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Ode To The Sea: Art From Guantanamo, Erin L. Thompson, Charles Shields, Paige Laino
Ode To The Sea: Art From Guantanamo, Erin L. Thompson, Charles Shields, Paige Laino
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Exhibition catalogue for “Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo” (October 16, 2017-January 26, 2018, President's Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York). Detainees at the United States military prison camp known as Guantánamo Bay have made art from the time they arrived. The exhibit displays some of these evocative works, made by eight men: four who have since been cleared and released from Guantánamo, and four who remain there. They paint the sea again and again although they cannot reach it. The catalog includes contributions by Trevor Paglen, Solmaz Sharif, Natasha Trethewey, Jericho Brown, and current and …
From College To Careers: Tracking The First Two Years For Graphic Design Graduates, Kathryn Weinstein
From College To Careers: Tracking The First Two Years For Graphic Design Graduates, Kathryn Weinstein
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This article presents the findings of a two-year longitudinal pilot study of one graduating class from an undergraduate graphic design degree program of a New York City public college. Through an initial survey and four subsequent surveys over a two-year period, the study has sought to determine the percentage of graduates who found employment in the field of graphic design, the length of time graduates persisted before exiting the field, and the identification of factors that influenced the ability of these thirty-seven graduates to secure employment as graphic designers. Two years after graduation, the majority (65 percent) of the cohort …