Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
In her January 2021 interview with Sophia Abrams, Gillian Drier talks about her time as an undergraduate studying graphic design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 2010s. She talks about her impressions of UW and how her work was received by her peers and professors. She talks about the curriculum lacking diversity. She talks about Black Lives Matter in 2015 and at the time of the interview. She talks about the importance of studying abroad. She elaborates about what it meant to be a young Black woman studying graphic design in the 2010s at the UW. She talks about her BFA Show. This interview was conducted for inclusion in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Black Artists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Project.