Hello friends! All kinds of stuff happening! The November 2011 issue of HOW magazine features an article on Camp Firebelly and includes an image of the Biking Beyond Bigotry poster I worked on this summer in Chicago with Lindsay Kaser and Will Miller. It also shows our cute group shot. That same poster was just given one of HOW’s 2012 poster awards! It will be announced on their site very soon. See an image of the all letterpress poster here in my poster section. I recently changed my grad thesis project to the expansion of Hammer & Fox, currently my Etsy shop, into a full fledged small business and shop. It is in the very early stages, but check the shop soon for new prints, sewn items such as bags and pillow, laser cut wooden cards and jewelry, and other home items and artwork! I’ve also set up a section in the menu that will showcase some of this work more thoroughly as the school year progresses. And don’t forget, in one month is MICA’s annual holiday sale, Art Market! SO MUCH GOOD STUFF to come fill your goodie bags with. Please come support us students! Portions of this sale go to scholarships. I will have many items on sale this year. In other news, a number of my classmates and I recently took a design field trip to lovely Minneapolis, where our friend Chris Clark had work in the exhibition Graphic Design: Now in Production, which was also curated by Ellen Lupton, the director of our grad program. The show was a great success and we toured a number of excellent studios in Minneapolis and St. Paul, including Process Type, Werner Design Werks, and the Walker Design Studio. Shout outs to my pals Renda Morton and Eric Gunther, both unexpected run-ins I was quite happy about. Anyways, photos from that trip on flickr/facebook/tumblr, etc etc, forthcoming. Now back to it!

The newest issue of Ink magazine features a two-page spread on my Bunny & Skeleton Conversation series! Located out of Boston for this issue, it is chock full of awesome designer profiles and beautiful typography! Such an honor to be in it. Check out their site for more details or to order a copy! http://www.inkthestudio.com/

Site updates! I added four new categories to the Design section, with recent work in lettering, identity, and on-site building! More in the identity section coming soon. I added a category for my graduate thesis project, which will be exploring concepts of portable and temporary dwellings, community spaces, technology and sustainability through the filter of the igloo. Keep an eye on that section as the year progresses. Also, a few new posters and book cover images in the posters and books section (under print design). Three more books are heading to press next week, so look for additional images this fall. Also, reminder about my summer print sale! Only a couple weeks left, get them cheap while you can!

SUMMER SALE! I just listed a number of new Bunny & Skeleton prints in my Etsy shop and they are all discounted for the month of July! Please have a look and give some prints a new home. Thank you!

Hello! I’ve just arrived in Chicago for a ten day design “summer camp” with Firebelly Design studio. Check out the studio here, or the camp site here. Stay tuned for work image updates from this past semester and the results of camp soon!

Just a reminder that this Thursday is the one night art event, Regeneration, held at Second Chance in Baltimore. Regeneration is part of Baltimore Green Week and will include works by 16 area artists (including me!). Please stop by 1400 Warner street from 5:30 – 10. See you there!

The art reception for the show at Shapiro’s Cafe has been moved a day to Saturday, March 26th, 2011. Please stop by from 5 – 7 for food and fun! 7 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD.

My painting “Mecca” was featured on Art Review Magazine’s website! Check it out here!

Shapiro’s Cafe is showing some of my paintings through the end of March. There will be a reception on the 25th. Update on that with times soon. Please check them out if you are in the neighborhood! 7 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, MD.

I will have work in two upcoming shows. The MFA 1st year show will run from April 8th – 17th in the Pinkard Gallery of the Bunting Center, 1401 West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Join us at 5pm on the 8th for an artist reception. Regeneration – A One Day Show About Sustainability, as part of Baltimore Green Week, will be on Thursday, April 14th at Second Chance, 1400 Warner Street, Baltimore, MD. There will be a reception from 5:30 – 10:00pm. Hope to see you at both!

I’ve updated my Etsy site with a number of small silk screen prints! Check them out by following the SHOP link above!

Today through Saturday the 11th is MICA’s annual Art Market sale! Stop by Brown Center for three floors of artwork by all departments, current students and alumni. Find your holiday gifts! I’ve got lots of bunny-skull prints for sale!!

Tonight is the closing party for MICA’s Graphic Design MFA fall show! Stop by 5 – 8pm for snacks and fun! Rosenberg Gallery, Brown Center, 1301 West Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD.

Two books are being released by RESCUE PRESS next month. In Canaan a chapbook of poetry by Shane McCrae and There Is Something Inside, It Wants To Get Out short stories by Madeline McDonnell. I did the cover art and designs for both of these books. Check out the website for RESCUE PRESS for more details.

I will have a piece in a show of MICA’s Graphic Design MFA students from November 20th to December 6th at the Rosenburg Gallery in Brown Center, 1401 West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Check back soon for more about the opening.