Why visuals? As an artist, storyteller, and creative strategist, Courtenay Lewis works with individuals and organizations to create visuals that help them achieve their goals. These might include movement building, educating the public, or bringing a group together to align visions about what victory looks like.

Clients have included the Anacostia Watershed Society, the Behavioral Health & Homelessness Prevention Training Group, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Government of the District of Columbia, the Helen Hayes Awards, Many Languages One Voice, Reproductive Freedom for All, National Parks Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, US Climate Action Network, and the World Bank. Her advocacy art has been shared by influential storytellers including Jamie Lee Curtis and Rashida Jones.

What’s Courtenay’s background? In addition to being an artist, Courtenay has extensive experience in advocacy work, which she uses to inform her artwork and ideas. Courtenay has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Change in Management from the University of Oxford, has worked as a campaigner and issues expert in some of the world’s leading environmental NGOs, and worked both on the campaign and in the administration of President Barack Obama. She’s committed to helping individuals and organizations leverage their talents to help make the world a joyful and equitable place.

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