USF Presents: “Sensing the City: An Exploration of San Francisco through Sight and Sound”
“Visualizing San Francisco: Exploring Signage & Public Spaces”
Presidio Lecture Series
- When
- Wed Oct 3, 2012
- Where
- USF Presidio Building
- Time
- 6:00 p.m.
- Tags
- Arts, Education, Universities/Colleges
Description
This lecture will discuss participants’ place in public space by investigating the presence of words and images in the urban landscape. Stacy Asher is Assistant Professor of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco. Formerly, as an Assistant Professor at the Ohio University School of Art, she created classes in Drawing, New Media, Video for Artists, Typography, Identity Design, Senior Thesis, and Graphic Design and Social Change. In addition, Asher has taught Communication Design and Design Principles at Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Dayton. Asher is dedicated to creating what she calls social art, which engages the public in assessing and reflecting on how we exist in public space. Her art focuses on the relationship between aesthetic and social activity and promotes collaborative processes of interdisciplinary creativity.This event is free and open to the public. Limited parking available. A free shuttle from USF’s main campus (departing from Golden Gate and Parker Avenues 20 and 50-min prior to the start of the lecture, as well as transportation back to main campus afterward).
Comments