The excitement in my neck of the woods this week is the graduate graphic design show that opens tomorrow night. The posters above are currently plastered all over campus, with the following tag lines:

A PSEUDO-LINEAR AMALGAM
of work by GRADUATE-LEVEL members
of the GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM,
on view at the SOL KOFFLER GALLERY
at the RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN,
from OCTOBER 19th through NOVEMBER 4th,
with an OPENING RECEPTION
to inaugurate things properly
at 7:00 PM on OCTOBER 18th.

Your presence at the reception is HUMBLY REQUESTED.
We will, of course, furnish WINE and CHEESE,
along with HAND-CRAFTED CUPCAKES,
and many of the DESIGNERS THEMSELVES
will available for SCINTILLATING CONVERSATION.

It is now confirmed that I have three posters (a series) and one book on display in the show, as well as group billing for a book of work from a seminar for which I was elected "publisher"—a job which nearly killed me at the end of my first semester here. Our printer technician has been astounded by how much paper we have used (300 feet in the last week alone!) in the 44" plotter, printing posters and wallpaper and everything imaginable that can hang in an art gallery.

Last night many of us were down in the gallery hanging posters in earnest, while I walked around mostly getting in the way, but having fun looking at everything. Despite working in such close quarters with my fellow students, there's a lot of work you never get to see, especially from this year's thesis class, so much of the work on the walls is a surprise even to me. Thankfully all of our graduate studio professors incorporated a lull in the workload this week so that we could focus on making this show really fantastic. From what I have seen so far, the gallery is going to be jam packed with amazing stuff!