The possibilities for locating and retrieving desired information are at once exciting and overwhelming. Graphic designers, among other artists, may have insights to contribute to the project. It is a flexible facility meant to foster creativity across disciplines. The School of Art and Design is among the first occupants of the Integrated Technology Instructional Center with research projects underway in laboratory space there. Their research brings together many university disciplines.
Art is central to being human, and understanding being human is what the university is all about.
What speaks to us from prehistoric cultures are their carved statues, jewelry, pottery vessels, or painted cave walls. Art communicates across divides of time, culture, language, and geography. Samuels mentions the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by sculptor Maya Lin. The memorial moves people whether they were for or against the war. It speaks to generations too young to remember the war personally.