Stacy Asher

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Stacy Asher

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART (TYPOGRAPHY, PUBLICATION, EXHIBITION, AND SOCIAL DESIGN) School of Art, Art History & Design University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
WAB 209
Lincoln NE 68588-0114
Phone
402-472-5522 On-campus 2-5522
Email
stacyasher@unl.edu

Stacy Asher is Assistant Professor of Art in graphic design.

Using art and design as a vehicle for social justice and civic engagement, Stacy designs interactive and traditional print media. Her creative work includes service to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Off Site Exhibitions, and she has designed exhibitions and publications for international fine art expositions in Miami, Chicago, New York and Hong Kong.

Recent exhibitions include Southern Exposure and the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco. Recent presentations include the Cultural Studies Conference and the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists Conference at the School of the Visual Arts in New York City, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts Biennial Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

Asher was previously faculty in the Department of Design and Industry at San Francisco State University, and in the Department of Art & Architecture at the University of San Francisco where she taught a variety of graphic design courses, including Typography, Design + Social Change, Publication Design, and Advanced Graphic Design. Asher has also served as Assistant Professor at Ohio University School of Art. She received her MFA in Design from California College of the Arts.

Education

  • MFA, California College of the Arts, 2002
  • Other, Willow Crossing Farm and Prospect Rock Permaculture Institute, 2021

Courses

  • GRPH 221, Beginning Graphic Design, Fall 2013

Research & Grants

  • Exhibition of Biographical Portraits and Stories of the Black Panther Party, Internal, March 2016
  • Design + Social Justice Symposium, Humanities Nebraska, August 2015
  • Arts & Humanities Research Enhancement Program, Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED)., June 2020
  • Arts & Humanities Research Enhancement Program, Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED)., June 2020

Artistic & Professional Performances & Exhibitions

  • “The Field Trip - The Abstraction of Politics and the Politics of Abstraction”, San Francisco, CA, July 2014
  • Art + Justice: Poster Prints Benefiting Nebraska Appleseed, August 2016
  • Owning It / Engendering Consciousness, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 2016
  • Water for Food / Collaboration in Design Education, East Lansing, Michigan, January 2016

Presentations

  • CRAFTING STORIES ABOUT WATER AND THE CITY: TRANSDISCIPLINARY DESIGN COLLABORATION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT, AND PEDAGOGICAL METHODS Stacy Asher (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Joshua Singer (San Francisco State University), American Institute of Graphic Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Designing Social Justice in the Heartland, AIGA San Diego State University Chapter, San Diego State University
  • Living Activism, Sheldon Museum of Art, UNL / Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Designing Social Justice, Open Engagement, Oakland, CA
  • Designing Social Change / The Art of Activism, Center for Student Involvement, Champions Club / UNL

Awards & Honors

  • Creative and Professional Development Awards , Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, 2015