Go inside Boston’s Graphic Design Industries with presentations and dialogue with Tianna Rivera, Aaron Belyea, Anthony Blackett Jr, Miguel Sheppard, Michael Donnor, and Jadzia Genece. This event is part of the Design Thinking & Research course.
Panel members
Tianna Rivera (@unofficialtart) holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Lesley Art + Design. She works as a footwear graphics apprentice at Converse, a contract designer for Latina Magazine, and is professionally affiliated with the U.S. Latinx Art Forum.
Anthony Blackett Jr (@ant_designs24) is a senior graphic design student at Lesley University. Fun fact: He has more than 50 pairs of sneakers.
Michael Donnor is a graduate of the MFA in Photography and Integrated Media program at LA+D, senior global brand creative manager at Converse / Nike, Inc.
Aaron Belyea (@alphabetarm) is senior creative design manager of brand and visual at New Balance Athletics. Prior to joining New Balance, he has hired many Lesley interns for his studio Alphabet Arm.
Miguel Sheppard (@miguelosogrande) is a Lesley BFA Graphic Design student, design director at Laced, Language of Design and Design Thinking & Research mentor who will share his professional passions with students.
Jadzia Genece is a BFA graduate in Lesley's Graphic Design program. She currently works as an apparel graphics apprentice at Converse and enjoys creating futurist, forward-thinking designs through image-making and typography.
If you are interested in attending, email Kristina Lamour Sansone at klamour@lesley.edu for a Zoom link.
The event is sponsored by Lesley’s Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice.