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Design Lecture: Kelly Walters
Kelly Walters is an artist, designer, and founder of the multidisciplinary design studio Bright Polka Dot. Her ongoing design research interrogates identity formation and systems of value embedded in Black visual and material culture. Kelly has curated a number of exhibitions, including Kindred, Open Dialogue: Artists + Designers of Afro-Caribbean Descent and Remix: Activating the Archive and received a Graham Foundation award for her exhibition With a Cast of Colored Stars in 2021. Kelly has written about Black American design histories and the impact of colonization on the construction of the Black image. Her publications include Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race and the co-edited anthology The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection. Kelly is currently the Director of the BFA Communication Design program and an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design in New York.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Civic Square Building, Room 110
33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
This lecture is presented as part of the Spring 2024 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all.
Masks strongly encouraged
Wheelchair accessible
Quiet room available
ASL/CART available on request. Contact Cassandra at 848-932-5399 / coliveras@mgsa.rutgers.edu one week prior to event.