The AIGA Baltimore Community Meeting returns on Monday, April 3, 2023 from 6 PM to 8 PM. We will start with a conversation about inclusive graphic design history with Brockett Horne, designer, educator, writer, and co-director of The People’s Graphic Design Archive, and end with an overview of AIGA Baltimore opportunities and events.
Who:
Everyone is welcome— members, non-members, designers, non-designers, and beyond. If you have a desire to see our community grow and flourish then we urge you to join us. Whether you're new to the area, new to AIGA, ready to get involved, or just curious about what's going on in the Baltimore creative community, this meeting is a great place to get started.
Where:
IN-PERSON
The StarTUp at the Armory is TU’s front door for start-ups, small businesses, as well as our region’s largest corporations. This state-of-the art 26,000 sq. ft. space includes 6,000 sq. ft. of free co-working space and meeting rooms where entrepreneurs and executives can connect with each other and to TU’s programs and people.
Easily accessible and close to local bus routes, parking garages, and ample street parking. https://webapps.towson.edu/innovation/email/401WA-parking-map.pdf
REMOTE
No worries if you cannot make it in person since there is an option for zoom! See additional details below.
- In order to participate fully, plan to join the Zoom app via a computer, tablet, or mobile device with enough bandwidth to support viewing video.
- Make sure you are using the latest version of Zoom.
- Recordings will be shared in the AIGA Baltimore recordings archive for AIGA members to rewatch or catch up on at a later date
Brockett Horne
(she/ her)
Brockett Horne is a writer, designer, and educator. She is a faculty member in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where she teaches studio, history, and theory courses. With Briar Levit and Louise Sandhaus, she collaborates on The People’s Graphic Design Archive, a crowd-sourced online platform that enables new and expanded stories about graphic design history.
Her goal is to encourage audiences to examine *how* they are looking through reflexive approaches that engage clients and users in the creative process.
Her creative practice includes designing catalogs, websites, digital media expressions, brand systems, and other tools that help organizations express their unique strengths.
brocketthorne.design
About The People’s Graphic Design Archive:
The People's Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to expand, diversify, and preserve graphic design history.
The Archive includes everything from finished projects to process, photos, correspondence, oral histories, anecdotes, articles, essays, and other supporting material. You’ll find all sorts of information and links to other relevant archives, too. Learn more at peoplesgdarchive.org
Accessibility
If you need any accommodations to fully access the event, please get in touch with us by March 27, 2023 at: info@baltimore.aiga.org.
Code of Conduct
AIGA Baltimore expects that all attendees treat each other with respect, openness, and in adherence to the guidelines specified in AIGA’s Code of Conduct, which can be found at https://www.aiga.org/code-of-conduct.
