Cassie Hester
Title:
- Graphic Design Coordinator & Associate Professor
Art Discipline:
- Graphic Design
Contacts:
chester@caad.msstate.edu
205 Howell Hall
Overview
Summary:
Cassie Hester is interested in the manipulation of type and message. You can usually find her painstakingly making — and then methodically breaking — physical type. Hester received her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia and her MFA in Design/Visual Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her typographic explorations have been featured in publications such as AIGA Eye on Design, Print, Graphis, eg Magazine, Metropolis, and Step Inside Design. She has presented her work at numerous international design exhibitions and conferences reaching from New York to New Zealand.
Education:
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Art, University of Georgia, 2008
Presentations
Demonstration
- "Don't Be Intimidated by the Blank Page (Workshop)." Visiting Artist/Designer Lecture Series, Department of Art + Art History, University of Texas/Arlington, University of Texas/Arlington. 2020
Lecture
- "Head + Heart + Hands (Lecture)." Visiting Artist/Designer Lecture Series, Department of Art + Art History, University of Texas/Arlington, University of Texas/Arlington. 2020
CV
Areas of Expertise
typography graphic design branding design surface design textile design illustration environmental design experiential design