Information for Andrea Mark's writing workshop

University of Maryland | Workshop
10 a.m. Monday | February 28, 2011
Andrea Marks amarks@oregonstate.edu

WRITING can be a challenge, especially for artists and designers who tend to be more visual than verbal. With so many conversations about the fate of reading and writing these days, we may ask how all of this impacts visual thinkers?

In this 1 hour workshop, you will use writing as a means to think about a topic or issue you are passionately interested in.

What you need for the workshop:

Choose a topic or issue you are very interested in or even passionate about. This can be something related to design or not. It can be related to your thesis or related to a hobby. You don’t necessarily need to know a lot about this topic or issue prior to the workshop, but find 2 or 3 brief articles that relate to your topic (from reliable sources), and read these prior to the workshop. (Bring articles with you on Monday.)

Also, bring in 2 or 3 images that somehow relate to your topic. These can be printed in color or black and white and should be large enough to be able to see (no small thumbnails).

Bring a pen or pencil that you enjoy writing with Bring a notebook or sketchbook to write/sketch in

(*You may bring a laptop if you prefer to type out your thoughts, rather than handwrite)