Munson’s 2024-25 Easton Pribble Lecture Series will kick off at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Museum of Art’s Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium with design leader and educator Forest Young. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Young, the head of design for value creation consultancy Fundamentalco, focuses on the intersection of storytelling, universal design, and futurism. His work has been exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Royal College of Art, and at numerous international biennials. He is a recipient of the Gold Design Lion at Cannes and the Art Directors Club Black Cube, and he has developed and taught curriculum for graduate study in graphic design at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, and California College of the Arts. He also serves as advisor for MillerKnoll’s Design in Diversity initiative and as a member of “Fast Company’s” inaugural Impact Council.

 

Before joining Fundamentalco, Young oversaw the expression of the Rivian brand across its people, products, and services. Prior to Rivian, Young was appointed the first chief creative officer for Wolff Olins, leading the company to be recognized as the world’s Most Innovative for Design by “Fast Company.”

 

The 2024-25 Easton Pribble Lecture Series will also host painter and installation artist Elana Herzog on Nov. 13, and photographer Samantha Box on Feb. 11, 2025.

 

For more information about Young’s lecture or the Easton Pribble Lecture Series, visit munson.art/pribble-series-forest-young.

 

About the Easton Pribble Lecture Series

 

Seasoned artists are invited to Utica to give presentations as part of the Easton Pribble Lecture Series at the Museum of Art. Named for a beloved late professor of painting and drawing, the mission of the series is to invite guest artists who represent a variety of creative disciplines and bring a diversity of perspectives to inspire, motivate, and challenge students. A faculty-led committee invites artists to Utica each year who amplify voices and illuminate career pathways historically and presently marginalized within the art and design worlds.

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