Resume + CV.

Kelly Ludwig

2024 AIGA Fellow

AIGA / Kansas City Chapter
Advisory Council: 2024 - current
Director of Membership: 2022 - 2024
President: 2017 - 2019
Executive Committee: 2013 - 2017

Garden of Eden
(Historic Artist-built Environment)
Board of Directors: 2017 - 2024

“Kelly is a great creative coach and mentor. She's also a rush of positive energy. She makes a point to know her team’s individual motivations and goals, and makes a point to set her team up to deliver the best work possible while allowing each member to achieve individual success and growth. She stands out in an industry full of creative leaders who may often be skilled at their craft, but lacking in mentorship and leadership qualities. Kelly is a team builder and team multiplier who truly cares about the success of both her clients and her team members.”

— Justin Billet, Associate Creative Director at Merkle

“Kelly was the best manager! Her transparency and ability to give a clear sense of direction was helpful during times of uncertainty. She was open to ideas and excited to find creative solutions to our problems. She prioritized the team’s well-being and encouraged us to never stop learning. You could tell she truly cared about the people that she worked with. Even through the computer screen, her optimism and enthusiasm shown through and were always a welcomed energy to have during meetings. Anyone would be lucky to work with her.”

— Ronnie Padua, UX Designer at Merkle

Kelly has a vibrant spirit and pours lots of love and time into her work and those she guides and mentors. She supported me and a group of accessibility allies as we all tried to navigate the corporate political landscape to create internal accessibility standards.

For sharp, strategic, authentic and caring supportive leadership hire Kelly Ludwig!

— Toni Leon, UX Designer at Merkle

Ludwig Design

Founder, Creative Director

I lead creative work across brand, marketing, and identity — guiding ideas from early strategy through execution. I’ve partnered with agencies, studios, and organizations, stepping in wherever clarity and direction are needed.

I move comfortably between strategy and craft, shaping big ideas while staying close to the details. I’m interested in how people actually experience things — and in building work that feels intentional and holds up over time.

Merkle + DEG

Group Creative Director, Experience & Commerce, Americas
Group Creative Director
Creative Director
Associate Creative Director

Led creative direction across enterprise clients including LVMH (Chandon, Hennessy, Veuve Clicquot), Purina, AMC, Hallmark, Walmart, Hershey’s, Salvation Army, MoMA, and others.

Oversaw multidisciplinary teams spanning design, UX, writing, and strategy — guiding work across branding, UX/UI, CRM, social, and digital commerce. Balanced big-picture strategy with day-to-day execution, ensuring ideas translated into systems that worked in the real world.

Focused equally on creative quality and team health — mentoring designers, improving workflows, increasing utilization, and helping navigate multiple company integrations within the dentsu network.

Built structure where needed, cleared roadblocks when possible, and made sure the work stayed strong while the business stayed steady.

Detour Art

Executive Director

Detour Art is designed to inform and celebrate outsider, folk, visionary, self-taught, vernacular art and environment discoveries found along the back roads around the world. Through my personal collection of art and photographs, I began the research and development of the database, which has served as the launchpad for the website, book, and traveling exhibit.

Johnson County Community College (JCCC)
Kansas City Art Institute

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Program Head
Visiting Lecturer

Teach courses in Professional Preparation, Introduction to Digital Design, Human-Centered Design, UX, and Professional Practice — connecting classroom learning directly to industry expectations.

At Johnson County Community College, guide students through portfolio development, personal brand positioning, resume and LinkedIn strategy, networking, and interview preparation. Emphasize clarity of thinking, craft, and presenting work with confidence

At the Kansas City Art Institute, taught across sophomore through senior levels during a period of departmental transition, helping create a steady and positive learning environment. Integrated live projects and community partnerships — including collaborations with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Folly Theater — to connect design education with real-world impact.

Teaching keeps me sharp. Students ask better questions than most adults. They don’t let you hide behind jargon. That’s a gift.

Propaganda3

Director of Mobile Products

Combining my love of visual design and brand experience with the latest strategies in information architecture for both mobile and desktop design. While at Propaganda3, I streamlined and standardized the bidding and production processes (website and mobile development) to maximize efficiency.

Well-versed in Apple’s iOS mobile platform, I have successfully created and implemented mobile apps, working with producers and developers to navigate the mobile technologies, and strategies. I am adept at:
• UI/UX design
• Site maps, wire framing and prototyping
• Use case scenarios

RiseUp Publications

Vice President of Marketing and Production Management

Part of the launch team of a start-up weekly tabloid-style magazine on race and ethnicity. Distributed through national newspapers, including the Washington Post, Developed the marketing and sales materials, strategy as well as production scheduling and management of the teams.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Bibliography

  • AIGA Fellow (named in 2024)

    Gold, OMNI (Kansas City Advertising), Mobile and interactive, Best Road Trip Ever iPhone app

    Key to the City, Lake Charles, LA. In honor of Detour Art exhibit

    NETA (National Educational Television Association) Website design, KCPT’s Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations

    Bronze, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Advertising for Arts and Sciences, Website design, KCPT’s Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations

    Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo design for Corinth Square Chiropractic

    Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo design for Havana Moon

    Merit, Society of Illustrators, Art direction

    Bronze, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Elements of Advertising, Logo design for Havana Moon Cigars

    Bronze, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Promotion, CD cover design for B.U.G.

    Gold, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Direct Marketing, T-shirt design for Reggae Music Festival

    Prism Award (Public Relations Society of America, PRSA) Brochure for Charlie Parker Memorial

    Gold, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Illustration (art direction), Poster for River Valley Music Festival

    Award of Excellence, RX Club of New York, Logo design for Medi-Flex Surgical Products

    Award of Excellence, RX Club of New York, Direct mail for Medi-Flex Surgical Products

    Silver KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors), Poster for River Valley Music Festival

    Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, T-shirt design for River Valley Music Festival

    Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo design for SS Galamba Construction

    Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo design for SDI (Strategic Dance Initiative)

    Gold KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors), Graphic Design, Poster for Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

    Gold, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Advertising for Arts and Sciences, Poster for Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

    Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design, Poster for Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

    Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design, Logo design for Rebeka Czufin

    Gold KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Graphic Design, Logo for SS Galamba Construction

    Silver KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Logo design for Rebeka Czufin

    Merit All Time Classic, KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Promotion for Deborah Tudor

    Silver, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Outdoor advertising, Plaza Association

    Silver KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Illustration/Art Direction Poster for River Valley Music Festival

    Silver KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Graphic Design, Logo design for The Phoenix Bar and Grill

    Silver, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Print material, Logo design for New Riddim

    Bronze, OMNI (Kansas City Advertising Awards), Print material, Logo design for Phoenix Bar and Grill

    Bronze KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Outdoor advertising, Plaza Association

    Bronze KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Wild West Enterprises

    Bronze, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Print material, Logo design for Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

    Gold, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Print material, Promotion for Deborah Tudor

    Silver KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Graphic Design, Promotion for Deborah Tudor

    Bronze KCAD (Kansas City Art Directors Award), Graphic Design, Logo design for Hair by Julie

    Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Magazine Regional Design, Logo design for Hair by Julie

    Bronze, OMNI (American Advertising Federation/Kansas City), Self promotion, Kelly Ludwig Design

  • Garden of Eden Board of Directors, 2016-2022

    AIGA-KC Director of Membership 2022-2024

    AIGA-KC President, 2018-2019

    AIGA-KC President-elect, 2016-2018

    AIGA-KC, Executive Secretary, 2015-2016

    Arts KC Luncheon committee, 2014-2015

    KCPT TV Dinner steering committee, 2002-2006

    Reggae Festival Committee, 1995

    Newhouse Shelter for Women, 1991-1993

    Jazz and Blues Festival Committee, 1990-1992

    Big Brothers and Sisters volunteer (Big), 1990

  • “Art in the Heartland: Lucas, Kansas and the Grassroots Art Movement” “Art Is ...” The 29th Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. 2015 In spite of its relative isolation, this small town located in central Kansas has become the epicenter of the Grassroots art movement in the Midwest and in doing so, challenged and broadened our ideas of what art is, what it can be. This is a co-presentation with Reed Anderson.

    Kelly Ludwig at Gas Can: AAF-KC Creative Conference 2014: Featured speaker at the inaugural AAF-KC Gas Can Creative Conference

    “Gas Can Creative Conference” Kansas City Business Journal, Leslie Collins, June 23, 2014

    “Gas Can Recap” Eric Melin, June 24, 2014

    Design Futures: High School Edition, Kansas City Design Week, March 8, 2014

    Muskegon Museum of Art, September 16, 2010

    “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 2009

  • Maisons-Mères: Utopian and Concrete Architectures, February 12 – June 21, 2026, La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens, Switzerland

    “Portraits” Cerbera Gallery, April 24, 2025, Kansas City, MO

    “Americana” Cerbera Gallery, September 5, 2024 — October 31, 2024, Kansas City, MO

    “Backroads” L Ross Gallery, October 11, 2023 — November 18, 2023, Memphis, TN

    “Crafting a Furniture Legacy” North Carolina Museum of History, July 1, 2023 — March 4, 2024, Raleigh, North Carolina

    “Pieces and Patterns: Quilts of West Alabama” Montgomery Museum of Art, February 13, 2020 — May 10, 2020, Montgomery, Alabama

    Roadside Attraction, American Folk Art Museum, Long Island City, Queens, NY, October 15, 2018—January 3, 2019

    Wanderlust, Photographs from the Backroads, Solo show, Hint, Kansas City, Missouri, September 1, 2017

    Journeys into the Outside, Museum of Everything, London, UK, Sept 25, 2016

    Kansas City Flatfiles Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, July, August & September selected artist, west wall 2. 2016 People’s Choice winner

    Futuro World exhibition, WeeGee Exhibition Centre, Studio Suuronen, 16 June 2015–31 January 2016, Espoo, Finland. Photography featured in exhibition.

    Kansas City Flatfiles Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, September selected artist, west wall 2. 2014

    Kansas City Flatfiles Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, July selected artist, 2014

    Second Chances: Folk Art Made from Recycled Remnants SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California (photography) 2011

    Detour Art Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, 2011 (photography and folk art collection)

    Detour Art Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2010 (photography and folk art collection)

    Detour Art Historic City Hall, Lake Charles, LA 2010 (photography and folk art collection)

    Rare Visions, Detour Art Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO 2009 (photography and folk art collection)

    “Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art” ongoing exhibit, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, VA 2008 (photography of Robert Howell environment)

  • Eating our way through Kansas KSHB-TV, April 12, 2016,

    Spring Break Road Trips, KSHB-TV, March 1, 2016,

    Fall Foliage, KSHB-TV, October 6, 2015

    Folk Art in Wisconsin, KSHB-TV, June 11, 2015

    Road Trip Apps for Spring Break KSHB-TV, March 5, 2015

    Offbeat Kansas City (weekend road trips) KSHB-TV, September 23, 2014

    Folk art sites in Missouri (weekend road trips) KSHB-TV, July 1, 2014

    Best Road Trip Ever (Iowa) KC Live, KSHB TV, June 30, 2014

    Weekend Road Trips (Kansas) KC Live, KSHB TV, June 11, 2014

    Driven By Vision - Of Castles, Kings and Jesters, Markham Street Films, 2009

    Tin Sheet Tombstones - Horace McAfee “Deserts & Canyons & Vegas, Oh My!” Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, Kansas City Public Television, 2008

  • Kansas Citians Celebrate the Art the Helped Them Weather the Pandemic Julie Denesha, KCUR.org, May 20, 2021.

    Of the People, KCUR, July 2, 2015, What is folk art? It’s a seemingly simple question, but answers may vary. And when you put folk art in a museum... is it still folksy? Stories, insights and observations. Guests: Kelly Ludwig, folk art collector and author, Detour Art, Mo Dickens, director, Belger Arts Center, Catherine Futter, curator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

    KCUR Central Standard, March 26, 2009 Folk Art Talk with “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations”

    KCUR Arts, Belger Art Center Presents Large-Scale Folk Art Show, March 26, 2009

  • Outsider art: Online sources for research Robinson, Shannon, Coll. res. libr. news January 2015 76:43-46 Review of best web-based resources on Outsider Art, College and Research Library News,

    SPACES archives Margaret’s Grocery 2013

    Good Reads, “Detour Art” 2010

    Kelly Ludwig: A Rare Vision, Pepperdine and Associates, February 27, 2009,

    Belger Art Center 2009

  • Kelly Ludwig’s Outsider Obsession, KC Studio Magazine, January-February 2016

    “Self-Made Worlds” 50th anniversary of Public Art Review, July, 18, 2014, Erika Nelson (Issue 50, Spring/Summer 2014) “Self-Made Worlds”

    Largest Ball of Stamps, America’s Strangest Roadside Attractions, Travel + Leisure, contributing photographer, 2010

    Art Found Out, Scott Rothstein, 2010

    “Detour Art”, Raw Visions, Issue RV63, Summer 2009, Raw Reviews

    “Best Outsider Art” Pitch Best of Kansas City 2009,

    “Inside Out” SPACES KC magazine, March 2009

  • “Folk Artist’s work lives on at Missouri State” Springfield News-Leader, Christine Temple, September 8, 2014

    “Giant Bull Head Draws Drivers to SD Sculpture Park” Washington Times, May 23, 2012, Dirk Lammers (picked up by AP, carried in multiple newspapers)

    “Fall Exhibits at the Kimball Center” Historic Park City Utah, Alison Butz, September 27, 2011

    “Dazzling undiscovered art from America’s back roads” September 23, 2011 Salt Lake Tribune, Glen Warchol,

    “Detour Art is a little left of center” Scott Iwasaki, The Park Record, September 9, 2011

    Cuba, Missouri “Do You Have an App for That?” 2011

    “Belger Arts persents works collected from folks along the “Detour” route”, Kansas City Star, April 22. 2009

  • American Folk Art: A Regional Reference by Kristin G. Congdon, Kara Kelley Hallmark - March 19, 2012, pages 39, 87, 123, 153, 209, 215, 241, 297,304, 376, 385, 435, 463, 520, 570, 608, 695 

    Outsider Art Sourcebook, Raw Visions, Ltd, London, 2009 contributing editorial/production

Professional Practice

  • Best Road Trip Ever 2010—2019

    Road Trip 66 2010—2019

  • Wander, author, designer, photographer, self-published, 2013

    Road Trip 66! A Travel Guide to the Mother Road, author, designer, photographer, self-published, 2013

    Wyoming, author, designer, photographer, self-published, 2013

    Road Trip Americana, author, designer, photographer, self-published, 2012

    Detours, author, designer, photographer, self-published, 2011

    Outsider Art Source Book, Raw Visions, Ltd, London, contributing editorial/production, 2009

    Home Court Advantage: Roots of the Game, author, designer, photographer, Kansas City Star Books. 2009

    Coast to Coast Travel-o-pedia, author, designer, photographer, Kansas City Star Books, 2008

    Detour Art—Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Folk Art Environments Coast to Coast, Art and Photographs from the Collection of Kelly Ludwig, author, designer, photographer, Kansas City Star Books, 2007

  • “The Demise of Margaret’s Grocery” Raw Vision Magazine, 2013

    “Tour de Art, Kansas Style” Kansas magazine (Summer 2012) 2012

  • “The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 – 1968)” aired September 29, 2019. “Country Music, A Film by Ken Burns”

    National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2018

    Fabuleuse Route 66, Ulysse Travel Guide, Montreal (Quebec) Canada, 2015 (pgs 47, 85, 97, 107, 110-111, 122, 159, 161)

    “Self-Made Worlds” 50th anniversary of Public Art Review, July, 18, 2014, Erika Nelson (Issue 50, Spring/Summer 2014)

    Charlie Lucas, Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2013

    Hartman Rock Gardens, Clark County Historical Society

    “The Glass Cubes House” aired September 26, 2012, Brixton, London. “Grand Designs” series, produced by Boundless. Channel Four Television Corporation, London, England.

    “Quirky Houston Attractions” July 6, 2012, Houston Examiner

    “Big Blue Whale”, Owlkids Magazine, Ontario, Canada, 2012

    Raw Vision: International Journal of Intuitive and Visionary Art, Outsider Art, Art Brut, Contemporary Folk Art, Self Taught Art (Summer 2010)

    Coast to Coast Travel-o-pedia, Kansas City Star Books, 2009 (all images, unless otherwise noted)

    Outsider Art Sourcebook, Raw Vision Publishing, 2009 (pgs 186, 187, 194, 199)

    Weird Missouri — Sterling. 2008 (pgs 4-5, 110-111)

    Detour Art, Kansas City Star Books, 2007 (all images, unless otherwise noted)

    Raw Vision: International Journal of Intuitive and Visionary Art, Outsider Art, Art Brut, Contemporary Folk Art, Self Taught Art (Fall 2006)

    Raw Vision: International Journal of Intuitive and Visionary Art, Outsider Art, Art Brut, Contemporary Folk Art, Self Taught Art (Winter 2006)

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, Kansas City Star Books, 2002 (cover, pgs i, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 119, back cover)

    Raw Vision: International Journal of Intuitive and Visionary Art, Outsider Art, Art Brut, Contemporary Folk Art, Self Taught Art (Fall 1997) Item description

  • Kelly Ludwig, 2005—current

    Detour Art, 2008—2022

    Best Road Trip Ever, 2008-2022

    Road Trip 66, 2008-2017

    Ludwig Design 2004—2015

Published Works: Personal

  • B2B

    • Heritage Parts

    • Shell

    Banking

    • Community America

    Beverage

    • Jackson Family Wines

    • Terlato

    • PepsiCo

    Entertainment

    • AMC

    • NBC Universal

    Healthcare

    • Enturia

    • Medi-Flex

    • Olathe Health Center

    • Seatle Genetics

    • The University of Kansas Health System

    Insurance + Finance

    • Armed Forces Insurance

    • HUB

    • Waddell + Reed

    Luxury

    • LVMH

    • Moet Hennessy

    • Shiseido

    Manufacturing

    • Big Machine

    Package Goods

    • Crocs

    • Hanes

    • Hershey’s

    • Purina

    • Smith Optics

    Philanthropy + Not-for-Profit

    • American Red Cross

    • Harvesters

    • KC Area Development

    • KCPT-TV

    • MoMA

    • PBS

    • Salvation Army

    • United Way

    • US Olympic Committee

    Restaurants / Food

    • Focus Brands

    • Chuck E Cheese

    • Joe’s KC BBQ

    • Nothing Bundt Cakes

    Retail - Commerce

    • Beauty Brands

    • Cabela’s

    • Gap

    • Hallmark

    • Hallmark Baby

    • Helzberg Diamonds

    • Kreg Tool

    • Legendary Whitetails

    • Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM)

    • Party City

    • Pilot + Flying J

    • Rally House

    • Renewal by Anderson

    • Sams Club

    • Von Maur

    • Walmart

    Technology

    • Canon

    • Nikon

    • Philips

    Utilities

    • Evergy

    • Ferrellgas

    • KCP+L

  • AOR + Multi-platform

    • Beauty Brands

    • Ferrellgas

    Commerce (web and/or apps)

    • Focus Brands

    • Kreg Tools

    • Heritage Parts

    • Hershey’s

    • Jackson Family Wines

    • Legendary Whitetails

    • MoMA Store

    • Shell

    • Smith Optics

    • Terlato

    CRM / Email

    • AMC

    • Armed Forces Insurance

    • Canon

    • Gap

    • Hallmark Baby

    • LVMH

    • Moet Hennessy

    • NBC Universal

    • Nikon

    • Nothing Bundt Cakes

    • PepsiCo

    • Pilot + Flying J

    • Seattle Genetics

    • The Salvation Army

    • US Olympic Committee

    • Veuve Cliquot

    Social

    • Armed Forces Insurance

    • eCosmetics

    • Hallmark Baby

    • Helzberg

    • HUB International

    • Lee Jeans

    • Waddell + Reed

    Web + Portals

    • Big Machine

    • Community America

    • Evergy

    • KCP+L

    • Olathe Health Center

    • Purina

    • The University of Kansas Health System

  • Enturia (hospital products)

    Medi-Flex Hospital Products

    KCPT’s Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations

    Hollydays MedSpa

  • Medi-Flex Hospital Products

    KCPT’s Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations

    Hollydays MedSpa

    Greater KC Area Restaurant Association

  • (in chronological order, newest to oldest)

    Step Up to the Plate 2 by Mary Don Beachy, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    The Amarillo Symphony: The First 100 Years, Kimberly Beck Hieb, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    The Big Water: A History of Michigan's Lower Au Sable River, Thomas A. Buhr, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Jonestown, Ann American Family Tragedy, H.J. Jones, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    The City of Fountains: Kansas City’s Legacy of Beauty and Design 2, Roy Inman, et. al., Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Madam Warden by Pam Withrow, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Welfare to Warden by Pam Withrow, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Step Up to the Plate by Mary Don Beachy, Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Vitamin V, A guide to introducing variety into your child’s diet (and yours, too!) by Natalie Okerson-Sparks M.D. Mission Point Press, Traverse City, MI.

    Science and Heart, The triumph of psychosocial care in pediatrics, by Thomas McMormally and Randall L. O’Donnell. Chandler Books, Traverse City, MI.

    Becoming Marliss Mann, Chandler Books, Traverse City, MI.

    I Wonder, by Kina Crow, self-published

    Come Together, Think Ahead! Inspiring People, Organizations, and Communities to Thrive By Judith K. Sabbert with Christel A.K. Gollnick. Chandler Books, Traverse City, MI.

    Rag Darlings, Gloria Nixon, Kansas City Star Books

    Half Scrap Quilts, Mickey Depre, Kansas City Star Books

    MU 175, Brian Burnes, Kansas City Star Books

    Just Treats, No Tricks, Betsy Chucthian, Kansas City Star Books

    It’s Elementary, Kim Gaddy, Kansas City Star Books

    Documenting Your Quilted Treasures, Agnes M. Pool, Kansas City Star Books

    Pieced Hexies Deux, Mickey Depre, Kansas City Star Books

    It’s a Circus, Amy McCellan, Melanie Marek, Mindy Johnston, Kansas City Star Books

    A Basketful of Taupe, Kylie Irvine, Kansas City Star Books

    Butterfly Fields, Carolyn Nixon, Kansas City Star Books

    Collaboration Celebration, Bonnie K. Hunter and Mickey Depre, Kansas City Star Books

    Prized Quilts, Donna di Natale, Kansas City Star Books

    Lizzie’s Legacy, Betsey Chutchian, Kansas City Star Books

    Ring Around the Hexie, Bonnie Hunter and Mickey Depre, Kansas City Star Books

    The City of Fountains: Kansas City’s Legacy of Beauty and Design, Roy Inman, Kansas City Star Books

    Memories of Christmas Past, Betsey Langford and Carolyn Nixon, Kansas City Star Books

    Pieced Hexies, Mickey Dupree, Kansas City Star Books

    The Quilt Garden, Barbara Brackman and Iyse Moore, Kansas City Star Books

    Saddle the Pale Horse, Darryl W. Levings, Kansas City Star Books

    Faithful and Devoted, Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith, Kansas City Star Books

    Be Merry, Martha Walker, Kansas City Star Books

    A Bountiful Life, Karen Mowry, Kansas City Star Books

    Quilt Retro, Jennifer Dick, Kansas City Star Books

    Stars!, American Quilt Study Group, Kansas City Star Books

    Confederates in the Cornfield, Edie McGinnis, Kansas City Star Books

    Flower Dance, Hallye Bone, Kansas City Star Books

    Welcome Home, Cheryl Wall, Kansas City Star Books

    Stuff They Wouldn’t Print, Lee Judge, Kansas City Star Books

    Feedsack Secrets, Gloria Nixon, Kansas City Star Books

    Piecing the Past, Lynne Hagmeier, Kansas City Star Books

    Backyard Blooms, Barbara Jones, Kansas City Star Books

    Picnic Park, Barbara Jones, Kansas City Star Books

    From the Bedroom to the Barnyard, Kansas City Star Books

    Sew into Sports, Barbara Brackman, Kansas City Star Books

    Return of a Native: George Van Millett Paints the Heartland, Lynn Mackle, Kansas City Star Books

    Coast to Coast Travel-O-Pedia, Randy Mason, Michael Murphy, Don Mayberger, Detour Art, Kansas City Star Books

    Flora Botanica, Quilts from the Spencer Museum of Art, Barbara Brackman, Kansas City Star Books

    A Sea of Red: 50 Years with the Chiefs, Jeffery Flanagan, Kansas City Star Books

    Opening Day, Sonie Ruffin, Kansas City Star Books

    Pots de Fleurs, Kathy Delaney, Kansas City Star Books

    Get Your Stitch on Route 66, Christina DeArmond, Eula Lang and Kaye Spitzli, Kansas City Star Books

    Winter Trees, Jane Kennedy, Kansas City Star Books

    Across the Pond, Bettina Havig, Kansas City Star Books

    Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap, Annie Korzen, Andrews McMeel

    Cake Wrecks, Jen Yates, Andrews McMeel

    Jasper’s Kitchen, Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr., Andrews McMeel

    Inside Ike’s World—Documents from the Eisenhower Library, Brian Burnes, Kansas City Star Books

    Home Court Advantage, Kelly Ludwig, Kansas City Star Books

    The Circuit Rider’s Quilt, Jennifer Dick, Kansas City Star Books

    Embroidered Quilts From Hand to Heart, Christina DeArmond, Eula Lang and Kaye Spitzli, Kansas City Star Books

    We Gather Together, Jan Patek, Kansas City Star Books

    The Lincoln Museum Quilt, Barbara Brackman and Deb Rowden, Kansas City Star Books

    Portable Patchwork, Donna Lynn Thomas, Kansas City Star Books

    The Jewel of St. Louis: Forest Park, Sally J. Altman and Richard Weiss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Detour Art: Outsider, Folk Art and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast, Kelly Ludwig, Kansas City Star Books

    Bold Improvisations: Searching for African-American Quilts, Scott Heffley, Kansas City Star Books

    The Soulful Art of African-American Quilts, Sonie Ruffin, Kansas City Star Books

    Borderland in Butternut & Blue, Barbara Brackman, Kansas City Star Books

    Alphabet Quilts, Bea Oglesby, Kansas City Star Books

    Cotton and Wool, Miss Jump’s Farewell, Linda Brannock, Kansas City Star Books

    If These Boobs Could Talk, Shannon Seip and Adrienne Hedger, Andrews McMeel

    Trails, Rails and Tales: Olathe’s First 150 Years, George R. Bauer, Kansas City Star Books

    Great Plains Originals: Historic Documents from America’s Heartland, Brian Burnes, Kansas City Star Books

    Birds of a Feather, Barbara Brackman, Kansas City Star Books

    Art Nouveau Quilts, Bea Obglesby, Kansas City Star Books

    Katrina — 8 Hours That Changed the Mississippi Coast Forever, Keith Chrostowski, Drew Tarter, Dorothy Wilson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS

    Libertyville, Terry Clothier Thompson, Kansas City Star Books

    Home Sweet Home, Barb Adams and Alma Allen, Kansas City Star Books

    Quilters’ Stories, Deb Rowden, Kansas City Star Books

    The Girlfriend’s Bible 2, Cathy Hamilton, Andrews McMeel

    Another Weird Year, Hew Davies, Andrew McMeel

    The Little Book of Christmas Stress, Rohan Candappa, Andrews McMeel

    The Girlfriend’s Bible 2, Cathy Hamilton, Andrews McMeel

    All Things Golf, Howard Richman, Kansas City Star Books

    Women of Design, Barbara Brackman, Kansas City Star Books

    Four-Block Quilts, Terry Clothier Thompson, Kansas City Star Books

    Quilting the Garden, Barb Adams, Alma Adams, Ricki Creamer, Kansas City Star Books

    A Year’s Worth of Perfect Parties, Kristina “Morgan” Rose and Deandra “Brooksie” Brooks, Andrews McMeel

    Wit, Des MacHale, Andrews McMeel

    Hex the Ex, Sophia, Andrews McMeel

    Flower Gardening in Kansas City, Craig Nienaber, Kansas City Star Books

    Quilting a Poem, Doug Worgul, Kansas City Star Books

    Heart and Home, Kathy Schmidt, Kansas City Star Books

    MILDEW Mothers-in-law Do Everything Wrong, Lynne White and Renee Plastique, Andrews McMeel

    The Ultimate Kansas City Puzzle Book, Mark Zieman, Kansas City Star Books

    Hot Love Spells, Sophia, Andrews McMeel

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations by Randy Mason, Michael Murphy, Don Mayberger, Kansas City Star Books

    A Table Full of Welcome, Doug Worgul, Kansas City Star Books

  • “Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War,” title graphics, navagation screen design, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    “Community Builder: the Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols,” title graphics, navagation screen design, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    “Lost at Sea,” title graphics, navagation screen design, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Cali-zona, Here We Come!,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “No Rest in the Northwest,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    “Seasons of the Year, Seasons of the Heart,” title graphics, navagation screen design, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    “Stories Under the Stone,” title graphics, navagation screen design, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Peaches, Beaches, Gators and Grits,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Back to the Breadbasket,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Next Stop New England,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Eastern Weaseling,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Southern Flavor,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Miles & Miles o’ Mo-Tex-Arkana,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Prowlin’ the Prairie,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Neighborly Northerners,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, “Takin’ it to the Lakes,” title graphics, navagation screen design, photography, DVD cover design, KCPT-19

  • KCAI Graphic Design department UI + UX design, content creation

    Hollyday Med Spa, website design, information architecture

    Escape to Create UI + UX design, information architecture

    Recalibrate Strategies UI + UX design

    LandaJob Now UI + UX design

    Lou Jane Temple UI + UX design

    Piper Lynch UI + UX design

    The Loaded Trunk UI design

    Power Partners Design: UI + UX design

    Kelly Ludwig, UI + UX design, information architecture , content creation

    Lynn Mackle, UI + UX design information architecture

    Best Road Trip Ever, UI + UX design, information architecture, content creation

    Road Trip 66, UI + UX design information architecture, content creation

    Detour Art, UI + UX design, information architecture, content creation

    Ludwig Design, UI + UX design, information architecture, content creation

    Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, UI + UX design, content creation

    ChloraPrep Enturia, UI + UX design, information architecture

  • Best Road Trip Ever iPhone application, database, UI/UX design, updates 2010—2019

    Road Trip 66 iPhone application, database, UI/UX design, updates, 2010—2019

    Medical Records iPhone and iPad applications (beta), information architecture, wire frame 2012

    My Tax Auction, iPhone and iPad applications (beta), information architecture, wire frame 2012

  • “Daylight” Jeff Porter

    “15 Miles” Jeff Porter

    “Deceleration” The Painters

    “The Beginner” Bob Walkenhorst

    “On the Bright Side” Tom Demasters

    “The Elders” The Elders

    “Bug 2” Big Ugly Guys

    “Kelley Hunt” Kelley Hunt

Academia

  • Adjunct instructor, Graphic design department, Johnson County Community College, 2024-current

    Assistant professor, Graphic design department, Kansas City Art Institute, 2013—2016

    Program head, Graphic design department, Kansas City Art Institute, 2014—2015

    Visiting special instructor, Graphic design department, Kansas City Art Institute, 2009—2014

    Adjunct instructor, Visual communications department, Johnson County Community College, 1989—1990

  • Faculty development grant (“Art in the Heartland: Lucas, Kansas and the Grassroots Art Movement” “Art Is ...” The 29th Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists.) 2015—2016

    Departmental development grant (applied to the above conference)

    Departmental development grant (applied to travel research in Washington DC Library of Congress) 2014—2015

    Departmental development grant (applied to travel research of Grassroots Art sites in Kansas) 2013—2014

  • Sophomore Level (Major Course, 3 credit hours):

    • Image

    • Applied Communications Theory

    • Color, Form, and Production

    Junior Level (Major Course, 3 credit hours

    • Human Centered Design

    • User Experience (taught & designed)

    • Professional Practice (taught & designed)

    Senior Level (Major Course, 3 credit hours)

    • Visual Advocacy

    • Degree Project

    All Levels (Elective Course, 3 credit hours)

    • Online Presence for the Artist

    • Typography for the Artist

    Continuing Education

    • Digital Image 1

  • AIGA Design Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2019

    Made in the Middle Creative Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2018

    AIGA Leadership Retreat, Baltimore, MD, 2018

    The Road Less Traveled Conference, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Kohler Foundation, Sheboygan, WI, 2017

    AIGA Design Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2017

    Made in the Middle Creative Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2016

    “Taking the Road Less Traveled: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists” John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Kohler Foundation, Sheboygan, WI, 2007

    How Design Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007

    How Design Conference, Chicago, IL, 2005

    How Design Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2003

    How Design Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2001