2007 CVA Leaders of Design Series - Steven Heller Lecture & Book Signing

The College of Visual Arts (CVA) is hosting its third annual CVA Leaders of Design Series. The Series will feature a lecture presentation by Steven Heller—co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism programs at School of Visual Arts, consulting senior art director for The New York Times, noted columnist, and author/editor of more than 100 books on design and visual culture. The event is sponsored by the College of Visual Arts (CVA) and co-sponsors including AIGA Minnesota, Larsen Design, Studio On Fire, and Target.

A book signing and sale of Heller's books will be available after the lecture at the Minnesota History Center, by arrangement with Garrison Keillor's Common Good Books of St. Paul.

This lecture event is sold out and there is no 'walk-in' availability. The 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition opening and reception is free and open to the public in the CVA Gallery on November 2, 2007 from 4-8 PM.

$15 AIGA and participating association members
$25 nonmembers
$5 student members of AIGA and participating associations
$10 nonmember students

EVENT SPONSORS

College of Visual Arts is a private, accredited, four-year college of art and design offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in graphic design, illustration, photography, drawing and painting, sculpture, and interdisciplinary art and design studies with concentrations in fashion design, museum gallery studies, teaching artist, advertising, printmaking, interdisciplinary fine arts, or visual communications. Founded in 1924, the college is located in the thriving urban residential areas of historic Summit Hill and Cathedral Hill in Saint Paul, Minnesota. cva.edu 651.224.3416

AIGA Minnesota is the statewide local chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.

Larsen is a communications design agency in Minneapolis and San Francisco –serving businesses, institutions, and nonprofits in the U.S. and abroad with brand strategy, print collateral, interactive, and environmental design since 1975.

Studio On Fire, a design and letterpress workspace in Minneapolis, collaborates with creative firms, printers, and individuals to produce work with a tactile and distinctively modern edge.

Target Corporation is a founding member of the Five Percent Club, a landmark movement encouraging U.S. corporations to commit 5% of pre-tax earnings to support the community.