joyce c hall distinguished professor of design

kansas city art institute // 2013–present

co-organizer, with input and assistance from graphic design faculty, for selection and coordination of multiple visits, lectures, discussions, student interactions, and departmental projects for this endowed visiting professorship.

2019–20: renda morton
2017–18: denise gonzales crisp
2014–17: martin venezky
2013–14: james koval
2012–13: ann willoughby

renda delivering the brief at the project kickoff, fall 2019

possibilities for the future. fall 2019.

sophomore shane fabian pinning up rough storyboards for his team's future scenario. fall 2019.

sophomore noah anthony presenting his team's future scenario for the department. fall 2019.

renda morton, project team manager at dropbox, conducting a futurecasting workshop. this all-department project started in fall 2019 and continued over multiple visits during the school year.

junior sydney sanders, faculty lisa maione, senior justin skaggs, denise gonzales-crisp, and senior y pham,

denise gonzales-crisp with senior nicole stone, sophomore jon richardson [back], juniors parker seydel [back] and anthony bennett, and junior kelsey mack [front].

junior sydney sanders presents her team's currency project.

denise gonzales-crisp, professor and chair of the graduate graphic design department at north carolina state university, ran a project on the concept of currency over multiple visits during the 2017–18 school year.

sophomore tori green, faculty emmy rice, and senior eric mclaughlin listen in as martin discusses book design.

martin serving as guest critic in sophomore image class.

posing with martin at the opening of the massive 20ft x 8ft photo collage wall on which he collaborated with the dept students from 2016–2017.

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photo: tal wilson

martin venezky visit, 2016–17 school year. informal discussion about book design and serving as guest critic in sophomore studio. martin’s photo wall collaboration with the students is also documented on his website.