April 19, 2006
Milton Glaser, one of the most celebrated graphic designers in
the U.S., will speak about “Ambiguity and Truth” in art and design
at a lecture on St. John’s University’s Manhattan campus, 101
Murray Street, Wednesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. The event, billed as
“An Evening with Milton Glaser,” part of the Speakers’ Series
launched last year by St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences and the Office of Alumni Relations, is open to the entire
University community. Tickets are $15, and include a $5 donation to
the University.
Jacqueline Schoeffel, a St. John’s Department of Fine Arts
graduate who knows Milton Glaser from graduate studies at the
School of Visual Arts where he teaches, was instrumental in
enlisting him as the program’s next speaker. Previous speakers have
included author Pete Hamill and quantum physicist Brian Greene.
“Milton Glaser is a very prominent graphic designer and a
wonderful speaker,” says Department of Fine Arts Chairman Paul
Fabozzi, who encourages students and fine arts alumni to
attend.
The program’s lower-Manhattan site and after-work start
time were selected to make it easier for alumni who work in the
city to attend, according to Roselyn Lanzano, Assistant Director of
Constituent Programs, in St. John’s Office of Alumni Relations.
Milton Glaser, who received a lifetime achievement award from
the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and has the distinction
of one-man shows at both New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the
Georges Pompidou National Centre of Art and Culture in Paris, is an
articulate spokesman for the ethical practice of design. As a
Fulbright Scholar, he studied with the painter Giorgi Morandi in
Bologna, Italy.
Prominent Publication
Designer
The co-founder, with editor Clay Felker, of New York magazine,
where he was president and design director until 1977, he also
founded his own design studio, Milton Glaser, Inc., in 1974, which
later merged with Walter Bernard to form WBMG, a publication design
firm.
Glaser is also personally responsible for the design and
illustration of more than 300 posters for clients in publishing,
music, theater, film, institutional and civic enterprise, as well
as those for commercial products and services. He designed the “I
Love New York” campaign logo in 1976, which, he believes, is
frequently imitated. He also designed the World Health
Organization’s International AIDS Symbol and Poster in 1987.
An active member of both the design and education communities,
he has been an instructor and board member of the School of Visual
Arts since 1961, and is on the Board of Directors of The Cooper
Union, New York. He is a former president of the International
Design Conference in Aspen and former vice president and national
convention chair of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
His humorous insights on both the design process and the society
of which it is a part are sure to inform, enlighten and entertain
attendees. Those planning to attend should RSVP to Gina Hemenes in
the Office of Alumni Relations at 718-990-6035.