Artfluential

February 2025 marked 15 years of Artfluential/Soulo Theory Creative. I’m trying to do better at talking about the impact and imprint the work has made over that time in the city and industry—more on that soon. It’s been a grind, and while I’m not typically big on awards, I’m honored to share we brought home a few from this year’s Creative Best Awards—Awards of Excellence for Brotherhood Dance’s (.dance) identity work and Black Men Build’s ( / ) illustration and poster campaign for wartime.

But what matters more than awards is occupying spaces where we’re still underrepresented. Not for the accolades, but for presence. For inference about who belongs in these spaces.

This recognition for Brotherhood Dance and Black Men Build is a reminder of why we do this work. Design isn’t decoration. It’s an obligation to create more equitable objects, symbols, and systems.

This work is never done alone. Big thanks and congrats to my partners , , , , .

15 years in, still building. Still showing up.

— Design is world making and it has often been leveraged as a tool of oppression. What needs undesign, redesign, and what new stories do we need to tell about the role of design in our “world making”. All of us must be involved in the process of thinking about the world we want to create.

Join us tomorrow at for a convo with and .

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH

6:30 SOCIAL HOUR
7:30 PRESENTATION

Gateway Film Center, 1550 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43201