as means to semiotic clarity.

Material requirements for project:
* cutting tool (hobby knife or scissors)
* black and white marking tools (soft pencil, brush, ink, paint, pen, black paper)
* adhesive for TEMPORARY placement of paper on paper (rubber cement or tape)
* white paper 8.5 x 11
* 3 visual elements will be furnished by KH. The project will be black and white.

PUBLIC LECTURE
5:30 PM, Vogel Room, Memorial Union

Design Education and "Real World" Dehumanizing Pressures: A Credo for Learning and Practicing Design. What is Real and What can we Realize?

Light Refreshments will be served.

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

FACULTY WORKSHOP
11:30AM - 2:00 PM, MacVicar Room
Lunch will be served
Faculty must RSVP if planing to attend so that lunch can be ordered.

Basic Skills:
Defining and integrating key perceptual, cognitive and contextual skills at any project level. Questions of freedom, limitation and feedback.

Handout will be furnished