I was honored to be asked to design the poster for the documentary about Austin’s own Richard Linklater that just made its world premiere at Sundance.  For me, it was deeply personal in that I feel so grateful to this particular director in that had he not decided to stay here in those early days of his success, the film industry and community as it is today would absolutely not exist.  The club he and his friends started that crewed Slacker started the Austin Film Society and began to blow on the little umber of flame that was Texas film making.  While we lose out on the film incentives that Georgia and other states offer, Austin remains a hub for independent film. I would have never moved here if not for that.  I would never have met my husband, who also works in film.  I wouldn’t know most of my friends here.  And the same could be said for most of them.  When I saw a screening of the film in the AFS screening room, I couldn’t help but think as I sat there “Would any of us even be here without Richard Linklater?”  I am glad that this documentary celebrates that he’s always done his own thing, and part of that is his choice to stay in Texas.  He will always be an artist I both admire and to whom I am forever grateful.

Sidenote: The title “Dream is Destiny” is Rick’s handwriting, written in Sharpie.

The AOYC focuses on community solutions that give disadvantaged young people a path to a better life. They help them connect to resources that will give them a shot to finish or expand their education, or find meaningful employment. These are kids that have not had an easy way in life thus far. Opportunity Youth means “young people ages 16-24 that are not connected to high school, higher education, or meaningful employment. The AOYC focuses on four priority populations: Parenting youth, Current or former foster youth,
Court-involved youth, and Young men of color.

They came to me with a logo that they’d been using since the beginning. It was very sentimental to them, as it was designed by one of the youth in the early days of the program. Unfortunately, it only existed as a low res jpeg, and wasn’t as versatile as their current needs required. The task I was given was to create a logo that adhered to the spirit of that original, but that was more versatile. Their new logo captures the same qualities but is presented in a few different lockups so they have more freedom in how they use it.

I am very proud to be associated this amazing organization.

“Transportive,” “Sumptuous,” and “Impeccable.”  Those are some of the words critics used to describe The Hidden Room’s staging of the Ludham Tate-revised working of the tragedy, which has a much happier ending than Shakespeare’s version.  The show was one of the most celebrated productions of the the Austin Theatre 2015 season, and I was told that Motorblade Postering Service had chosen the poster I made for it as their favorite of the year.   I guess they should know, as they pretty much put up every poster you see anywhere in town.   Check out the website we created for The Hidden Room, to see what they have up next, or check out some of the branding I made for their past productions.