Creative Practitioner / Educator / Builder of Unlikely Connections

Joseph is a multidisciplinary artist and creative professional with over two decades of experience spanning visual arts, design, education, and community-based practice. His work bridges analog and digital processes—photography, print, fabrication, and design, with a focus on inclusive access to creative tools and spaces. Whether developing accessible art studios, mentoring emerging artists, or crafting thoughtful design systems, Joseph brings a balance of conceptual rigor and practical execution. His career includes time as a studio manager, instructor, designer, curator, and radio DJ, all linked by a commitment to process, collaboration, and curiosity. He is particularly interested in where craft meets concept: how a well-made object or image can shape experience, identity, and belonging. He is a master at creating ideas and beautiful lasting images with his unique eye. Go easy on asking him to bake you some bread. It takes time.

Creative Practice Overview : Discipline Focus Areas

Photography : Documentary, Portraiture, Analog/Digital Hybrids

Design & Direction : Visual Identity, Print Systems, Concept Development

Fabrication & Studio Practice : Woodworking, Installation, Custom Display & Fixtures

Education & Mentorship : Curriculum Development, Accessibility in Arts Education

Community Engagement : Inclusive Program Design, Artist Support, Exhibition Curation

Select Collaborations & Roles

  • OSLP Arts & Culture Program – Studio Manager, Instructor, Exhibition Coordinator

  • Creswell High School – Digital Arts Instructor (CTE)

  • Champion Paper / Jager Di Paola Kemp Design – Art Direction, Print Innovation

  • Amnesty International – Print Campaign Design

  • Vermont Youth Orchestra – Creative Direction, Photography

  • KWVA 88.1FM – College Radio DJ (ALIVEDJP)

Working Values

  • Accessibility: Making tools, spaces, and practices available to all.

  • Craft & Experimentation: Deep respect for material processes, with room to play.

  • Collaboration: Co-creation with artists, students, and communities.

  • Adaptability: Equally at home in a design studio, darkroom, classroom, or workshop. 



PHOTOGRAPHY DESCRIPTIONS

Familys + Fun : Miscellaneous Images of Family, Clients, Fun.

Portraits : Image Archive of Portraits. Experimental, Film, Digital. 

Cloudview : Portraits of Cloudview Eco Farm Staff

ANNEXED : We live at a time that photography is part of our everyday lives,
social media being a dominate force of this.
Annexation creates new images. my not having © of the full image,
I make something new. A whispered memory in a dream.

In law and government, appropriation
(from Latin appropriate, “to make one’s own”, later “to set aside”)
is the act of setting apart something for its application to a
particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses. By that, a new image is born.

Grant : Grant County, the largest county in Washington State, known for its vast agricultural land. Fed by Banks Lake Reservoir, which was created by the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. The Columbia Basin Project provides a significant percentage of farms with the water needed to grow a variety of products. Being a place with massive space, dry lands, scab-land and lush growth, this is an exploration of the people and the land.

Fresh : Shot the last week of Freshman year, Fresh explores the dichotomy of place, space, and persona. Each year begins Tabula Rasa, When entering the student personas come out, their space develops, the student develops more independent and comforts are explored. Knowing the room soon will be empty, students will come and go, these images capture the future of unknown.

Live : Live @ Sasquatch Music Festival.

Archive : Image Archive, Holga Images, That funny image making device in our pocket, and project exploration.


DESIGN / ART DIRECTION / DESCRIPTIONS

Champion Paper: Design, Art Direction, Conceptual Development. Print Paper Samples, Testing limits of paper, with choice images, spot colors, spot varnish, pushing of production skills. Made while a Team Member at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design

Champion Paper:TRUST: Design, Art Direction, Conceptual Development. Print Paper Sample, Testing limits of paper, with choice images, spot colors, pushing of production skills. Made while a Team Member at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design

Vermont Youth Orchestra : Design, Photography, Creative Direction. Printed Mailers. Support of VYO’s new Identity, and new building.

Nantucket Film Festival : Design, Art Direction, Conceptual Development, In-house Consultant. Full Production of Festival Catalog. Made as freelance Designer / Art Director.

Amnesty International : Design, Conceptual Development, Print Production. Team Member Johnson + Wolverton

Branding Samples : Design, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Photography, Print Production, Brand Concept Development. Made as freelance Designer/Art Director, Team Member at J+W PDX and Team member at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design