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Reception and poster signing 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the gallery
This event is free and open to the public

Maviyane-Davis, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, is described by the UK’s Design Magazine as “the guerrilla of graphic design.” In the artist’s words: "Over the years I have tried to use images and ideas to cut through complacency and apathy while trying to raise consciousness about an array of social issues from discrimination and human rights, to health and the environment. Creating an alternate vision as my expression in a pervading regressive body politic has never been easy, but design is my weapon and therein lies the challenge I call ‘Creative Defiance.’

His design work in London includes time with Fulcrum (Design Consultants), Newell and Sorrell Design Ltd., as well as a stint in the Department of Graphic Design of BBC Television. From 1983 until 2000, when he came to the U.S. from Zimbabwe, he was the principal of The Maviyane-Project, a design studio in Harare. Maviyane-Davies has a master’s degree in graphic design from the Central School of Art and Design in London and an advanced diploma in postgraduate film-making from the Central St. Martins School of Art and Design London. In 2009, he was awarded the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Maviyane-Davies also was the first recipient of the Anthon Beeke International Design Award, Amsterdam, and was recognized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with an award for outstanding innovator in his commitment to the struggle to transform society and create a just future.

Maviyane-Davies set up www.AgitNet.org to promote expression through online exhibitions and to enable forums of discussion around relevant social and humanitarian subjects. His work can be viewed at www.maviyane.com.

Spring Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5-7 p.m.

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Rose Lehrman Art Gallery 1 HACC Dr. Harrisburg PA 17101 (717) 780-2435

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