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Was it worth almost getting hit by a truck to capture this #Toynbee / #HouseofHades street art on a busy intersection in Boston? Yes. by @amyparkerdesign

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What caught my eye was the cast shadow on this courageous number 16. by @amyparkerdesign

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Margo Halverson’s (@margohalverson) talk about her ceramics show ‘PLACE-SETTING’ was a hit! The show is up until October 10th and for the first time ever works are for sale! Check it out at the 49 Oak Street Gallery. Thank you Margo for the gift of inspiration! by @amyparkerdesign

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It’s about time! by @amyparkerdesign

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Thank you Robert (@8088y80y), AIGA Maine (@aigamaine) and Pickwick (@pickwickindependentpress) for the fun screen printing workshop! by @amyparkerdesign

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Play seriously my friends. by @amyparkerdesign

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Sometimes you get to go back and visit home, and see some of the people who actually made it to home. taken in Boston, Massachusetts by @amyparkerdesign

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The last horizon. by @amyparkerdesign

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When warm air meets sea meets land. by @amyparkerdesign

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Steal your mentors.

This is what Michael Bierut (@mbierut) encouraged me to do after watching his AIGA Design (@aigadesign) talk in 2015 called, “What I’ve Learned.”* I realized listening to him, I had already done it.

I was hired by Aaron Belyea to work at his studio Alphabet Arm (@alphabetarm) and little did he know that I was secretly stealing him and his lead designer, Ryan Frease (@ryanfreasecreative). For the interview, I distinctly remember showing up sweaty after an intense bike ride from my design class because I had exactly 8 minutes to get there. The bike ride itself was 7 minutes at a good clip. Aaron laughed, “Can I get you water?” “Yes.” I replied, still out of breath. Maybe it was the fact that we both biked, or maybe it was that we connected over Tom Waits, but I made enough of an impression to get hired. This one job would forever change the way I saw how to be a professional designer, how to lead my own practice (@woodscreative) most importantly see a future version of myself in someone else. I too could be a leader in the field.

Aaron and Ryan showed me kindness, humor and such respect not always granted with bosses, professors, or other various older adults in my life at the time. If you’ve been called “too young,” congratulations if this has happened to you too. It means you were in the arena.

I later asked Aaron to talk about his practice for a community event about branding and visual systems [Pictured], and to share wisdom he gave to me working under him. “What a privilege,” I remember thinking, to be respected by a professional, to say “yes” to an aspiring design leader. I could only hope to be like Aaron someday; as talented in design, communication and most importantly, lead every conversation with default respect for others.

So fast forward, the AIGA Boston (@aigaboston) V.0 Mentorship program (V.0 stands for “version zero”) is handed off to me to lead and build from what one of our great chapter Presidents Chiranit Prateepasen (@chiranit) began. The idea behind this to be paired with someone with the hope that mentorship, friendship and career advocacy has a shot.

(Continued in comments) by @amyparkerdesign

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What is this magic? 🌈 by @amyparkerdesign

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