During the Summer of 2019, a conceptual illustration class took place in Dallas, TX at Tasby Elementary School. Ten scholars from the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation got together to learn about design. No cell phones were allowed. Each class started with a three minute breathing exercise. They listened to uplifting songs like “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles and looked at design books done by incredible designers such as Jessica Hische, Stefan Sagmeister and Charley Harper just to mention a few.
Together we created LOCAL is a bilingual coloring resource guide created for Dallas, and the first of many projects that will be develop by DSNG FOR US. Directed by Natalia Padilla, illustrated by the scholars of Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation, LOCAL comes with a collection of poems curated by the artist Edyka Chilomé along with a list of nonprofit and other organizations that are available for you in the City of Dallas.