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Jack Kinley founded Lab Monkey Design, a small graphic design and marketing firm, in 2007, and wants to ensure his clients know he is a fearless designer and businessman by just reading the company’s name.
“The name Lab Monkey Design is an homage to my college class. We spent many an all-nighter illegally locked into the school’s computer design lab after hours and collectively referred to ourselves as ‘lab monkeys,’” says Kinley, who is CEO and creative director.
“I wanted the type of fearless and experimental design work that we created as design peers to be at the core of my company’s mission. By putting it right in the name, I think of that experience daily and am reminded to continue experimenting and growing,” he says.
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Ladyjane Meredith, 32, is a silk screening master in the queer world.
Her designs and silk screened t-shirts, bandannas, posters and other merchandise have been utilized by Atlanta’s own Feminist Outlawz, by transgender rapper Athens Boys Choir, for MondoHomo, the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition, YouthPride, Riot Grrl Ink, Mary’s and Lady Fest Deep South.
“I do work for a lot of different nonprofits around the U.S. and also queer musicians and queer celebrities,” Meredith says. “I like to focus on the community and keep it in the family.”
Atlanta gay league kicks season off at Candler Park
Maggie Lopez, 51, moved to the U.S. as a child with her family as political refugees on one of the Pan Am freedom flights during the Castro revolution. She now has a successful art business in Atlanta and likes to pay it forward through many charity works. She recently underwent surgery for breast cancer and is continuing her recovery process.
GA Voice: What’s Atlanta best nightspot — past or present?
Maggie Lopez: Atlanta’s best nightspot is and has always been... Atlanta itself. Our people create the vibe. It’s really not about light fixtures or banquettes. Certain house parties here are more legendary than any nightclub.
You are involved in many nonprofits, especially For the Kid In All of Us. Why is this organization so important to you?
Black, gay youth organization embraces expansion
The Atlanta organization that helps black gay youth transition into adulthood is itself experiencing a maturation process. During a March 11 open house, organizers and participants of the Evolution Project celebrated a recent move that nearly tripled the non-profit organization’s space and relocated it into the heart of Midtown.
“We’re really in a phase of expansion and growth,” said Kevin Hatcher, activities and linkages coordinator for the Evolution Project.
Hatcher is one of a half-dozen new staff members at the Evolution Project, the most employees the organization has had since it was founded in November 2006.