Have students brainstorm as a class about topics or social issues they are interested in and on which they have a point of view. Discuss relevant concepts like propaganda and media bias. Students can sketch out a few initial ideas to explore in a poster that combines text and art and then work in pairs to give feedback about which idea to pursue

Any designer can tell you the importance of text. Its placement, font, color, feeling, style and meaning all affect how we understand the words themselves. Calligraffiti:1984-2013 gives us a global taste of the power of text in art over the past 30 years. Originally curated in 1984 by LA Museum of Contemporary Art Director Jeffrey Deitch, the updated exhibition

Many of the pieces respond and react to political instability and revolution in that part of the world. Arabic script both speaks out in protest and functions as a beautiful design element. Tunisian street artist El Seed forms Arabic into artful structures with poetic names like “In the Desert of Language, Calligraphy

Research shows that when compared to unhappier leaders, happier leaders are more productive, confident, likeable, and more likely to get promoted. In this lively and interactive session,