Along side building of websites and creating branding for the project that I make, on a shoestring budget I hasten to add, I make E-flyers and newsletters to help promote the events.
E-flyer Development
As a baby graphic designer learning as I went along, I was commissioned by the School of African and Oriental Studies with The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme to curate a program of poetry performances for International Mother Language day. With this came a new requisite of learning how to incorporate the language of an academic institution, yet still remain accessible to the students.
This project enabled me to understand the importance of the distillation of a sensitive theme - the celebration of indigenous groups who are endangered and the principle of the next generations having access to their culture through language.
Writing the copy isn't straight forward if you are mildly dyslexic which I am, therefore comprehending the brief so that I was able meet the as many audiences as possible who are the frequent this university campus: students, lecturers, members of the public, and a host of other people in the background of these universities who are people of colour from the countries that we are poetizing about.
How to pitch this event for an academic body came through learning the value good copy placement, typeface and selecting strong imagery.
To end this blog post about this new area of creativity accompanying my poetry writing practice, I'd like to say thank you to all the commissions, co-collaborations and partnerships I have had in the arts and creative industries for giving me an opportunity to add another string to my bow.
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