Community Building
As a lifelong advocate for Cleveland’s creative community, I proudly serve as President of AIGA Cleveland, where I lead efforts to support and uplift regional designers through programming, mentorship, and collaboration. As president, I have overseen over 30 community events in our region.
In my role as a project manager at LAND studio, I’m on the front line of engagement with clients, community members, stakeholders, project partners, and creative professionals. I help shape and develop public art projects and programs, using my passion for inclusive design to create vibrant public spaces that reflect and serve Cleveland’s residents and visitors with energy, insight, and creativity.
Community Highlights
In-progress: Portfolio + Mentorship Day
In-Progress Portfolio Review + Mentorship Day offered emerging designers the chance to hone their skills through interactive portfolio reviews, mentorship sessions, and professional networking.
The event welcomed over 50 emerging creatives from across the Northeast Ohio region and more than 30 incredible reviewers representing companies such as Progressive Insurance, American Greetings, the Cleveland Cavaliers, OverDrive, and local agencies including Agnes Studio, TWIST Creative, Inc., and Each + Every.
Attendees received thoughtful portfolio feedback, inspiring mentorship, professional headshots, and many shared that they left feeling more confident and connected.
Our partners and supporters included the Cleveland Museum of Art Community Arts Center, Future Ink Graphics, Graphic Media Alliance, and Breakthrough Sounds.
AIGA CLE: Wrapped! Holiday Party
AIGA Cleveland: WRAPPED! Holiday Party brought our creative community together to celebrate the year in style—all while raising funds to support our programming in the year ahead.
We welcomed over 120 attendees from across Northeast Ohio for an evening of connection, celebration, and creative inspiration. Select guests enjoyed exclusive tours of the American Greetings Headquarters and shopped in the in-house gift shop.
The event featured our Ctrl-Z Showcase, highlighting some of Cleveland’s most talented Gen-Z creatives. We also gave away more than $5,000 in incredible raffle prizes, suppported by 25 sponsors with contributions from Brand New, Hoodzpah, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and many more.
The key to design thinking
AIGA Cleveland partnered with Key Design Studio at the KeyBank Headquarters to host an interactive workshop on KeyBank’s design thinking methodology.
Designers from across the Northeast Ohio region joined us for this special evening. Participants were invited to explore the question:
“How might we create stability for all designers and creatives so they can feel content and secure in their current and future roles?”
Using KeyBank’s interactive five-step design process, attendees collaborated to generate solutions and concluded the night by presenting their ideas to the group.