Create Now New York
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Adobe Creative Apprenticeship
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Design Create Now Resource Page
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Presenters
Sr. Community Relationship Manager and Evangelist
Elise Swopes
Elise Swopes is a self-taught artist, creative strategist, and entrepreneur reshaping visual storytelling through surreal cityscapes and mobile innovation. As a Web3 leader, she co-founded Sunrise Art Club and Night on The Yard to uplift women of color and incarcerated artists. Swopes currently serves as Senior Adobe Express Evangelist and Community Advocate, empowering creative communities worldwide.
Guest Speakers
Graphic Design & Executive Creative Director at Sunday After
Rich Tu
Rich Tu is an award-winning artist and creative residing in Brooklyn, NY. He is a Partner and Executive Creative Director at Sunday Afternoon. In addition, Rich has held creative leadership roles at Jones Knowles Ritchie, MTV Entertainment Group, and Nike Inc. He has previously won the ADC Young Guns award and recently received the prestigious Paul Manship Medallion for significant contributions to the Art Directors Club and creative industry.
Rich Tu received his BFA in Communication at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, before seeking his Masters Degree in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Rich gives back to his alma mater as a professor of design at SVA, and to the creative community at large as the co-founder of the COLORFUL awards with the One Club for Creativity, dedicated to creating opportunities for early career creatives.
Recently Rich was commissioned to design the poster for the FIFA World Cup in NYNJ. Creatively, his focus is on emerging audiences and energetic brands that benefit from an eclectic and unique point of view.
Awards and honors include: ADC Awards, D&AD, Webby Awards, Telly Awards, CLIOs, Cynopsis D Awards, PromaxBDA, The Shorty Awards, Power of Purpose Award, New York Festivals, ADC Young Guns, PRINT Magazine, American Photography, American Illustration, and The Society of Illustrators, among others.
Clients and collaborators include: The New York Times, The New Yorker, MINI, NIKE, HOKA, A24, Budweiser, Paramount, Adidas, Converse, G-Shock, American Express, NPR, NorthFace Purple Label, Coca-Cola, Verizon, Alfa Romeo, Bombay Sapphire, and Hamilton The Musical, among others. Also, he has exhibited at galleries and festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Miami.
Host
Community Events Manager
Sydney Lanham
Community Marketing & Events Logistics Coordinator
Kevwe Abamwa
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