Becca Gurney Assistant Professor of Fine Arts: Art & Design

Bio

Becca is an award-winning, concept-driven graphic designer, art director, and educator devoted to advocacy and action. Since graduating Tyler School of Art with an MFA in graphic design, Becca has been using design as a key tool for turning progressive ideas into social and sustainable change. For over 15 years she has supported and given visual voice to entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, women’s rights and social justice causes, and sustainable energy programs. Becca has created both a socially aware and varied design experience for herself: succeeding as the sole in-house designer at organizations, as a leader of a team in a fast-paced studio setting, and on her own as the founder of a small, mission-driven design studio, Design Choice. In 2017, Becca was awarded a Beacon grant to create She Freelances, and online database of women freelancers in the DC area.

Here at Saint Mike’s she’ll help create the next generation of socially aware and active designers: getting students excited about the minutia of good typography while working towards a more just world.