A book launch for Jeffrey Everett

Graves Fowler Creative hosted a book launch to celebrate the publication of 1000 Garment Graphics: A Comprehensive Collection of Wearable Designs on April 2 at Borders Books and Music in Rockville, Maryland. Jeff is a member of Graves Fowler’s creative team and is the designer/curator for the book, published by Rockport Publishers.

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Vicky helps to light the night

Vicky Robinson’s friend, Thalia, has leukemia. To support her fight for health, a group of friends did the 2008 Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Washington, DC. Dressed in snazzy shirts designed by Vicky, Team Thalia raised over $47,000 and was one of the top fundraisers of the event.

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Passing on a passion for posters

Jeff Everett recently took a day to teach the art of poster-making to students at Rockville Elementary School. The kids got it right away. At the end of the day, a new gallery of “The Angry Donuts,” “Dorki Dogs” and “Sunshine” covered their classroom wall.

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Graves goes for the gold

Women’s softball may be eliminated from the Summer Olympics, but we still have a gold medal winner. Terry Graves, president of Graves Fowler, swung a mean bat and came home a champion in the 2008 Maryland Senior Olympics.
Learn about the Maryland Senior Olympics >>

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El Jefe wins big at the Art Directors Club annual show

Jeff Everett, Senior Designer at Graves Fowler, continues to make music with his poster designs. His promotion posters walked away with the show this year at the Art Directors Club Gala on June 7, 2008. Out of the nine Gold Awards for design that were given, Jeff won four. Even the wrestling poster scored! The exhibit was judged by top designers Josh Chen, Chip Kidd and Ally Lack. To see Jeff’s work (and even make a purchase), go to: www.eljefedesign.com.

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Staffing Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit to Washington

Glenda Burdette and Vicky Robinson were at National Stadium by 4am on April 17th to serve as ushers for the Papal Mass. The logo for the Washington, DC, events is a Graves Fowler creation.

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Making the cut for Locks of Love

Anya Kholodnov, our office manager, has made a gigantic change. Her beautiful locks now adorn a child suffering from hair loss and unable to afford a hairpiece. Anya’s hair went to Locks of Love. Now a child somewhere is enjoying a new sense of self confidence and normalcy—and Anya is our sleek new “Director of First Impressions.”

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Jeff Everett’s music posters are Sweet!

Our own Jeff Everett’s fame in poster design continues to grow. In February, his work will be featured at Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster at the University of Maryland. Sweet is an exhibition that explores the resurgence of this art form and the artists leading the movement. Rock posters grew out of turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau advertisement posters, through travel advertisements from pre-WWII, and gained status during the psychedelic rock culture of the 1960s. Today, contemporary artists are once again utilizing the “hands-on” techniques of producing silk-screened posters to promote the music they love. Sweet will run February 6 – April 5 at the UMD Art Gallery. Congratulations, Jeff!

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Sweet Booth

The Art Gallery
Art/Sociology Building Atrium
University of Maryland, College Park
February 6, 2008 11am to 7:30pm

Sweet Booth is an all day event tied to the opening of Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster, an exhibition The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland will host from February 6 through April 5, 2008, featuring 29 of the leading artists/groups of silk screened contemporary rock posters. Sweet Booth will be held in the spacious atrium of the building housing The Art Gallery, where participating exhibiting artists will set up booths to display and sell their wares, which range from rock posters to unique works of art to clothing.

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2007 SOME Packages

It’s become a holiday tradition...20 boxes this year went to SOME (So Others Might Eat) from the Graves Fowler crew. Some of us were better wrappers than others!

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Congratulations, Jeff!
A Silver Award Winner

Jeff Everett, Senior Designer at Graves Fowler, makes music a visual experience. His promotion posters for groups like The Gossip, Supersystem, Skeleton Key, Wolf Parade and Twilight Singers are fabulous. The Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington agrees and has presented him with five awards in their 2007 Annual Show. AND, at the Gala on June 2, 2007, Jeff took the Silver! To see Jeff’s work (and even make a purchase), go to: www.eljefedesign.com.

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A trip to Tanzania with Catholic Relief Services

To work with international relief efforts more effectively, Cynthia Fowler traveled to Africa for some firsthand learning. She visited communities and grass roots organizations in Tanzania and Kenya that are delivering home care to HIV/AIDS victims, creating small investment cooperatives and empowering women to feed their children. The trip was organized by CRS to connect the work in Africa directly with lay leaders in the US who can raise money and awareness. Cynthia also toured a small design school in Nairobi and a Quaker Alternatives to Violence workshop for Rwandan survivors. “I came home committed to bringing a global perspective to our work at Graves Fowler,” she says.		A lesson in farming and sweat
Sweet potato crops, micro-investment and babies connected these two women		Art School Director Michael Nambwaya welcomes Cindy and her husband

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Arts & Academics

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Shoebox Gifts for SOME

The Graves Fowler holiday party usually involves lots of eating and giving gifts to each other. This year we decided to give to others, too. We filled and wrapped 20 boxes of socks, hats, toiletry items and treats for distribution through So Others Might Eat (SOME). It was more satisfying than eating a plate of fudge! (Although we had some of that, too.)

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Working Together to Fund the Cure

The Graves Fowler crew helped to staff participants in the recent “2005 Walk for PKD” in Washington, DC. Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a common genetic, life threatening disease affecting more people than cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Down syndrome and sickle cell anemia — combined. This year the Walk raised over $1.5 million for research and services. Learn more about PKD

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Family Caregiving in America

The National Family Caregivers Association is dedicated to improving the quality of life for over 25 million Americans who are caring for a loved one with a long-term illness or disability. In February 2004, NFCA will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a National Town Hall Meeting in Washington, DC. Since 1993, Graves Fowler has supported NFCA with marketing consultation and materials to educate, inform and empower family caregivers. Graves Fowler’s Vice President, Cynthia Fowler, is an NFCA co-founder and serves on their national board.

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Around the World in 80 Minutes

Viviane Moritz, a senior designer at Graves Fowler, has traveled the world with a camera in hand. “Around the World in 80 Minutes” is a collection of images she’s captured from Italy, Africa, Portugal, Peru, Spain, Thailand and the United States. The show was recently hosted by Pure and Simple in Kensington, Maryland. Contact viviane@gravesfowler.com for more information.

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Honoring Neighborhood History

Mariann Seriff, our creative director, worked with a team of volunteers in her home community to win a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This small enclave of contemporary homes in Kensington, Maryland, was designed by Charles Goodman and is one of the first contemporary developments in the county. It is noteworthy for the use of unusual materials, walls of glass, and forested settings. The National Register status will help homeowners maintain the original integrity of the architecture as their houses age and need maintenance and remodeling.