AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: Onondaga County library opens new art exhibit to promote conversation about bias
Jason Ruppert: The Soule Branch Library is opening a new art exhibit this month called “The Bias Inside Us.” The exhibit is a series of 10 graphic design pieces that were created for a Smithsonian Institute-led project to get people talking about the bias in their community. The library, utilizing the graphic design elements to promote these ideas, has graphic designer Jim Mayfield excited for what that can bring.
Jim Mayfield: The sky is the limit on getting ideas across.
Ruppert: The exhibit opens as a community engagement project, which the library hopes will raise awareness about the history of bias and how the viewer can recognize it in themself. The use of graphic design, instead of other visual art types, is still having the same effect in getting the point across.
Mayfield: They can be trying to relay a message by showing a certain piece, as the same way, like, an artist might be trying to, you know, send a message with their oil painting.
Ruppert: The exhibit will be open to the public for viewing until March 29. This is Jason Ruppert, NCC News.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The Soule Branch Library is opening a new art exhibit this month titled “The Bias Inside Us.”
The exhibit features a series of 10 graphic design pieces based on scientific research done about bias. The exhibit was created for a Smithsonian Institute-led project that has the goal of getting people to talk about the bias in their community.
The library, utilizing the graphic design elements to promote these ideas, has graphic designer Jim Mayfield excited for what the medium can bring.
“The sky is the limit on getting ideas across,” Mayfield said.
The exhibit opens as a community engagement project, which the library hopes will raise awareness about the history of bias and how it can be recognized by the viewer. The use of graphic design, instead of other visual art types, is still having the same effect in getting the point across.
“They (graphic designers) can be trying to relay a message by showing a certain piece,” Mayfield said. “As the same way an artist might be trying to send a message with their oil painting.”
The exhibit will be open to the public for viewing at Soule Branch Library until March 29.