Working within the arts and humanities
My career as a graphic designer started in the arts and humanities. Working as an educator, museum preparator, and community programs coordinator, I regularly saw the need for more designers. Pulling from my studies and practice of drawing, printmaking, and photography, I started finding design work on the side through arts organizations. This soon became a profession and ten years later I’m grateful to continue working in these fields.
Re-Storying the West is a three-year project (2024-2027) gathering stories of everyday Wyomingites from all around the state. The logos and illustration suite have been used for a website, podcast, social media, and other project materials. Learn more at www.restoryingthewest.org
High Iron is a mobile public art and history project carrying the stories of the workers who built the West — now touring the former rail towns of Wyoming through 2029. The logo and branding guide have been used for a website, social media, newsletter, exhibition catalog, billboard, and other materials promoting the project. Learn more at www.highiron.org
Branding guide and title design created for “Sympoiesis: Co-Creating Sense of Place” (Nov 2024 - May 2026) at the University of Wyoming Art Museum. Design work developing color palette, font package, text panels, artwork labels, and other visual materials for the gallery space. Learn more at www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum/exhibitions/2025/sympoiesis
Working for the cause
Another side of my design work involves advocacy. I earned my MSW in 2023 in an effort to deepen my community organizing skills. Similar to my work in the arts and humanities, I once again saw a need for more designers. Today, I take on a lot of projects designing materials that help get the word out for social and environmentally focused causes and campaigns.
Logo designed for Wyoming Wilderness Association and in celebration of 40 years of the Wyoming Wilderness Act. Learn more at www.wildwyo.org
Poster designed for Alces Community Works advocating for Wyoming’s wonderful public lands access. Learn more at www.alcesworks.org
Poster designed for Just Seeds artist collective and their ongoing Celebrate People’s History project, sharing the story of the Black 14. Learn more at justseeds.org
Below: Social media graphics designed for Laramie’s Alliance for Renewable Energy, raising awareness around the City’s Emissions Reduction Plan.
Social media graphics designed for Sierra Club Wyoming, raising awareness around power companies’ decision-making processes.
T-shirt designed for the Wyoming Harm Reduction Collective, whose work aims to build healthier communities and to promote a future Wyoming grounded in a holistic approach towards substance use that challenges the current notions of crime and punishment.
Working with collaborators and fellow creatives
The majority of my design work involves a lot of communication, back and forth, adjustments or re-designs with clients. But some projects are outright more collaborative in their nature than others. With these kinds of projects I try to work with clients, rather than for clients, through creative processes that bring a shared vision to light.
Posters, flyers, banners, and other materials designed in collaboration with the University of Wyoming’s Black Student Alliance and MLK Days of Dialogue planning committee for 2020 programming.
Poster materials designed in collaboration with the University of Wyoming’s Black Student Alliance for 2022 Black History Month programming.
Magnet designed in collaboration with Feeding Laramie Valley as a colorful reminder for participants in the organization’s produce shares program. Learn more at feedinglaramievalley.org
Poster materials designed in collaboration with Juntos Wyoming for concert fundraiser and community gathering. Learn more at www.juntoswyoming.org
Posters designed in collaboration with community members participating in Laramie’s 2024 Youth Justice Institute.
