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During Fall 2025, students in ART342 – Graphic Design II: Publication & Exhibition Design collaborated to create and display their exhibition, “Caution: Flow and Fracture.” Featuring work by Faith Daniels, Leslie Dotson, Zoe Fielhauer, Avery Hambleton, MaKenna Hatherill, Oliva Irwin, Skyler LaForest, Savanna Mansell, Michael Miller, Karli Nixon, Sydnee Sheldon and MacKenzie Thompson, the exhibition is a focused examination of water systems and roadways — two vital yet often overlooked backbones of society — through the lens of Flint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both are essential for supporting life and society, but when neglected, they become sources of harm and division.

Contaminated water and deteriorating roads are deeply interconnected, revealing the state of our local communities and attitude towards the natural world.

These systems expose consequences of neglect, environmental imbalance, poor governance, and failing infrastructure.

The exhibition investigates how these issues intersect and how deterioration exposes underlying issues of access, inequality, and care.

\u201cCaution: Flow and Fracture\u201d invites viewers to reconsider systems we take for granted and reflect on their impact on our society and our responsibility in maintaining the structures that sustain us.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Incorporating a mix of media — video, installation, photography, road signs, and poster design — the exhibition was collaboratively developed by the students throughout the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The obvious topic is roads and water, but it ended up hinting at these huge problems with the structure of our society and how the public has been conditioned to have a dismissive attitude towards them (the roads are terrible – what else is new? Can\u2019t trust the water – that\u2019s just the way it is. Government officials\/politicians never face consequences for their actions – yeah, that sounds about right. etc). I think this comes across in the cynical\/sarcastic tone of some road signs and posters,” shared Karli Nixon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Led by Rob Carter, assistant professor of art, the students took the idea from concept to execution, working together to determine not only what kind of work would be displayed, but how it would be placed in the gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I learned how important it is to think about how individual pieces work together to communicate one idea,” noted Olivia Irwin. “It made me pay attention to how viewers move through a space and how our design choices shape their experience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For MaKenna Hatherhill, the process enhanced her conceptualization skills. ” I learned that it’s important to consider everyone’s ideas and hear them out fully before deciding how you feel,” she said. “At first, I couldn’t picture an exhibition about road construction, but that theme really brought the show to life, making it engaging and unique.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Caution: Flow and Fracture” is on display at the University of Michigan-Flint’s Harving Mott University Center Gallery through January 30th. The gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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