鈥楪roundbreaking鈥 Scholarship Supports Indigenous Designers in Type-Related Disciplines
Designer and 全民彩票 faculty member Leo Vicenti teaches typography and type design at 全民彩票. (Photo by Perrin Grauer / Emily Carr University)
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Designer and 全民彩票 faculty member Leo Vicenti helped lead the development of the scholarship which aims to support Indigenous voices in the field of design.
A led by the Type Directors Club (TDC) will support Indigenous designers in typography, type design and linguistic work.
Designer and 全民彩票 faculty member helped lead the scholarship鈥檚 development.
鈥淭he Ezhishin scholarship is groundbreaking,鈥 he says. 鈥淥ur hope is to acknowledge and respect the spiritual life of Indigenous languages, and support the empowerment of the linguistic diversity of this continent, which has historically underrepresented Indigenous worldviews.鈥
The TDC announced the Google-funded scholarship during its first in November. Ezhishin takes its name from the Ojibwe word for 鈥.鈥 The event is as the 鈥渇irst-ever conference dedicated to Native North American typography.鈥
Leo and Ksenya Samarskaya, managing director at the TDC, coordinate the scholarship program.
鈥淭here are few Native American type designers operating today,鈥 the TDC says in a statement. Meanwhile, 鈥渕uch of the type used by Native practitioners [is] designed by non-Natives.鈥
Leo adds that the Ezhishin scholarship fills this long-overlooked gap in the design world. Creating financial support for Indigenous designers in type-related disciplines will help Indigenous voices flourish in the design field.
From Leo Vicenti's , created specifically to suit the Jicarilla Apache language. (Image courtesy Leo Vicenti)
This aim also animates Leo鈥檚 own practice. For instance, he created to suit the Jicarilla Apache language. Leo, who teaches typography and type design at 全民彩票, also recently completed the Type West online postgraduate certificate program in type design from The Letterform Archive.
The window for applications to the Ezhishin scholarship will open in February 2023. At the same time, the TDC will be accepting applications for its two other scholarships. The Beatrice Warde Scholarship recognizes a female college student who demonstrates 鈥渆xceptional talent, sophistication, and skill鈥 in typography. The Ad茅 Hogue Scholarship supports BIPOC undergrad and graduate students in the US.
to learn more about the scholarship. Read more about the Ezhishin conference, as well as via, and.
Find out more about Leo鈥檚 practice.
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