Peace and Justice Exhibit Includes Student Art
By Sam Stenroos
The Department of Art, Media and Design at Cal State San Marcos is presenting global perspectives on peace through the “Designing for Peace” exhibition. Design for Peace and Justice is an international traveling poster exhibition founded by Pouya Jahanshahi, an associate professor of graphic design at Oklahoma State University. It's made up of 23 different artists worldwide who use their cultural expertise to portray their perspectives of peace at a time of crisis and conflict.
Jahanshahi will give a free public talk at CSUSM on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. in Arts Building 239. The exhibition, on display in the David Avalos Gallery through Oct. 24, features posters created by designers from China, the United States, Mexico, Iran and Denmark alongside peace posters made by CSUSM students.
Ghazal Foroutan, an assistant professor of graphic design at CSUSM, is the curator for the selection of posters by the students. She's also a former graduate student of Jahanshahi.
“I selected these works because they bring forth peace from a global perspective,” Foroutan said. “Their imagery, color, type and symbols are diverse, yet each can be understood across cultures without translation. Together, they point to the power of graphic design as a visual language, one that can be read by anyone, anywhere.”
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