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An artist and educator with over twenty years of experience as a freelance creative, Kim currently works with Invisible Engines, LLC<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0providing design and strategy for non-profits and social justice organizations. In addition to graphic design, Kim has applied her creative problem solving skills and holistic approach to art and exhibitions, special events, interiors and spaces, and textiles and fashion. She is affiliated with Is\/Land performance collective<\/a><\/strong> and is a co-founder of Cluster Museum<\/a><\/strong>. She is a passionate advocate for community arts and is involved with the Ann Arbor Art Center<\/a><\/strong> and Riverside Arts Center<\/a><\/strong> in Ypsilanti. Kim earned her BFA in fibers from the University of Michigan, AAS in fashion design from Parsons School of Design, and her MFA, as a trustee merit schola,r in fibers and material studies from the Art Institute of Chicago.<\/p>\n

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An artist and educator with over twenty years of experience as a freelance creative, Kim currently works with Invisible Engines, LLC \u00a0providing design and strategy for non-profits and social justice organizations. In addition to graphic design, Kim has applied her creative problem solving skills and holistic approach to art and exhibitions, special events, interiors and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Kim Jackson DeBord is an artist and educator working at the intersection of art, design & craft.\u00a0 She earned degrees in Fibers from University of Michigan, Fashion from Parsons School of Design, and attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) as a Trustee Merit Scholar to earn her MFA in Fibers and Material Studies.\u00a0 Kim taught at SAIC, Columbia College and Lill Street Art Center in Chicago as well as the Ann Arbor Art Center. \u00a0In addition to a studio practice, she has maintained a long career in freelance art and design. \u00a0Her work has been internationally published and exhibited.\r\n\r\nCV available upon request\r\n\r\nSelect Professional Experience:<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nFibers Instructor : Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor\r\n\r\nIsobar (Formerly Roundarch) : Freelance Production, Illustration & Design for clients including Herff Jones, Hershey, Yellowtail Wines\r\n\r\nAdjunct Faculty : Columbia College : Chicago\r\n\r\nInstructor : School of the Art Institute of Chicago : Chicago\r\n\r\nTextile Instructor : Lill Street Art Center: Chicago\r\n\r\nEvent Decor & Photography : Kehoe Designs : Chicago\r\n\r\nIsabel Toledo : New York : Production and Design Assistant\r\n\r\nExpress of the Limited Brand : New York : Fabric Prints Production\r\n\r\nSelect Exhibitions<\/em>:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Space Between<\/em> : Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art : Thessaloniki, Greece\r\n\r\nSalon des Refus\u00e9s \u2013 Sights Unseen<\/em>: Americans for the Arts \u2013 Half Century Summit Conference : Baltimore, MD\r\n\r\nPush the Envelope<\/em> : Dynamo Project Space : Thessaloniki, Greece : www.pushthenvelope.com\r\n\r\nCritical Encounter: Fact & Faith<\/em> : Columbia College Faculty Center : Chicago, IL\r\n\r\nPopTech Conference<\/em> : Creative ReUse Workshop : Camden, ME\r\n\r\nE Pluribus Unum (quilting service project)<\/em> : Lill Street Art Center : Chicago, IL\r\n\r\nE Pluribus Unum (quilting service project)<\/em> : Spoke : Chicago, IL\r\n\r\nFine Contemporary Craft<\/em> : ArtSpace : Raleigh, NC\r\n\r\nFiber Nine<\/em> : Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery : Chicago Heights, IL\r\n\r\nHeating Up<\/em> \u00a0: Evanston Art Center : Evanston, IL\r\n\r\nHer Mark<\/em>\u00a0: Woman Made Gallery : Chicago, IL\r\n\r\nPost-Petroleum<\/em> : Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery : Reno, NV\r\n\r\nArt 44\/46 <\/em>: Lakeview\u2019s 44th<\/sup> & 46th<\/sup> ward public spaces : Chicago, IL\r\n\r\nSelect Publications:<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nDesign Solare<\/em> :\u00a0Marano, Antonio : Italy : Gangemi Editore spa\r\n\r\nFuture Perfect<\/em> :\u00a0Fallah, Amir H. : Beautiful\/Decay <\/em>: Book 6\r\n\r\nDrain : Journal of Contemporary Art & Cultur<\/em> :\u00a0Bawa, Avantika, Keeler, Stuart : Drain : Journal of Contemporary Art & Culture<\/em> : Issue #10 Cold\r\n\r\nFT Weekend<\/em> : Harford, Tim and illustrations by DeBord, Kim Jackson, DeBord, Zach : \u201cThe battle for the soul of\u00a0<\/em>microfinance<\/em>\u201d\r\n\r\nDigital by Design<\/em> : Freyer, Connie, Noel, Sebastien, Rucki, Eva : Digital by Design<\/em>\u00a0: Thames & Hudson","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimdebord.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}