Art is Power: ? Let's Share It ? Speaker Lisa Congdon

by Jessica Deseo on 02/26/2019 | 1 Minute Read

Lisa CongdonFine artist, Illustrator and Author

Session Title: Art is Power: Let's Share It

Fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful and spirited paintings and drawings. Over the past decade, she has worked for clients around the world including MoMA, Comme des Garçons, Crate and Barrel, REI, Harvard University, Chronicle Books, and Simon & Schuster Publishing, among many others. She is the author of seven books, including the starving-artist-myth-smashing Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist. She was named one of 40 Women Over 40 to Watch in 2015 and she is featured in the 2017 book, 200 Women Who Will Change the Way you See the World. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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Jessica Deseo

Partner at Dieline, Jessica is also a packaging designer and faculty member at ArtCenter College of Design. She has worked as a professional hands-on designer for a wide array of notable brands since 2005, but in 2014 she took a step back and became a partner at Dieline where her ultimate goal was to “Make Shit Happen.” In 2016, Jessica became a faculty member at ArtCenter College of Design teaching Packaging 2, and she recently received a 2018 ADC bronze cube for her contribution as an instructor to the student project “Wise by Patagonia.” While Jessica is still working on her memoir and Ted Talk, when she isn’t “Making Shit Happen” or shooting for the stars, she enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and loveable fur baby.