LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Hite Art Institute will bring 鈥,鈥 a collection of artistic posters that celebrate the National Park Service to Schneider Hall Galleries Aug. 18-Sept. 22.
Designers 听补苍诲听 created the project last year to promote and raise money for national parks during its centennial celebration. They invited graphic artists from across the country to submit a poster for each national park. The resulting 60 posters reflected each park鈥檚 unique landscape through highly stylized typography.
, assistant professor at Hite Art Institute, created the poster for .
鈥淚 was honored to be included among so many well-known, nationally recognized designers,鈥 Khalili said. 鈥淭his project also allowed me to see my work do some good and that鈥檚 very gratifying.鈥
Proceeds from print sales have raised thousands of dollars for the National Park Service at a time when federal funding has been cut.
鈥淭ype Hike鈥 has been exhibited in galleries across the country, added to the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and received considerable national media attention.
The project recently expanded to include the National Park Services鈥 protected sea and lakeshores and endangered species.
Schneider Hall Galleries, 2300 S. First Street Walk on UofL鈥檚 Belknap Campus, is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, contact Reitz at chris.reitz@louisville.edu.听听听听听听听听
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