As college students, the global issues of AIDS, starvation, pollution and genocide are presented to us everywhere from tables in the Breezeway to sociology class. Starting Nov. 10, FAU students will have the chance to face these familiar issues in a new and unique way. The FAU galleries will present to students The Graphic Imperative, International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005, an original poster exhibition that addresses important subjects of global concern.

Sophomore Maeve Greenaway is excited about the upcoming exhibition. “I think it’ll be great to experience a different way of looking at important issues,” Greenaway says. “The issues are still the same but it’s just refreshing to see them expressed through art and not talked about in a lecture.”

For students who view art as less of a political statement and more as a unique way to express themselves, the galleries will also present Graphic Noise, Art at 1,000 Decibels. This exhibition will feature 500 rock concert posters recently produced throughout the last five years. This unique exhibition should be a hit at FAU coming from the Museum of Design in Atlanta, where it was the best attended exhibition in the museum’s history.

University galleries Director W. Rod Faulds is also excited about the upcoming exhibition. “The galleries at FAU are using this project to inaugurate a new era of presenting more design exhibitions.” In addition to the Graphic Noise exhibition, students interested in art have the opportunity to attend a free public lecture given by Jeff Matz, the founder of Lure Design in Orlando. Matz will also be presenting a workshop on silk screening. Students interested in registering for the workshop can e-mail Stephanie Cunningham at [email protected].

The exhibition will run from Nov. 10 to Jan. 27, and is free for all students and to the public. For more information about the upcoming poster exhibition, call (561) 297-2966.