2005

Sticks+Stones explores interpersonal and intercultural issues among students diverse in ethnicity, religious practice, heritage, gender, and sexual orientation. Sticks + Stones’ innovative course structure and curriculum expands students’ knowledge of regional and global subcultures, forces a reconsideration of existing preconceptions, and exposes some of the fallacies embedded in the common act of stereotyping groups and individuals.

Mark Biddle
Professor of Art
Weber State University
mark [at] sticksandstonesproject.org

Audra Buck-Coleman
Assistant Professor
Graphic Design
University of Maryland College Park
audra [at] sticksandstonesproject.org

Ann McDonald
Associate Professor
Graphic Design
Northeastern University
ann [at] sticksandstonesproject.org

Core77 Blog featured Berlin 2010 project in a follow-up post
Core77 Design Award 2011: Sticks+Stones, Winner for Design Education Initiatives

The Ogden Standard Examiner featured Sticks+Stones in
WSU students: What would you say behind my back?

University of Maryland featured Sticks+Stones in ARHU assistant Professor wins Core77 Design Award

Weber State University featured Sticks+Stones in Visual Arts Collaboration Earns International Award

Salt Lake City Deseret News featured Sticks+Stones in
Weber State students win award for letting people say things behind their backs

Audra Buck-Coleman presented Identifying Potential Pitfalls + Windfalls in Collaborative Projects at Glide‘10

View a synopsis of the Sticks+Stones Berlin 2010 symposium on VisionUnion.net Focus on China Design

Sticks + Stones was awarded winner of the 2011 Core77 Design Awards, Design Education Initiatives. view award site >

Core77 Design Awards is a global competition of design professionals and students. This year marked the inaugural year of the competition. “Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. … For this first program, dedicated jury teams based around the globe gathered in eight countries to judge 15 categories of design practice.”

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Sticks+Stones was presented the Weber State University 2010 Exemplary Collaboration Award in recognition of the teamwork demonstrated by graphic design students and faculty from WSU, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Northeastern University and San Francisco State University. view article > view announcement >

Choices: Identifying potential pitfalls and windfalls in collaborative projects Glide‘10 October 20, 2010

Expectations versus Realities: The Rewards and Challenges of Global Collaboration a AIGA educators’ conference New Contexts/New Directions. October 9, 2010

Bridging Diversity: Ethical Considerations in Design Education. Icograda World Design Congress. Icograda Education Network (IEN). October 26-30, 2009. Beijing, China.

Culture Clash as Design Curriculum. The Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Feb 15-17, 2009. Technical University. Berlin, Germany.

Confrontation and Collaboration. session: Humanities in the Public Realm. The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity International Conference. University of Lincoln. November 15-16, 2007. Lincoln UK.

Tough Issues + Varied Perspectives + Multiple Locations + Extreme Optimism: The Process of Running a Multiple University Design Course. Intent/Content AIGA Education Conference 2007. May 31-June 2, 2007. Nashville, TN.

Sticks+Stones: A Collaborative Exchange Examining Labeling and Stereotyping. session: Collaboration and Participation in Design Practice and Education. Annual CAA College Arts Association Conference 2007. February 14-17, 2007. New York, NY.

Sticks+Stones Design Inquiry Conference, More Than Business as Usual 2006. Vinalhaven ME.

A. Buck-Coleman. Navigating cross-cultures, curriculum and confrontation: Addressing ethics and stereotypes in design education Visible Language, Global interaction in design special issue. vol 44.2, Summer 2010, pp. 107-206.

A. Buck-Coleman, A. McDonald, M. Biddle. Bridging Diversity: Ethical Considerations in Design Education Iridescent: Icograda Journal of Design Research view article >

A. Buck-Coleman, M. Biddle, A. McDonald. Culture Clash as Design Curriculum Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 53-70. view article >

A. Buck-Coleman, M. Biddle, A. McDonald. Confrontation and Collaboration The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity International Conference University of Lincoln. Lincoln UK. download article>

Sticks+Stones: A Collaborative Exchange Exploring Labeling and Stereotyping in Graphic Design Exhibit catalog published to accompany exhibit of student work created as part of Sticks+Stones project, Essays also published as part of exhibit kiosk and on download from 2006 project web site >

R. Bailey. Immigration and Migration. Infobase Publishing. New York NY. 2008.

2005 participants
virtual exchange

Birmingham AL
Carla Capin
Michael Cummings
Emily Ellis
Turman Grayson
Emily Hunter
Stephanie Kahalley
Les Taylor
Beth Wilkins Roberts

Audra Buck-Coleman, faculty

Ogden UT
Randi
Todd
Tony
Michelle
Kendrick
Romelle
Luke
Donald
Paris
David Johnson
Stevie Emerson

Pamela Beverly, faculty