Please Make This Look Nice
February 19 – March 20, 2016
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DrawNow! Online! with Peter Ahlberg
May 28, 2020, 12:30pm
Join graphic designer, author, and educator Peter Ahlberg for a talk and workshop that explores the dynamic relationship between drawing, typography, and design.
The talk will examine typographic and lettering samples from The Met’s drawing and prints collection; language/type-based works shown at The Drawing Center, including those by Matt Mullican, Jackson Mac Low, Judith Bernstein, and Emily Dickinson; and archival design materials from Please Make This Look Nice, Ahlberg’s 2016 book and exhibition project (Skira Rizzoli/The Drawing Center).
The hands-on workshop will guide participants through the process of drawing letters/words in order to see the often overlooked nuances and details of letterforms, and to discover the remarkable way the very meaning of those words can be changed by altering their visual form and expression.
Credits
Free DrawNow! workshops are made possible by the Cy Twombly Foundation.
The Drawing Center's Education and Community Programs are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation.
Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.