Selected Work

During the past 15 years of my career, I’ve had the immense opportunity to support innovative work in public programming, independent art, architecture, and urban planning. Below are some of my recent favorites. For a full list of relevant work, please see my CV.

a quilter’s retrospective: 2001-2024

Maureen Coupe Toomey is a lifelong textile artist, educator, and skilled seamstress whose work spans across fine art, clothing, home textiles, and furniture. In 2000, she began her journey in quilting, with emphasis on reclaimed materials and fabrics. Her quilts draw strong inspiration from the natural world, incorporating pressed leaves, geologic scales, and storm patterns.

To mark 25 years of quilting, Toomey released A Quilter’s Retrospective, a comprehensive anthology of her work captured in four themes: Exploration, Reclamation, Catalysis, and Natural Forces. Read more.

king county civic ground

King County, Washington is home to more than 2.2 million people including Seattle, the county seat. The core county facilities are spread over eight acres of land in downtown Seattle, with a total of 2.3 million existing square feet of space in buildings that range in age from 17 years old to 112 years old.

Most of its facilities are now functionally obsolete, or are facing rapidly escalating, costly maintenance and repairs that may be financially unsustainable.

Starting in 2018, Northwest Studio and Stepherson & Associates Communications led the planning initiative to provide the public and King County leaders with viable strategies for campus investments, including county facilities and public spaces. Read more.

GREEN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER REDEVELOPMENT

Green Lake Community Center and Evans Pool is one of the oldest and most popular community centers in Seattle. The center has reached the end of its useful life, and Seattle Parks and Recreation is replacing the facility. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in spring 2020, Seattle Parks faced a new challenge of conducting public outreach remotely as it worked to select a new location and design for the new community center and pool.

My team at Stepherson & Associates Communications was hired to plan, implement, and report on a robust online engagement effort during the early design and site analysis phases. Read more.