I’m excited to share two designs that were chosen as part of Creative Portland’s Arts Messaging Campaign! Creative Portland has been working with the City of Portland on their Stay the Course public health campaign - installing designs from local artists around the city to reinforce safety practices like hand-washing, wearing masks, and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are the two designs that I hand-lettered, inspired by the traditional style of sign-painting:

They were recently printed on banners/installed by Creative Portland here at 770 Congress Street in Portland:

(For scale, “Wash your hands often” is about 5 x 5ft, and “Thank you for wearing a mask” is about 7 x 7ft!)

Many thanks to the Creative Portland/volunteer installer team for printing and hanging these! I’m grateful for the opportunity to use hand-lettering to share these reminders about simple things we can all do to keep ourselves and each other safe. Keep an eye out for other designs around the arts district if you’re local, and find out more about the work of Creative Portland here.