Video: GBS-CIDP Awareness

In an effort to create awareness for a little-known disorder, Guillain-Barré (Ghee-yan Bah-ray) Syndrome, client Hannah Blanton of GBS-CIDP Foundation International has created this great video to help she and other brave survivors tell thier stories.  Hannah will host two events next month to benefit the foundation, Carolina Art Soiree on May 10 and the GBS-CIDP 5K on May 12.  Thanks to Daniel DeWit for his work filming and producing this video.

Website: Lauren Jones Worth Art

This week we launch a new portfolio site for Greensboro artist Lauren Jones Worth.  With her new site, she gains the ability to edit her website herself - keeping her portfolio up to date and beginning a new blog to keep her site's content fresh.

Find her new site here.

Branding and Website: Bronwyn Designs

I am pleased to share the just-launched branding and website of Charlotte interior designer Bronwyn Ford. Her work is lovely and has been captured beautifully by Ashley Sellner Photography in this new portfolio and blog site.  Congratulations and thanks, Bronwyn!

3rd Annual Carolina Art Soiree

Planning and promotion is in high gear for the 3rd Annual Carolina Art Soiree, a big, fun, lucrative fundraiser that I am helping to plan for GBS/CIPD Foundation International. We're spreading the word via printed invites, email, an event website, and facebook... but this superstar event and its charismatic hostess, Hannah Blanton, need little help from me to make this year's event another success. They have 35+ talented artists contributing, lots of great sponsors, a beautiful venue overlooking the Charlotte skyline, and an art-buying, party-ready crowd of supporters that will snap up great art and will have a great time. I am happy to be along for the ride.

Art Show Invite: Lesley Powell

Powell Art Show Invite: Front

Powell Art Show Invite: Back

Email Marketing: Weaver Weekly Paintings

I just scheduled the 100th edition of Prudy Weaver's weekly emails, in which she shares a photo of recent work and a bit of the story behind it.  Her readership has consistently grown over the 2.5 years we've been publishing these updates, which auto-post to her Facebook page.

Avett Art Show Collateral

We enjoyed a very successful show with Scott Avett last month, entertaining hundreds of Avett fans and art lovers during the two days of our exhibition. 

Here is the program created for the event (a 6x11, 2-sided card on heavy stock), and the poster that marked the entrance to the exhibition space. Both recognized the contributions of our many generous sponsors.

One of our guests wrote this lovely summary of her experience Friday night. And Daniel deWit captured the beauty of the community spirit of this event in his video of our setup of the show.

(Daniel filmed this footage, wrote and recorded the music, and created this film all in one afternoon! Impressive, huh?  You can see another video he made about Scott Avett's art here.)

Rack Cards: Family Support Network, Morris & Moffitt

The 4x9 "Rack Card" has been a popular format for client projects recently -- it is inexpensive and flexible, a great stand-in for the traditional brochure.

Here are two rack cards printed last week.  Both provide a general summary of services and will be used for several different audiences.

Email Marketing: Stella & Dot

Scott Avett Letterpress Poster

I am honored to have designed a commemorative letterpress poster featuring a linocut self-portrait by Scott Avett for this week's exhibition, "The Paintings of Scott Avett: Exploring Story & Spirituality".

I worked with the fine folks at Crayton-Heritage Letterpress to produce this 16x20 poster on 100% Cotton Crate Lettra, and am beyond happy with the printing.  The posters will be sold at our Friday, Feb 24, 2012 fundraising event for The Educational Center, as well as at the public exhibition on Saturday, Feb 25, 10-4.

It was quite a treat to visit last week for a press check with the lovely, detail-oriented Jillian Long -- so cool to see the press in action.

Art Show Invite: Anne Neilson

Website Redesign: Anne Neilson Fine Art

Freshed up the site of Anne Neilson Fine Art this week -- new look and an updated portfolio.

Website: Scott Avett: ArtStorySpirit Fundraiser

It has been quite a treat to work with my friends at Empathinc. to plan an art show and fundraising event featuring artist Scott Avett. 

On Feb 24, 2012, Scott will speak about his art and spirituality at a private fundraising event for Educational Center and on Saturday, February 25 his work will be exhibited to the public.

Working on a limited edition commemorative poster featuring one of Scott's linocut self-portraits -- more on that soon!

More information on event can be found at artstoryspirit.com.

Website: Smalls Food & Spirits

A fantastic new bar/restaurant has just opened in the Elizabeth Neighborhood and it promises good food, good beer, and lots of fun for those of us lucky enough to be within walking distance.  Located on Elizabeth Avenue in the space (sadly) vacated by NOFO and MexiCafe, (right next to the Visualite), Smalls has a great atmosphere, mouth-watering menu, and is getting great press in it's opening week.  (Did I mention good beer? They serve only local NC brews!)

I am proud to be part of their launch with the design of their website and some email promotions of their opening.  The fantastic photography was supplied by the very talented and resposive Tonya Russ Price of Poprock Photography.

Best of luck to owner Joe DiLeo and his staff!

Website: Old School Communications

My friend and collegue Lisa Rubenson needed a simple site to create an online presence for her writing business Old School Communications. She will share samples of her future work and will soon be blogging here. Using the flexible Squarespace platform, I was able to quickly design a site for her that she will be able to update on her own.

Strokes of Compassion Raises $10,000 for Hospice

I am proud to say that our recent art show, "Strokes of Compassion", presented by Charlotte artists Anne Neilson and Robert Langford, netted a $10,000 donation to Presybterian Hospice & Palliative Care.  The event had many generous sponsors, beautifully organized by Hospice's Lorri Bland.

Photos from the event can be seen here.

Christina Dowdy Portrait Marketing

Business Card: Gwen Poth Communications

Holiday Cards 2011

Notecard with Custom-Designed Bridal Motif