Meet Our Artists
We are so thrilled and fortunate that these two amazing artists stepped forward to help us celebrate our 70th anniversary! Kimberly's striking graphic poster represents Santa Cruz County from north to south and east to west to depict the county we serve. Barbara's exciting video creatively tells the story of the many ways the United Way is impacting our community today.
We are grateful that they gave of themselves and their talent to make this special anniversary so vibrant.
Kimbery Ann Johnson - Creator of our 70th Anniversary Poster
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Kimberly is a local artist and graphic designer born and raised in Soquel. She will graduate this year with her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphc Design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, with additional emphasis in Fine Arts and Fashion Illustration. She loves the broad range of project opportunities in the world of Graphic Design and its ability to communicate with a diverse audience. From wokring on a website for a local bakery to desiging promotional materials for a women's 5K race, she always welcomes new design challenges. |
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While finishing her degree, Kimberly has had the opportunity to work on various design projects in the community, from brand identity to logo development and print work. As a long time local Santa Cruz resident,she is honored to work for an organization dedicated to helping the under-served in her community.
You can contact Kimberly at kimberlyannjohnson8@gmail.com |
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Barbara Gerry - Creator of our 2011 Video
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Barbara has always enjoyed being a photographer. But when her camera was accidentlaly set to shoot video 5 years ago, she discovered her true passion -- creating short movies. The movies have led to commercial credits as a wedding videographer, book trailer producer, and an online business promoter. Her efforts as a chronicler of local surf-related events are shown at the Santa Cruz Surf museum and in Kristin Zambucka's upcoming feature on Hawaiin TV "The ALII Surfers".
In addition, Barbara recnetly won first prize in a TV commerical contest for SantaCruzJobs.com
She has found a larger audience for her films through the 70th Anniversary Campaign video for the United Way of Santa Cruz COunty and the Volunteer Center's storyboard.
"I'm grateful to live here, so volunteering my skills to organizations which benefit the community feels right".
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