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 - "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
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Principal & Creative Director Lynne Venart
About Lynne Venart
After earning a B.A. in Advertising and Integrative Arts in 1997 from Penn State, Lynne spent five years as a multimedia designer 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 educational publishing organizations.
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Educational Publishing
Lynne has worked with several educational publishers since 2000, working on user interface, graphic design and front end web development for web-based learning tools for college students and research professionals for CQ Press and SAGE Publishing, professional research tools for Bloomberg/BNA, and web-based government applications for Avalon Consulting and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Additionally, since 2005, Lynne has worked extensively with Voice of America and Radio Free Europe's Office of Digital and Design Innovation. In this role, Lynne works on projects for audiences around the world in over 45 languages, including international development efforts in Mali and the Middle East, history-focused educational tools in Europe, and a mobile-responsive pronunciation guide for international broadcasters.
NonProfits
Living and working in the D.C. area since 2000, Lynne loves the city's socially conscious nonprofits and associations, working with organizations such as TASH, NCRC, 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 focusing on marketing, internet strategies, and development for nonprofits.
Healthcare
Lynne has been working with clients in health care since day one—initially working with pharmaceutical companies in the Philadelphia area, and later with nonprofit medical publisher ECRI. Highlights 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.
Giving Back to the Community
Lynne has volunteered for a number of organizations, including D.C.'s Sitar Arts Center, teaching Magazine Design to students aged 12-18. Currently, Lynne is a volunteer research assistant, compiling research on education in Madagascar for Philadelphia's Ladybug Project.