On September 26, 2023, the opening of the exhibition "THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUNG ARTISTS" took place. It presented design projects of students of the educational and professional program "Graphic Design" of the first (bachelor's) level of higher education on the platform of the Library of Aesthetic Education of the Pechersk District Library.

The exhibition featured book illustrations by 4th-year bachelor students of the Department of Graphic Design Olena Sur, Svitlana Bagmet, Kateryna Rybak, Maria Kovalenko, and Mykhailo Veresov. The exhibition was organized by the lecturers Oleksandra Kolisnyk, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Graphic Design, Oksana Maznichenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Graphic Design, Alla Osadcha, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Graphic Design, with the support of the library management, in particular, the head of the library Iryna Riabinina.

Participants of the roundtable: lecturers, bachelor, master and postgraduate students of the Department of Graphic Design of KNUTD

At the opening of the exhibition, a roundtable discussion "Modern demands of Ukrainian graphic design" was held, with the speakers Yevhen Hula, Professor, Head of the Department of Graphic Design; Oleksandra Kolisnyk, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; and Oksana Maznichenko, Associate Professor. The roundtable was actively joined by the students and postgraduate students of the Department of Graphic Design, who discussed the use of various artificial intelligence programs in graphic design, emphasized their advantages, features and disadvantages, and together with the teachers of the Department came to a common opinion that the creative capabilities of technology simplify certain stages in the work of a graphic designer, but the choice of the direction of the project, its component patterns is made by a person based on their individual talents, education, values, identities, etc.

Opening of the exhibition "The World through the Eyes of Young Artists"

Oleksandra Kolisnyk also drew attention to the fact that a graphic designer profession requires deep professionalism based on a creative attitude to reality. This creative and design perception of reality is acquired through appropriate education, certain work experience, creative environment, cultural priorities, and constant work on improving skills, i.e., through great efforts of the human spirit, aimed at making the surrounding space of socio-cultural life better in most cases. 

Organizers of the exhibition of student works and the roundtable: Professor Yevhen Hula, Professor Oleksandra Kolisnyk, and Associate Professor Oksana Maznichenko

03.10.2023