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LAURA M. LEE art director / designer / project manager
cell 502.533.8205 / home 812.952.0088 / email laura.lee@pcusa.org
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SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
ART DIRECTOR / presbyterian Women, presbyterian church (U.s.a.), 20 yrs. 4 mos. supervise design team
consisting of a designer and production assistant, and oversee design work of marketing assistant. responsible for
art direction, design and brand integrity for all print products. art direct, design and format the bi-monthly
publication, Horizons, and yearly Bible study for the organization. responsible for planning, scheduling, production,
print and services (audio/video) bidding and purchasing, hiring and supervising freelance artists and designers.
responsible for photography for gathering events and global exchange trips. FREELANCE DESIGNER / clients
include Ultimate Legacy, LLc (Hallmark movie), Harmony House publishing, Bootdazzles, self-publishing authors
and advertising agencies in Louisville, Ky. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT / Bandy carroll Hellige. BOOK
DESIGNER/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT / presbyterian publishing House.
HI! I’M LAURA LEE.
i’m an art director, designer, project manager, and a
well-rounded creative type with loads of experience,
organizational and people skills. i’ve worked in every
aspect of visual communications from planning and
scheduling print production to buying print and
media services, hiring and supervising artists,
videographers and photographers, and managing a
staff of designers. i’ve done book and magazine
design, as well as every kind of resource production
imaginable (books, magazines, tee shirts, educational
dvd’s, even the graphics for a Hallmark movie. You
name it!) i’ve created brand identities for events and
traveled extensively as a photographer. i have
experience in many forms of digital media.
i have a Bachelor of arts degree from University of
Louisville in english and philosophy, and have
completed many continuing education courses in art,
design and software applications for the macintosh
computer. i am a life-long learner that most recently
completed a copy-editing and photography course
at Bellarmine University.
i am passionate about effective communication with
an appreciation for the amazing power of words and
images. this is a sample of my work to date.
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Horizons magazine is the award-winning
bimonthly publication of presbyterian Women with
approx. 15,000 subscribers in the United states and
around the world. i am the art director and primary
designer and formatter on this project. i find or
create art, hire freelance artists and photographers,
create contracts and negotiate fees, work with the
printer, and control the budget for production and
publication. i also proofread, check and approve
proofs, and work with other members of staff to
ensure a high quality publication.
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Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women is the largest event in the life of the
presbyterian Women organization, and attracts between 2,000–5000 women every three
years. as art director, i am responsible for logo design and brand identity, planning and
coordinating resource production of all materials before and during the event, including a
daily newsletter produced on site, as well as hiring an event photographer, coordinating
volunteer photographers, and providing additional photography myself. i am responsible
for designing and producing promotional items such as tee shirt and totebag. at the 2012
event, i worked with fair trade vendors in india for our tee shirt and totebag. (pW had
visited india on their global exchange trip and were committed to establishing
partnerships.) i contracted with the vendors, designed the products and was responsible
for every stage of production and delivery of the product. these items were very
successful in communicating the mission of pW in india at the gathering.
Who says you can’t schedule
a mountaintop experience?
PPLLAANN NNOOWW FFOORR TTHHEE TTIIMMEE OOFF YYOOUURR LLIIFFEE!!
Visit www.presbyterianwomen.org/gathering for updates.
Orlando, Florida • July 18–22, 2012
OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
2012 CHURCHWIDE GATHERING
River of Hope
River of Hope
July 18–22, 2012 O Orlando, Florida
Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women
• Experience deep community and
worship with more than 2,000
Christian women.
• Discover how PW is changing
the world.
• Learn about current issues in
the church and the world.
• Explore missions and mission
opportunities.
• Attend forums and workshops
on a variety of topics.
• Meet international participants.
• Participate in Bible study.
ATTEND BECAUSE YOU WANT TO . . .
Gathering resources and
advertising
Gathering issue of Horizons
magazine
2012 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women logo
2,200 totebags were produced in partnership
Cathedral Relief Services, Kolkata, India. We were able
to provide employment for over 100 at-risk women at
a fair wage.
2000 tee shirts were produced in partnership with Freeset, a
fair trade company in Kolkata, India, that works to help at-risk
girls and women escape a life of trafficking and prostitution.
These shirts were very popular and are now worn by many on
PW Together in Service project days.
Gathering daily newsletter produced overnight on site
with local printer
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Global Exchange of Presbyterian Women is a study/travel opportunity available every
three years to presbyterian Women across the United states. pW works with church
partners to choose an international location where they are able to build partnerships
and participate in service projects with corresponding women’s organizations. i have
participated in several of these experiences: india (2011), eastern europe and russia
(2008) and Brazil (2005), providing photography and staff leadership. the women on this
trip are required to itinerate to local and regional congregations about their experience
and create support for the programs. my job is to provide the photographs to help them
present the material. the photographs are also used in pW resources, principally in a
global exchange issue of Horizons magazine that i help plan, design and format.
Jama Masjid Mosque,
Old Delhi, India, 2011
(wardrobe provided by
Mosque officials)
PW Global Exchange to Brazil, 2005
PW Global Exchange to Eastern Europe, 2005
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Sante Fe, New Mexico, 2009
Photography is one of my responsibilities for presbyterian Women,
and also one of my personal interests. this is a sample of my
photography.
i have experience hiring photographers for events, coordinating
volunteer photographers, organizing photo shoots and creating
photo viewing sites on Flickr and shutterfly. (Visit www.2014pw
globalexchangecaribbean.shutterfly.com to view the 2014 global
exchange photo gallery on shutterfly. ). i also contract and work
with recording studio engineers, freelance videographers designers.
i have completed coursework in photography at Bellarmine
University and an intensive photography workshop at ghost ranch,
new mexico.
Delhi, India, 2011
Kolkata, India 2011
Sante Fe, New Mexico, 2009
Louisville, Kentucky, 2012
Brazil, 2005
Singapore, 2008
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2008
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as a Freelance designer i have worked with book
publishers and self-published authors doing book
cover and interior design, formatting and
proofreading. i have worked with small companies,
such as Bootdazzles to develop a brand identity,
and developed a website featuring video.Book jacket and interior design and formatting for Harmony House Publishers. Louisville, Kentucky
Brand design, letterhead, product label and business card for
BootDazzles, Louisville, Kentucky.
I worked with the Fellowship of the Least Coin, an international nonprofit organization, on their first children’s book, shanti
means peace. I found an artist for this project, negotiated a contract, provided sketches, designed and formatted the book, and
found the printer. This project met it’s deadlines and came in within budget. This book won an Award of Excellence for design
from the Religion Communicators Council, 2015.
Website design for local actress/model (and my mom!) Janet Lee, with links to print ads
and commercials. You can visit the site at http://janetlee1.wix.com/janetlee
Betty J. Gorin
“Morgan Is Coming!”
During the Civil War, this cry spread fear and
panic throughout south central Kentucky.
The exploits of John Hunt Morgan in Taylor
and surrounding counties are the centerpiece
of this narrative. Morgan’s dauntless cavalrymen
roamed the countryside burning bridges and
disrupting supply lines, while managing to evade
Yankee pursuers.
The book begins in 1860 in the village of
Campbellsville. The scene changes to Pleasant
Hill Church, where Morgan was imprisoned in
1861 and which he set afire in January 1862.
On Morgan’s Christmas Raid, he burned
Green River Bridge and its undefended stockade.
Union forces quickly rebuilt the bridge.
On the Great Raid through Kentucky,Morgan’s
chief antagonist was little-known Michigan
colonel, Orlando H. Moore. As provost marshal
of Louisville, Moore became involved in
controversy with his superiors over slave sales,
ending with Moore being dispatched to defend
the remote bridge in Kentucky’s hinterland.
Moore’s brilliant leadership in defeating Morgan
at Tebbs Bend-Green River Bridge, July 4, 1863,
is dealt with in detail.The remainder of Moore’s
spirited career is recounted.
Attention is given to Morgan’s Cumberland
River crossings, the battles of Columbia and
Lebanon, and other Confederate incursions into
the region.
Maps, illustrations, photographs, letters, diaries,
and contemporary news articles provide vivid
detail about the war, making this book a great
resource for someone driving the John Hunt
Morgan Trail.
About the Author
Betty J. Gorin, a
native of Taylor County,
Kentucky, holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in
history from the University
of Kentucky and has done
post graduate work atWestern
Kentucky University and the
University of Virginia. Ms. Gorin taught history at
the secondary and college levels for thirty-five
years. She was a Fulbright scholar and recipient of
the Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award.
Much of her adult life has been dedicated to
preserving Kentucky’s historic legacy. She was a
leader in saving the 1823 Jacob Hiestand House,
now a museum, the Atkinson-Griffin House
Confederate Hospital, and developing the Tebbs
Bend Battlefield Trail. She was a member of the
Kentucky Bicentennial Commission, contributor
to the Kentucky Encyclopedia, and has served on
the boards of the Kentucky Historical Society and
Friends of Kentucky Public Archives. She is a
member of the Louisville and Madison County
Civil War Round Tables.
For service on the John Hunt Morgan Heritage
Trail Commission,she received the Sullivan Award
from Campbellsville University.
She is married to Gordon Smith, and they
reside in Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Cover: From original painting by John Paul Strain,
Morgan’s Raid on the L&N, 1999.
Cover design: Laura Lee
“Morgan Is Coming!”
Confederate Raiders in the
Heartland of Kentucky
BETTY J. GORIN
“MorganIsComing!”
Oil painting, Green River Bridge and Stockade, 1863
by Pvt. Edward Henry, 79th New York
One of the most thoroughly researched pieces of work that I have ever encountered. Betty J.
Gorin has explored every possible lead that would help tell the story of Morgan’s repulse at Tebbs
Bend that, I believe, was the real turning point in Morgan’s career.
—Dr. Lowell H. Harrison
Author of Civil War in Kentucky
Professor Emeritus of History, Western Kentucky University
Betty Jane Gorin’s valuable, exhaustively researched book provides new perspective on the
Civil War in south central Kentucky. She asks the right questions and includes new and
valuable maps and relates Civil War events to identifiable locations today. Gorin provides the first
detailed account of the life of Union Colonel Orlando H. Moore and the first in-depth
description of his outstanding victory over Morgan at Tebbs Bend early in the Great Raid. No
stone is left unturned, and readers will enjoy this book.
—Dr. James A. Ramage
Regents Professor of History, Northern Kentucky University
Renowned John Hunt Morgan Biographer
Gorin has unearthed a valuable trove of information related to the Civil War in south central
Kentucky. Her work will stand as a solid source for those interested in the commonwealth’s Civil War
heritage.
—Stuart W. Sanders
Civil War History Specialist, Kentucky Historical Society
ISBN 1-56469-134-9 Harmony
House
Publishers
www.BootDazzles.com
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as a Art Department Graphic Designer i have worked
with Ultimate Legacy, LLc, a movie production studio
on the Hallmark movie “the Ultimate Legacy”, due out
early 2016. For this production i created all graphics,
logos, and printed materials.
Perhaps it was “sew-endipity” that several things hap-
pened at the same time when we launched Project Green-
way two years ago: Our church was getting ready for its
annual rummage sale; the youth wanted to have a fashion
show; Project Runway (a television reality show) had just
aired an episode where wedding dresses were restyled;
and we had been focusing on sustainability, inspired
strongly by the ecumenical and Presbyterian Church’s
new Social Creed for the 21st Century. Thus, the idea of
a “re-fashion” show, to raise funds for a locally-based or-
ganization, became part of the fabric of our church and
its mission.
Subsequently, in November, Scarborough Presbyterian
Church, Scarborough, New York, held its second annual
Project Greenway Re-fashion Show. It was quite a night!
An enthusiastic community audience filled the pews. Con-
testants of all ages walked the runway in their designs,
after telling the unique stories of how their outfits were
created. The judges judged. The crowd cheered and
sometimes laughed. Project Greenway, after all, is a fash-
ion show with a difference, and you never know what
might show up on the runway. To enter, contestants were
required to take a used, outdated or otherwise recycled
item and restyle it into a whole new look. Some contest-
ants shopped the church’s rummage sale, others went to
Goodwill or their mother’s (sister’s, grandmother’s) clos-
ets. Some even pillaged the newspaper and soda can re-
cycling bin for inspiration and materials. There was a
“younger group” of contestants ranging in age from 9 to
19, and an “older group” of the twenty-somethings and
those “other decades.” Some were experienced sewers
and crafters, while others had never touched a sewing ma-
chine before. The latter were eager to learn, though, with
a little help from volunteers and the use of a temporary
sewing room set up at the church.
Local fashion-savvy women volunteered their time as
judges, including New York designers and fashion retail-
ers. Judging was based on transformation (from “before”
to “after”), creativity and wearability. Contestants re-
ceived gift bags and prizes, all donated. And everyone re-
ceived a good lesson in sustainability: “Reduce, reuse,
recycle” can be even more fun and inspiring than shop-
ping for something brand new!
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Book jacket made using royalty free art from the original illustrator of the Alice
in Wonderland books, John Tenniel.
Travel brochures
Checks and check registers.
Work ID badges
Cell phone
graphics
Logos for businesses featured in the movie. These
logos were applied to letterhead, posters, checks,
garden plans, glass doors and engraved plaques.
Promotional posters for a
concert that took place
during the movie and a
copy shop featured in the
movie.
Fake newspapers were needed throughout the movie.
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The Economic Downturn Hits Home
ESTABLISHEDDOWNTOWNBUSINESSESCLOSE
BY VICTOR GRANT
Retail stores throughout the city are making painful decisions to lay off employees, reduce hours, or close their doors. Some of the oldest businesses in the city have closed
for good. Economic recovery is not likely.
This child lives with his mother and sister in this small concrete space with a tattered blanket for a door. Food and heating oil
are a scarcity in this neighboorhood in Kolkata.
Today’s Graph
Retail stores
throughout the city
are making painful
decisions to lay off
employees, reduce
hours, or close.
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