CQ Press' Elections in West Europa
Elections in West Europa is an online political simulation for students which provides a hands-on approach to learning the electoral processes. For this project, The Art Monkey delivered an engaging student-friendly design which is fully scalable to accomodate different user types and product packages.
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American Health Care Association Grassroots "Call to Action" Newsletter Insert
With healthcare reform a hot topic in Congress, AHCA needed to get their message out to their members quickly. The Art Monkey worked with AHCA to design a grassroots "call to action" four-page insert for their monthly Notes newsletter that grabs reader's attention quickly to ensure a prompt response. AHCA used the insert to urge members to contact their Congressmen regarding the effects of the proposed health care reform bills on medicare, assisted living, and nursing home facilities with the bold tagline, "Save Our Seniors!".
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Independent Sector 2008 Annual Report
Independent Sector's 2008 annual report, titled Our Hopes, Our Voice, Our Future, serves as a state of the union and call to action for the organization's members—nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs—during a challenging economic time. Independent Sector's existing logo and photography, as well as the idea of working together to promote the common good, provided inspiration for the design of the report.
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CQ Press Mass Communications Textbook Companion Website
The Art Monkey works closely with CQ Press' College Division on numerous textbook companion websites, which offer additional learning and teaching resources for students and professors.
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Independent Sector 2007 Annual Report
Independent Sector's existing logo and photography provided an inspiration for the design of the 2007 annual report, which features profiles of their members' successes to highlight key members and engage the audience.
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American Health Care Association's National Nursing Home Week Promotional Materials
The Art Monkey designed a logo, planning brochure, advertisements and other promotional materials for AHCA's 2007 National Nursing Home Week.
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- "Ms. Venart and The Art Monkey have proven time and again that they are creative, conscientious and handle their work in a timely, economical way. I highly recommend the firm."
Tom Burke, Senior Director, Public Relations, AHCA - "Lynne is as reliable as the sunrise and creates designs as stunning. With minimal input from me, she invariably nails the look and feel of a concept on the first try. I've been using Lynne's services for six years, on dozens of projects, and couldn't be more pleased with the results."
Jerry Orvedahl, CQ Press - "Lynne Venart has created more than two dozen web designs for me over the past seven years: never late, never over budget, never off brand, and never disappointing. Her designs are always original and creative, and on top of it all, Lynne is simply a pleasure to work with."
Jerry Orvedahl, CQ Press - "Lynne worked closely with us from the start of our business to create a logo that embodied our vision and a site that reflected our core values. We provide healing services to people experiencing stress, so her ability to create a welcoming, easy-to-navigate site was essential. We have received numerous positive comments about the professional look and comfortable feel of the design."
Tracie Nichols, The Resiliency Center - "Since we were a growing business at the time we first hired Lynne, website flexibility was critical. Lynne created the initial design when we were only two people strong—and then found ways to reorganize the site as we grew to fifteen strong—so that visitors could find information easily."
Tracie Nichols, The Resiliency Center - "She was always a step ahead of us in brainstorming ways to improve the site and in finding cost-effective solutions (e.g. online calendar and newsletter programs) to meet our needs. Thank you for your wonderful design and your ongoing partnership as we continue to grow our organization!"
Tracie Nichols, The Resiliency Center - "We have a small shop with a large amount of work. Lynne is an indispensable extra set of hands for us. She is talented, flexible, and has learned our system. We use her for both graphics and coding. Our clients like her ability to get jobs done on time. Our IT staff appreciates her tidy code and positive outlook."
Steve Fuchs, Voice of America / Broadcasting Board of Governors - "The Art Monkey gets straight A's in their service, creativity and pricing. They are a dynamic and integral part of our success and an absolute pleasure to work with."
Glenn Hefferan, Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League - "Lynne Venart is truly wonderful to work with! She is very professional, creative and completes the jobs quickly. She also goes above and beyond which results in wowing our customers."
Abby Kirsch, Red Bull North America
ABOUT: PRINCIPAL BIO
The Art Monkey's micro-agency setup gives you the benefit of our low overhead costs paired with the experience of a seasoned Creative Director for every project.
Principal and Creative Director Lynne Venart fills most roles at The Art Monkey—design, print production, web development, project management, and business development. But to be sure that we fit our clients' needs for projects big and small, we rely on our team of freelancers—including experts in copywriting, back-end web development and graphic design—to step in when the need arises.
About Lynne Venart
Principal & Creative Director Lynne Venart
After earning a B.A. in Advertising and Integrative Arts in 1997, Lynne spent five years honing her print, advertising, and web design skills working for clients such as Nextel, Fleet Bank, Network Solutions, AltaVista, PBS, ECRI, Merck, and the American Productivity and Quality Center.
Lynne opened The Art Monkey LLC in January 2001, focusing on nonprofit, healthcare and electronic publishing organizations.
Healthcare
Since day one of her career in May 1997, Lynne has been working with clients in health care—initially working with pharmaceutical companies in the Philadelphia area, and then being hired by nonprofit medical publisher ECRI. Highlights of her healthcare experience include her work with The American Health Care Association—designing their annual reports, special event materials and advocacy brochures—and her work with Philadelphia's The Resiliency Center to launch the organization with a logo, website and branding materials.
NonProfits and Associations
Living and working in the D.C. area since 2000, Lynne loves the city's socially conscious nonprofits and associations. She thoroughly enjoys working with Independent Sector, the Gerontological Society of America, and other nonprofits on annual reports, advocacy brochures and websites. To better serve her non-profit clients, Lynne studied Non-Profit and Arts Management at George Mason University, earning a Masters degree in 2009 that focuses on marketing, internet strategies, development and budgeting for nonprofits.
Electronic Publishing
Lynne has worked with several electronic publishers since 2000, when she began working extensively with CQ Press as they transitioned their products online. Over the past decade, The Art Monkey has worked with the publisher's four divisions to produce dozens of reference tools for a variety of ages and professions. Also notable, Lynne has worked with Voice of America's Internet Services department since 2005—creating news graphics and coding HTML and CSS for VOAnews.com, which is published in over 45 languages.
Giving Back to the D.C. Arts Community
When she's not busy working for The Art Monkey or researching the latest design and tech trends, Lynne volunteers at D.C.'s nonprofit Sitar Arts Center, teaching Magazine Design to students aged 12-18. Additionally, she helps curate and promote the annual DCist Exposed Photography Show, which welcomes well over a thousand visitors at each year's opening.