The Moving Creative Direction of Danielle Evans

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Raw. Moving. Delightful. Visual Snacks Provided. Want to be more hands on? Check out my Workshops.

PAST ENGAGEMENTS AND CONFERENCES

Creative South 2014, 2015, 2016 // CSCA's 20/80 // AAF Dayton's 20 Minutes and a Martini // Circles 2014, 2015, 2018 // Creative Works // Real Thread // Weapons of Mass Creation // Design Madison // CCAD Ad Graph // SAA // AIGA Pittsburgh // Austin’s Design Ranch // Create Upstate // Made in the Middle // AIGA Charlotte // Creative Pep Rally // Epicurrence Winter Work Week // Fuse Sessions // Crop Baton Rouge // CreativeBloc // MNSUM Artist Residency 2018 // Project Passion (judge) 2018 // CSCA 2019 // Dribbble Hangtime NYC 2019 // l’école Intuit.Lab Paris International Festival 2020 // Canceled Conference 2020 (virtual) // Lexington AdWeek 2020 (virtual) // Design Talks Ringling College of Art and Design 2020 (virtual) // l’école Intuit.Lab Aix-en-Provence 2020 (virtual)

Conference Talks

The Bleue Period

The Bleue Period is a journey through grief and recovery, the personal struggles that influenced and affected Danielle’s professional output. Like Picasso, we all experience blue periods; while dark times are short blips on a lifelong career, they can generate the most growth if we know where to look.

Honest, humorous, and poignant, TBP is a relatable and warm discussion that resonates across industries and experience levels. (40 min, condensed version given at Hangtime, linked)

The Extraordinary Strokes of Genius in Ordinary Objects

An exploration uncovering the secret lives of ordinary objects with art director, Danielle Evans. The tone is humorously academic, lighthearted while poignant, and filled with gifs, videos, and stills. (25-40 min)

Image of a piece of paper on a desk that says "Art goes here". Pieces of paper are balled up around the photo

Art School Confessional (retired, given upon request)

Every artist starts from the same place: really bad. Follow designer Danielle Evans down the breadcrumb trail to pre- and post- art school mishaps, flops, and failures in Art School Confessional. Relive the light horror of horse posters and bad clients before coming out clean on the other side. (25- 30 min)