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With my idea set I began to plan how I would accomplish my teaching. I started writing up a detailed lesson plan. Mapping out hour by hour each weeks activities. I realized early on I would need to include the history of graphic design, but I only had about an hour of space to do it. This was blocking point for me for awhile. I set about creating charts and posters and other means to instill a knowledge of the evolution of graphic design. I gathered images and texts from many books and websites. Soon I realized that in the next week the class would begin. …read more

When I first started at PCTV I was introduced to a number of very broad and ominous projects that I was to be filling my time with. Of course these project overlapped the skills I had acquired in school to some degree, but plenty of them fell outside of my knowledge. One of these large projects was to create a new visual identity for PCTV. In the past things had been made as they came up and were not quite coherent. This of course was well within my skill set, having graduated with a degree in graphic design. Without realizing it I was jumping into the real world of graphic design. For those who are not a part of this cult like group of artists who don't make art, there is a major difference between what happens in academic design and what is made for the real world. In academic design things happen, they don't get made. Concepts, images, colors, typefaces are all great but if they are not put together to make a real thing which serves a real purpose they become convoluted quickly. …read more

So I have finished 1/3rd of my year as a Vista. When I started I was very ambitious ready to sink my teeth into the community and my organization. I was on the brink of a new life and I did not know what to expect. I went to Boston and completed my PSO. I returned to Minneapolis and showed up to my organization on the next Monday. …read more

So I have started my first day at Phillips Community Television (PCTV) here is a link to their website phillipscommunitytv.org I have got my desk and phone, so I think at least I will be comfortable at work. In addition to serving PCTV with my skills in Graphic Design I will be working with the Twin Cities Youth Media Network (TCYMN). This is a coalition of local youth media initiatives. Below is a link to a list of those sites. …read more