Faculty Profile

Glenda Drew
Professor of Design
Design Graduate Program Chair
Affiliated Faculty Community and Regional Development Graduate Group

M.A. Interdisciplinary Arts and Education, San Francisco State University

Specialization: Digital media

Research

Glenda Drew is a critical maker whose research is based at the intersections of visual culture and social change, with a particular emphasis on the working class. The content of her work is rooted in creating messaging with greater social implications, fostering innovation and encouraging behavior change. Her subjects include country musicians, waitresses, feminists and precarious workers. In addition, she has recently created a few projects that consider climate change through user interface and artistic installations. Her practice is multifaceted in form and includes graphics, photography, time-base, interaction and audience participation. She is inspired by the creative possibilities technologies generate and she works with a combination of tools considered “hi-tech” and “lo-tech.” She mostly authors, designs, builds, programs and scripts her projects herself, and she also often collaborates with others in a cross-disciplinary manner. She approaches her work with an organic sense of play, exploration and curiosity tempered by the design discipline with the goal of making meaningful work.

Publications and Work

Drew was an active member of Paper Tiger Television in San Francisco for several years, a defining experience that continues to anchor and shape her work, from the DIY aesthetic and approach aimed at unpacking media technologies, to creating accessible media that asks critical questions about media ownership and media. She and Jesse Drew have recently founded a new research center aligned with the mission of Paper Tiger called California Center for Media Arts and Democracy. She is also a member of the Verge Center for the Arts collective in Sacramento.

Drew exhibits her work nationally and internationally and was recently featured in Bitch! A Feminist Response to Pop Culture magazine.
Current projects include

More of Drew’s work can be seen here: http://www.redrocketmedia.com/glenda

(530) 754-2607
Room 250A, Cruess Hall
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
gadrew[remove-this-and-replace-with-at]ucdavis.edu
Event

1-Day Pop-Up Exhibition “Wonder Wander”
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Glenda Drew

Students from the Department of Design have created “Wonder Wander,” a one-day exhibition, in support of the 2018-19 Campus Community Project, featuring “The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World” by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Carlton Abrams. 

The exhibition features work by Alexa Ann Bonomo, Austin Cao, Tracy Corado, Tara Halsted, Eldy Lazaro, Harold Linde, Elizabeth Marley, Jean Menezes, Jonathan Parris, Aurie Stetzel from DES 225 Studio Practice in Design with Professor Glenda Drew.

Course Description

Study Time-based Design (Filmmaking) in Ireland
TCS 104 (counts for DES upper division studio credit) & DES 198 (can be petitioned to count for upper division studio credit), Summer Abroad 2017, Summer Session I

Glenda Drew Jesse Drew

Filmmaking, storytelling and time-based design are quickly becoming essential tools for today’s designers. There is no place better to study these traditions than Ireland; a country rich with cultural, political and social histories, and world-class creative practices. And best of all, each student will make their own short film, individually or collaboratively. What could be a better souvenir?

Read more here.

Announcement

PL!NK at the Crocker Museum

Jiayi Young Glenda Drew

Glenda Drew and Jiayi Young’s PL!NK is a sensory-based, interactive installation, based on light, color, reflection and participation. Read more information at plink.rocks. PL!NK is on display at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento until October 29!

Announcement

Design For Social Change

Glenda Drew Jiayi Young

Professors Glenda Drew and Jiayi Young will present a guest lecture at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with undergraduate students, Michelle Lee and Darin Reyes. The group will give a public talk, tour the multitude of design labs and meet with the dean, Cees de Bont (who is also the co-Director of ISEA 2016, a conference the four are presenting at in Hong Kong).

Profile

Q&A

Glenda Drew

How long have you been with the Design department?
10 (sometimes blissful!) years 

What other, if any, professional work positions have you held?
I have been a community educator, web designer and waitress!

Where could we find examples of your work?
Well, someday I will update my website…maybe this summer…redrocketmedia.com/glenda

News

Hackathon
Spring 2013
June 5, 2013

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On May 15 2013, a vanload of UC Davis Design and Computer Science students made its way over the Grapevine and into Los Angeles to participate in a hack-a-thon to lend their skills and creative/critical thinking towards helping the millions of workers in the US who survive on low wages, no healthcare, no job stability and little respect from their employers.

General information

MFA Program in Design

Glenda Drew Melany Miners

The Priority Deadline for MFA Applications is January 5;  The Rolling Deadline is until May 1

The UC Davis MFA in Design unites theory and practice. This two-year program encourages an interdisciplinary approach with emphases on socially responsible, human-centered, and sustainable design practice.

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