Race, class, and COVID-19

As part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation's Reimagine Arkansas series, I created a social media kit diving into the CARES Act and the racial disparities of the COVID crisis.

I was thrilled and honored to participate in Reimagine Arkansas, a project responding to the twin crises currently rocking our country: COVID-19 and deep-seated racial injustice. R/A brings together those most impacted by these issues with artists and designers based in Northwest Arkansas for wide-ranging roundtable discussions transcribed by the Local Voices Network.

DISCIPLINES

Illustration, social media, data visualization

TOOLS

Adobe Illustrator,

BANNER IMAGE

I created this collage to sit atop R/A's first "constellation kit", a series of pieces inspired by roundtable discussions with local advocates for racial justice. The kit covers a wide variety of topics, including police killings, prison and poultry plant outbreaks, essential workers and frontline doctors and nurses, voter suppression, and wealth inequality. Photos in this collage cover all the stakeholders impacted by this crisis; the simple virus shape and rainbow gradient appear throughout my portion of the project.

INSTAGRAM EXPLAINER

This series of eight slides created for Instagram takes a deep dive into the racial imbalances in COVID-19 data, and makes the case for the continuation of the CARES Act and an economic strategy focused on compassion and equity. Evidently, the Senate GOP has not seen it.

ALTERNATE FORMATS

3 other random things I have made (you won't BELIEVE #3!)

Digital Thinkers Conference

I made a type-tastic bilingual brand system inspired by complex urban landscapes for the annual technology and design conference in Tokyo, Japan.

Data vis: "Partisan Pawprints"

As a reckless challenge to see how many different data inputs I could combine into one visualization, I chronicled five years of my life through travel, dogs, politics, and culture.

Americans: Inside & Out

The largest project of my career thus far: a gargantuan report exploring shifts to how Americans spend their time indoors and outdoors. 49 pages, 30+ data visualizations, and an irresponsible amount of collage.

Identity: James Lewis butcher & deli

I drew 30+ simple geometric food-related icons as part of a modular brand system.

App prototype: Canopy NWA

I prototyped a volunteer coordination app in Adobe XD for a local organization that helps refugees from around the world resettle in Northwest Arkansas.

North Heights Porchfest

I have organized, designed, and photographed for this grassroots music festival since 2017.

Restoring the neighborhood collective

My degree capstone project investigated sparsely-attended civic meetings that make huge housing and land usage decisions in communities across the United States.

I developed a minimalist identity inspired by early 20th-century craftsmen for a local contractor and applied it to business cards, yard signs, and shirts.

The housing rainbow

In my second project with Reimagine Arkansas, I made a quote wreath and a series of illustrations pushing viewers to think of housing as a spectrum.

STNDRD, the clothing brand for everybody

I made a quirky, expressive brand system for a clothing company focused on ethics and inclusivity.

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