Movement Posters—Moving Posters

This event is open to all GW and Corcoran students, with a few spaces open for non-GW students. After you RSVP, you'll be sent the links to attend.

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What is this?

A workshop where students will learn about a social movement and design a poster expressing how “creativity is power” in shaping collective action through narratives (and counternarratives). Our workshop will allow students to explore animation techniques in their posters, resulting in a poster design that is a looping animation.

 

Who will teach it?

• Ricky Altizer
  Senior Visual Designer at Purpose
• Elena Scott
  Senior Visual Designer at Purpose
• James Surdam
  Visual Editor at the New York Times

 

Dates

• Session 1: Wednesday April 7, 7 - 8:30 PM ET
• Session 2: Wednesday April 14, 7 - 8:30 PM ET
• Session 3: Wednesday April 21,  7 - 8:30 PM ET

 

 

What are the learning objectives?

• Identify a historical and/or contemporary social movement that interests them.
• Research the movement of their choice individually.
• Define an audience they want to reach.
• Design a poster to support (or counteract) a specific movement narrative.
• Discuss how they got from their research to their concept.
• Plan a looping animation of their poster.

 

 

How will it be run?

Week 1 (Session 1: Wednesday Evening April 7, 7 - 8:30 PM ET) - RSVP

• Introduce Ricky, Elena, and James introduce themselves
• Discuss what makes a compelling poster, how posters reflect social movements
  • Define Movement, Narratives and Counternarratives, Audience
• Assign research guidelines and design prompt
• Participation activity (Eg, discussion on two posters, demo simple poster design via screen share)
• Preview animation segment next week

 

Week 2 (Session 2: Wednesday April 14, 7 - 8:30 PM ET) - RSVP

• Students present their progress (in a shared Google Slides presentation)
• Ricky, James, and Elena facilitate breakout groups for group critiques
• Discuss how poster design has changed in digital age with animation
• Animation tutorial

 

Week 3 (Session 3: Wednesday April 21, 7 - 8:30 PM ET) - RSVP

• Students present final posters and discuss what they learned

 

Final (by May 5, 2021)

• Pieces are included in a web gallery for the NEXT exhibition (launching May 10, 2021)
• Student posters are featured on GW Corcoran digital channels
• A selection of final posters are printed and sent/handed to students

 

 

What will students walk away with?

• Deeper knowledge about a social movement
• A moving poster for their portfolio / body of work