ABOUT


MaKara (MUH KARE-ruh) Blake is an Art Director and Photographer.

She works on conceptualization, research, development, design, and production for visual media projects.

This is including but not limited to: creative direction, branding, digital, print, photography and video content.

Her work lives across commercial, editorial, and fine art. She is currently a freelance Art Director based in Dayton, Ohio.


A Cowboy’s Work is Never Done: ︎MaKaraBlake@gmail.com

CV


Experience:

Current: Freelance Art Director

2022 - 2024 Live Production Crew, FloSports; Various Locations

2020 - 2022 Jr. Art Director, Elix; New York, NY

2020 Art Direction Intern, NOONCHORUS; New York, NY

2020 Production Assistant, CR Fashion Book; New York, NY

2019 Fashion Closet Intern, CR Fashion Book; New York, NY

2019 - 2019 Art Director, Made in Debt; Cincinnati, OH

Education:

2021 BFA Communications Design with a concentration in Art Direction, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Prior Dayton Public Schools

Books:

2021 Ambiguous Loss, Self Published, 108 pages, Softcover

Lectures:

2021 Stories and Style: A Narrative Approach to Fashion, The International Center of Photography