How can design educators create environments that support curiosity, empathy, and open dialogue—especially when conversations become complex or uncomfortable?
Join us on Wednesday, April 22 for a virtual event with AIGA Medalist Rick Griffith.
6PM EDT – 5PM CDT – 3PM PDT
Rick will share his experience creating practical tools for fostering responsive and inclusive learning spaces grounded in the idea of situated knowledge—that all understanding is embodied, partial, and shaped by social, cultural, and material contexts.
This profoundly empathetic approach can help educators and their students articulate their experiences while acknowledging and using discomfort to build the growth mindset required in these times.
Rick Griffith is an award winning British-West-Indian artist, designer, collagist, writer, educator, and letterpress printer his works are found at the intersection of programming, policy, and production. He is the designer behind the Black Astronaut Research Project (BLARP), The Pledge for Spaces, and The Introductory Ethic for Designers and Other Thinking Persons. He is a lecturer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a two-time programming chair for the AIGA National Conference, and the 2023 Acuff Chair at Austin Peay State University. Rick’s works are collected and exhibited worldwide and can be found in the permanent collections of The Denver Art Museum, Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig, The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library, PosterHouse (NYC), The Tweed Museum at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and the Letterform Archive. He was recently awarded the AIGA Medal.