In the Loop
Workshop

Type Out Loud (show) and Build a Broadside (workshop)

  • Date & Time
    • Friday, January 19, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Cost
    • Free
  • Description

    workshop: 
    https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/event/build-a-broadside-with-dori-griffin and tickets at https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/t-krlogxd

    Join Dori Griffin, author of Type Specimens, for a virtual digital workshop that repurposes historical typographic material as a tool for self-expression. In this workshop, we'll explore type specimen books, starting with a quick visual history shared by Dori. We'll then mine the riches of these unique books for typographic beauty, combining diverse visual materials to craft visual poems or other forms of self-expression. 


    gallery show:
    https://events.ucf.edu/event/3004391/type-out-loud/ 

    Broadside: A single sheet of paper printed on one side only. AKA: poster. Broadsides have been a popular ephemeral format for distributing news, announcements, advertisements, social commentary, and ballads for centuries.

    This exhibition highlights the social role broadsides play in communicating messages to public audiences. Designed to be plastered onto walls as a disposable form of street literature, broadsides in fact record our cultural histories. The posters in this show introduce the history of the broadside, showcase the design and print process, and survey how contemporary poster design informs our own visual culture. Typographic broadsides can be a powerful, artistic form of broadcasting social, political, and cultural messages. Type Out Loud shows how.

  • Links
  • Venue
    UCF Art Gallery (show) and online (workshop)
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