Christine Sullivan is a graphic designer, teacher and mixed media artist based in Lamy, Santa Fe County, NM. Her design practice, Cstudio Design specializes in arts, social justice and community projects. Some of her graphic design clients include The Guggenheim Museum, The Dangerous Speech Project and The New York State Council on the Arts. Christine also taught at The City College of New York as an Electronic Design and Multimedia adjunct professor. Christine is currently working on a series of collages, posters and felt “church banners” inspired by the current political climate. More of Christine Sullivan’s work may be viewed on her Instagram page: @cstudionyc Artist Statement: “The messages and images coming out of our daily newspapers are powerful sources that allow me to create and touch on the current sentiment of the public at large. My other medium of choice, felt, takes me back to the banners that hung in my seventies catholic school church (complete with nuns who sang and played guitar). I remember mostly hating catholic school and don’t care for organized religion now but I received so much joy making those corny felt banners. Each one was an opportunity to express an idea conceptually. And a lot of them were even cool-looking— think album covers and love & peace. And Corita Kent! Those banners are probably what influenced me most during these formative years as I wasn’t exposed to any real art then. They were so inspirational to me, it’s no surprise that I grew up to become a professional graphic designer, creating posters and other print pieces. Today I am greatly inspired by the clean, graphic and minimal work of artists like Corita Kent, Agness Martin and Bridget Riley.” – Christine Sullivan