Featured Artists
Deidra (DJ) McKnight
Summer 2020 Featured Artist
McKensi Payne
Fall 2020 Featured Artist
Naomi Likayi
Spring 2021 Featured Artist
Murmur AAPI Group
Summer 2021 Featured Artists
Rosa Phan
Fall 2021 Featured Artist
Chelsea Pham
2022 Featured Artist
Campaign Initiative: We hope to call attention to nonprofits and the causes they fight for, elevate BIPOC artists' work, and harness the design community's power to create tangible change on an ongoing basis.
Want to be our next Featured Artist?
Are you a BIPoC artist interested in designing our next shirt?
We are looking for designers! To apply, please fill out our contact form including the following; 1) Submit a link to your portfolio. Insta link works too! 2) Please include a brief statement of your design idea (this can be a sentence in length and the design does not need to relate to the featured nonprofit that you select. The design can reflect your aesthetic, voice, choice of subject matter, etc.)
Please Note: This campaign currently takes place annually.
Apply TodayFeatured Nonprofits
Black Lives Matter
blacklivesmatter.com
Don't Shoot PDX
dontshootpdx.org
Black Futures Farm
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition
Asian Health & Service Center
ahscpdx.org
Pacific Islander & Asian Family Center
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization
Stop AAPI Hate
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) coalition
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Learn MorePrevious Shirt Designs
Our previously designed shirts have raised awareness for nonprofits and the causes they fight for. 100% of the shirt proceeds are donated to a nonprofit!
Note: These initial campaigns have ended.
Links to past campaigns:
Shirt Design by Deidra J. McKnight (DJ) for Black Lives Matter
DJ is a Caribbean-American Graphic Designer who is hoping to build her community while creating impactful work! She has various interests from branding, page design, illustration, and pattern design. When she is not designing you can find her experimenting in her sketchbooks, learning Korean, and trying her best to keep her curls moisturized. "The design features line contour drawings of 3 victims of racial killings that broke my heart and spirit. I chose various shades of Purple because it is a color that represents many things like pride, royalty, wisdom, etc. But it is also known to be used as a symbol of peace. The black shirt is for greater contrast, but also a well-known color wore for mourning. My hope is that justice is found for all the victims so that they may rest in peace. Those of us living must keep fighting, learning/unlearning, and disrupting the "Norm" until there is justice; until there is peace." - DJ
Shirt Design by McKensi Payne for Don't Shoot PDX
McKensi Payne is a recent college grad and lifelong artist with interests in printmaking, illustration, watercolor and zine-making. She hopes to use her art to inspire creativity in others, spread awareness of current social issues and put a smile on people’s faces. When she's not making art you can find her cooking, snuggling up with her dog, reading a graphic novel and watching documentaries. "The conversations we’re currently having about race and racism are difficult but extremely necessary. I wanted to show the power and strength that advocacy, accountability, and education can give to us and the pride that one should feel for participating in much needed change." - McKensi
Shirt Design by Naomi Likayi for Black Food Sovereignty Coalition: Black Futures Farm
Naomi Likayi is a first-gen Congolese American illustrator and designer. Her artwork is very playful in nature, colorful, and bright in more ways than one. Illustration and design is an outlet for her to express herself and capture the nuances of her subjects and inspirations. She is also a student leader for Comma, a community of BIPOC designers at Portland State University. “The characters in my work are drawn in a way that’s dynamic and standing in confidence. I’m trying to emulate the feeling of your ego/spirit taking up a room just by your own autonomy.” "My illustration style is generally fluid in the way my figures are drawn, surrounded by flora. For this piece, in particular, I wanted it to feel easy and whimsical but with punchy and vibrant colors that are exciting." - Naomi
Under the Same Sun
The Murmur Creative AAPI Group is a collective of Asian Americans making up the fabric of Murmur Creative from every discipline and tier of our agency. We've gathered to have open conversation around violence against Asian Americans and to act against this violence. As a prevalent symbol in many Asian cultures, the sun represents our commitment to hope and unity in the face of racism. Flanked by the Korean, Chinese, and Tagalog translations representative of the collaborators and printed in metallic gold ink, the design works to take the pain of this moment in time and transform it into a bright horizon.
Shirt Design by Rosa Phan for IRCO: PIAFC
Rosa is a first generation Vietnamese American graphic designer and illustrator. Her main goal as a designer is to create fun, colorful, and friendly work that everyone can enjoy. She enjoys listening and reading stories about everyone’s day to day life, and believes that each person has their own story to tell. This love for life stories came from listening to her father’s stories at the dinner table about Vietnam and immigrating to America. "The soft white shirt has a beautifully screen printed design of lotuses in a slow-moving pond surrounded by lily pads. The lotus flowers have a jewel toned pink tip to them as they float on top of teal waters, complemented by the metallic gold lines used to define the individual petals and ridges." – Rosa Phan
Shirt Design by Chelsea Pham for Stop AAPI Hate (a CAA coalition)
Chelsea Pham is a Vietnamese American graphic designer and illustrator who strives to implement meaningful and thoughtful solutions through art. She finds joy in creating and is always looking to explore other forms of expression. Aside from design, she enjoys watching tv shows, reading mangas, webtoons, or novels, listening to music, and collecting merch. "With the end of the year approaching, what better way to reflect on the past twelve months than with this year's Vietnamese zodiac animal - the Tiger. The tiger, prevalent in most Asian cultures, is a symbol of strength and bravery, and I wanted to honor that in my design. The Asian American community and others have risen against hate and violence and I hope to spread awareness of that courage while also celebrating our culture." – Chelsea
