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Freelance Designer, Illustrator, Artist

Richard Reitz Smith

Camden, ME
designandsmith.com
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  • About

    Pulling from wide ranging interests, no two assignments are alike. Uncommon. Custom. Solutions. I work to find custom visual solutions that communicate effectively and have visual impact.

  • Education
    • MFA Graphic Design, Package Design
      Tyler School of Art, Temple University
      1989 - 1991
    • BFA Fine Art- Illustration/Painting
      Carnegie Mellon University
      1982 - 1986
  • Experience
    • Creative Lead
      DoubleDoor Creative
      Camden, ME
      Jun 2020 - Present (5 years)
      Creative Lead for custom art and design ventures, collaborations, and client-based projects. Areas of focus are book arts, design, and fine art.
    • Chair of Book Arts & Design Program
      Maine Media Workshops & College
      Rockport, ME
      Nov 2018 - Present (6 years 7 months)
      Ambassador of program, courses, faculty, and organization. Created, launched, and implement online/remote education program in 2020 that quadrupled enrollment by the second year. Introduced hybrid classes to program (The Artful Book). Created and implement Destination Workshops (Nice, France - Oxford, England - Hudson Valley, NY to date). Teach most letterpress courses as well as 3-D presentation cases and paper surface workshops. Manage studio schedule and supplies/equipment. Procured Charles Brand Etching Press introducing etching processes to program. Participate in regional book fairs.

      Courses lead:
      Influences of the French Riviera - Size, Shape, & Color for Monoprints & Books (Destination): Lead group of 8 travelers to La Napoule, France for exploration of Matisse, Chagall, and Legére within large-format monoprints and simple book structures

      An English Odyssey: Oxford England Print and Book Intensive ( Destination) -Leading a group of 8 to visit the treasures of the oldest English language universities. Private workshops and tours.

      The Artful Book - Mentorship (Hybrid) - Course first meets online to create book map and then files to work out editing and sequencing issues. Then meet in-person for one-week workshops to assemble and bind.

      The Art of the Book - Online workshop during COVID meeting over 15 weeks to walk participants through the design and production of creating a file for digital printing and worked directly with Conveyor Studios to set up files for their third party production.

      The Creative Explored - Online workshop meeting once per week for 8 weeks to explore the book as a creative form. Weekly prompts generated unconventional 3-D creations.

      Intro to Letterpress - Weekend workshop that introduces press functions and safety with the basics of handset type and press clean up.

      Also: Beginning and Advanced Letterpress , Presentation Box Construction
    • Creative Art Director
      DesignSmith Creative Ventures
      Camden, ME
      Jul 1995 - Jun 2020 (24 years 11 months)
      DesignSmith Creative Ventures • Offsite Design Consultant Multi-discipline studio providing expert consultation and customized solutions for unconventional projects within brand identity, package design, letterpress & book arts, invitations & print collateral, event design, illustration and photography and web/video design. Clients have included: Graffam Solutions, Yarmouth, ME for CEI, ArchSolar, GrowSmart & more • Schooner Taber, Rockland, ME • Eastern Maine Health System Foundation, Bangor, ME • Cellardoor Winery, Lincolnville, ME • Salt Bay Chamberfest, Damariscotta, ME • University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI • SISCO, Sterling Heights, MI • Pearson Education, New York, NY • American Craft Museum, New York, NY • Kiss Cosmetics, Port Washington, NY • R.H. Macy’s & Co., New York, NY
  • Awards

    2024

    • Glickman Library Grop Show, "Transformed", University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

    2023

    • Paper and Book Intensive, OxBow School of Art Saugatuck, MI

    • Elm City Small Press Fest "How Printing Changed the World" Lecture, Colby College, Waterville, ME

    • Cove Street Arts, "Maine Media Workshops and College Faculty", Bruce Brown juried show, Portland, ME

    2022

    • Kipaipai Workshops, Joshua Tree, CA - Professional Development for Artisits

    Art Students League of Denver, "Moveable Medley", Book Arts Group Show. Denver, CO

    Tallyn's Reach Library "Pandemonium", Juried Group exhibition, Denver, CO

    2021

    • Art Students League of Denver, "Moveable Medley", Book Arts Group Show. Denver, CO

    2020

    • Camden Library "Structure & Narrative", Virtual Exhibition. https://wwßw.librarycamden.org/event/structure-and-narrative/

    2019

    • University of Oxford Bodleian Library Special Collections 'Very Like a Whale' Extract #64 Letterpress Broadsheet with Isobel Lewis to commemorate Melville's 200th birthday.

    • Green Mountain College Group Exhibition: Printmaking in Nature - Prints & Books Poultney, VT

    • Artistree Gallery — New England juried show Unbound, Vol. VIII - The Stream (award winner). Pomfret, VT

    • The Center for Book Arts Member Exhibit: Opulence: Not Everything that Glitters is Gold. NYC, NY

    Other

    Maine Media College + Workshops Book Artist in Residence - Summer 2015

    Business Insider Feature Article, www.businessinsider.com/the-work-of-richard-reitz-smith-2014-7

    Land Marks — Nature as Metaphor, Bangor Public Library, ME— Solo Exhibition 2014

    MyPitch.com — International packaging/branding competition for Hénaff Charcuterie of France. 2013

  • Affiliations

    Midcoast Maine Book Artists

  • Industries
    • Advertising
    • Entertainment
    • Luxury Goods
    • Publishing
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  • Skills
    • Art Direction
    • Creative Direction
    • Creative Suite
    • Design Management
    • Illustration
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
    • Print Design
    • Production Design
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