Print on Purpose: Student Artwork and Course Artifacts on Display at the Center for Teaching and Learning
Visitors to the new exhibition at the Center for Teaching and Learning are greeted with illustrations, photographs, assignment prompts, and students’ final projects from the 2022 and 2023 cohorts of a unique course, DESIGN 236P / AFRICAAM 235: Print on Purpose.
The exhibition opened at an event, co-sponsored by CTL and the d.school, on October 23, 2024, with about 70 guests from across campus. Students, faculty, and staff learned more about the course and student projects, which were each created in response to the same prompt: use print to explore a topic you are curious about, consider yourself knowledgeable in, or believe the world should hear more about. The resulting pieces reflect deeply personal narratives, lived experiences, and bold attempts to bring visibility to subjects that are often overlooked.
“To print with purpose is to acknowledge this power and to accept the fundamental truth that the practice of creation carries with it an inherent responsibility to use one’s narrative power in a conscious and intentional way.”
- Zofia Trexler, Print on Purpose Class of 2023
The teaching team – Lecturers Indya McGuffin, Patrick Fenton, and Milan Drake – worked with CTL to curate the exhibition during the summer, making it available to a new cohort of students entering the “Print on Purpose” class this fall.
Students from another course, Wellness 123: “Living on Purpose”, toured the exhibition during the opening. The event also reunited colleagues from Stanford Career Education and other offices, who had assembled earlier in the year for the Stanford Purpose Summit, as well as faculty, staff, and students from a wide variety of schools and disciplines.
Print on Purpose Opening Photo Gallery
The exhibition will be on display at the Center for Teaching and Learning, 408 Panama Mall, and is open to Stanford affiliates throughout the 2024-2025 academic year during weekday business hours. For group visits, please contact ctl-stanford@stanford.edu at least one week in advance.
