OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 17 | 6-8pm
Project For Empty Space
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 17 | 6-8pm Project For Empty Space
“It is not our differences that dive us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
- AUDRE LORDE
The 2025 Graphic Design Senior capstone exhibition, COMMON GROUND, explores how opposing viewpoints reveal shared truths and foster unity. Through the lens of Communication Design, each project examines the intersection of perspectives, creating space for understanding amid polarization. Design students investigate freedom, rights, and thought from multiple angles, identifying a "common ground" that embraces differences and seeks convergence.
The exhibition presents twenty one transmedia projects that invite viewers to expand their perspectives and engage in dialogue that drives positive transformation.
The Senior Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition is a culmination of each student-designer's development within the program, creating a platform to present their evolution, practice and interests.
Instruction of course and Direction of Exhibition led by Professors CHANTAL FISCHZANG and RICARDO FREDERICK.
“The role of the designer is to ask questions and listen carefully to those most affected by the problem. Only then can we begin to establish common
ground and co-create solutions.”
- BRYAN LEE JR
Venue
PROJECT FOR EMPTY SPACE
A multifaceted arts organization offering Exhibitions, Artist Residencies, Public Art initiatives, subsidized Artist Studios, and Professional Development opportunities. Our programs focus on social discourse, including narratives historically erased, aiming to correct past marginalization, inequity, and invisibility. We remain committed to supporting socially-oriented artists while fostering reflection and envisioning new potentials.
Upcoming Event
Opening Reception:
COMMON GROUND, Perspectives on Freedom
Thursday, April 17th, 2025 from 6-8 pm.
The Department of Arts, Culture, & Media at Rutgers University-Newark is pleased to announce the 2025 Senior Graphic Design Capstone exhibition, COMMON GROUND, presented at Project For Empty Space located at 800 Broad St. in Newark, NJ. The exhibition will open with a public reception on Thursday, April 17, 2025 from 6 pm - 8 pm.
Department of Arts, Culture and Media
Rutgers University - Newark
University Heights, Warren Hall
110 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102
