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e member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA, Philadelphia chapter), and she also belongs to the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Her work has been recognized by The One Club, Graphic Design USA, the American Alliance of Museums, and the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations. Get in touch to see what we can do for you and your business today!

Finally.
04/25/2020

Finally.

How many spaces should we include after a period? Microsoft is now quietly telling us that the answer is one.

Something different to kick off 2019: a release of previously copyrighted material into the public domain. Strange to th...
12/31/2018

Something different to kick off 2019: a release of previously copyrighted material into the public domain. Strange to think in our world of inter-connectivity and digital sharing that there has been such a long lapse in access to these works. Happy New Year!

A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019

Letterlocking: the next wedding invitation trend? Interesting read.
12/28/2018

Letterlocking: the next wedding invitation trend? Interesting read.

For centuries, senders used folds, slits, and wax seals to guard correspondence from prying eyes.

Excited to see this review in Forbes, and proud to have been part of the "Nature's Nation" exhibition team. The show "re...
11/06/2018

Excited to see this review in Forbes, and proud to have been part of the "Nature's Nation" exhibition team.

The show "rethinks the history of American art in light of ecology and environmental history"—a unique and timely lens through which to examine our nation's art and art history.

Open at Princeton University Art Museum until Jan 6, 2019, then at Peabody Essex Museum Feb 2–May 5, 2019, and finally at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art May 25–Sept 9, 2019.

"We are stardust Billion year old carbon We are golden Caught in the devil's bargain And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden" Joni Mitchell, "Woodstock," © 1969; Siquomb Publishing Company

[type nerd moment]A modern revival of Baskerville, a font called Mrs Eaves, is named after Baskerville's wife who was th...
06/14/2018

[type nerd moment]

A modern revival of Baskerville, a font called Mrs Eaves, is named after Baskerville's wife who was the widow of Richard Eaves.

(Thanks, Wikipedia!)

Article about the partnership between Fenimore Art Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston that led to the Thomas Cole ex...
06/11/2018

Article about the partnership between Fenimore Art Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston that led to the Thomas Cole exhibition currently on view in Cooperstown. Check it out, the show is open until Sept. 30 and the catalogue is for sale both online (fenimoreart.org/shop) and in the gift shop.

An innovative partnership between Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Fenimore Art Museum will bring famous works from the Boston museum's collection to Cooperstown.

Another great piece about The Library Company of Philadelphia's Birch exhibit, this time from Kyw Newsradio 1060.
05/22/2018

Another great piece about The Library Company of Philadelphia's Birch exhibit, this time from Kyw Newsradio 1060.

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- The Library Company of Philadelphia at 1314 Locust Street is a very special place with a new, very special exhibit, "William Birch, Ingenious Artist."

The Library Company of Philadelphia's William Birch exhibit on WHYY! Psyched to have such interesting projects to work o...
05/04/2018

The Library Company of Philadelphia's William Birch exhibit on WHYY! Psyched to have such interesting projects to work on. This show is up until mid-October, so you have all summer to see it!

America's first coffee-table book, circa 1800, showed Philadelphia as the world's next great city.

Tiling patterns have always intrigued me.
10/26/2017

Tiling patterns have always intrigued me.

This is great.
10/13/2017

This is great.

Paint the Revolution at the Philadelphia Museum of Art makes the #1 spot on this list--and it closes on Sunday!
01/05/2017

Paint the Revolution at the Philadelphia Museum of Art makes the #1 spot on this list--and it closes on Sunday!

Here's a small taste of what this vast country had to offer in art this year.

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