Dorothy Waugh: Design Pioneer, Renaissance Women with Mark Resnick
Dorothy Waugh’s poster campaign for the National Park Service (NPS) during the depths of the Great Depression was as trailblazing as it was masterful. The government had never before entrusted such an ambitious promotion to a solo designer, let alone a female modernist working in a male-dominated bureaucracy. Yet Waugh’s work for the bureau was just one of the many successful, diverse careers she pursued during her long life. This lecture by Mark Resnick will focus on her NPS campaign, as well as situate it within her broader story.
Special Event - Free + Open to all!
Tuesday, April 21, 5 PM
Wallace Library, first floor
Reception and book signing will follow in
The Cary Collection on the second floor of Wallace Library
Mark Resnick is an authority on the history of American graphic design, a field in which he curates, publishes, and lectures. He has also served as an art-museum director, as chief business and legal executive at major film studios, and on various arts-related boards. He is the founder of Resnick Arts and Culture Consulting, which advises cultural institutions and their leaders on a wide range of matters and counsels major collectors on the sale or donation of their collections. He is honored to be a longtime friend of RIT, starting with his service on an advisory committee instrumental in establishing the Vignelli Center, then co-curating a major exhibition for the Bevier Gallery on the history of the US poster, and then authoring two books for the RIT Press, the latest of which is on Waugh.
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection
The Wallace Library
90 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
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| Cost | FREE |
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