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, Graphic Design, Marketing
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.
DESIGN / ART DIRECTION / DESCRIPTIONS
Coach Doug : Performance : Art Direction : Copy Writing : Design and Prompt Engineering : Wardrobe : Image Editing :
OSLP Arts & Culture Program Posters : Zero Budget, Quick Design turn around, Art Direction, Design, Conceptual Development, Usually beginning to end in a day, 4 Hours max per design treatment. Printed, and resized for socials.
Churchill XC Photo Booklet : Zero Budget, Out of Pocket Gift for 2022 XC Team Families and Coaches. Graphic Design, Quick Design turn around, Art Direction, Season Photography, Conceptual Development, Print sourcing.
The Wheel Apizza Pub Beer Labels : Zero Budget, Quick Design turn around, Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction, Conceptual Development, Print sourcing.
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
PHOTOGRAPHY DESCRIPTIONS
New Work : Select New Work + Updates, Updated
Snaps : Image Archive of past photos, shot with what the cool kids now call “Film”
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.
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.
Cloudview : Images of Cloudview Crew
Archive : Image Archive, Holga Images, That funny image making device in our pocket, and project exploration.