Mary Welcome
WORK SAMPLES︎ WEB DESIGN
Visit Palouse!
︎ RURAL CULTURE, NON-PROFIT︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Visit Palouse! is the digital community hub for the town of Palouse (pop. 900) in eastern Washington. Developed by the local all-volunteer Chamber of Commerce, the website includes a comprehensive community calendar, business directory, local cultural highlights, and regional tourism information.
Gay Baseball™️
︎ RURAL CULTURE︎ THE GREAT PALOUSE PRAIRIE
︎ VISIT
︎ The World Famous First & Only Gay Baseball™️ League in the Pacific Northwest was founded in 2021 and continues to cultivate backyard baseball, gay athleticism, and rural queer community every summer.
Kirsten Bauer
︎ ARTIST︎ PORTLAND, OREGON
︎ VISIT
︎ Kirsten Bauer is an artist and signpainter serving the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We used hand-drawn elements from her practice to build a website that feels like the work she does everyday in the world.
Library Services
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Library Services houses the professional and creative projects of Sarah J. Bofenkamp, a queer reader/writer/librarian working in her hometown of Palouse, Washington.
Sawbill Surf CLub
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ARTS︎ ELBERTA, MICHIGAN
︎ VISIT
︎ Lauren McCleary is an artist, educator, and environmental activist working in the Palouse prairie. Her website blends play, practice, and pedagogy.
Roving Studio
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ARTIST, SAILOR︎ THE PACIFIC COAST
︎ VISIT
︎ Roving Studio contains the multidisciplinary practice of artist, architect, and sailor Kelly Gregory. From sea voyages to multi-family housing, visitors explore the oceanic range of a modern creative practice.
Old Way Bookarts, Tools, and Workshops
︎ RURAL CULTURE, EDUCATOR︎ SANTA, IDAHO
︎ VISIT
︎ For 36 years Jim Croft and Melody Eckroth have opened up their homestead in rural Idaho to students that want to learn the traditional crafts of bookbinding, basketry, papermaking, and more. They needed a website that would be free forever and easy to update via dial-up internet at local library.
Palouse Rural Libary
︎ RURAL CULTURE, NON-PROFIT︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ The Palouse Rural Library is a one-room commmunity hub for information, conversation, a free forever book lending. They needed an e-commerce site for fundraising and hyperlocal merch that could operate without paying a subscription fee.
Swale 2.0
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Website renovation for rural business transitioning into local economic advocacy, custom screenprinting studio, cultural programming, and creative economies.
Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility
︎ NON-PROFIT︎ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA and NATIONWIDE
︎ VISIT
︎ ADSPR is a architectural non-profit working for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities. They needed management and migration from an out-of-date website that housed all of their advocacy archives.
San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition
︎ NON-PROFIT︎ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
︎ VISIT
︎ The SFADC is a non-profit organization working with tenant rights organizations and allies to fight for housing justice in San Francisco. They needed a fully multi-lingual website for housing and COVID response data that would not burden the org with monthly or annual fees. This six-language website functions on free wordpress platform.
Department of Public Transformation
︎ RURAL CULTURE, NON-PROFIT︎ MINNESOTA, NATIONWIDE
︎ VISIT
︎ DoPT is an artist-led organization that works to develop creative strategies for increased community connection, civic pride, and equitable participation in rural places.
Blue Sky Center
︎ RURAL CULTURE, NON-PROFIT︎ CUYAMA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
︎ VISIT
︎ Blue Sky Center is a rural non-profit organization working in housing equity, food justice, rural business models, tourism, and cultural advocacy in the Cuyama Valley. Their website fuctions for two particular audiences—information for potential visitors and resources for local neighbors. I built out this website under creative direction from The Office of Virtue.
Swale 1.0
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ Swale is an female-owned online shop, downtown storefront, artist studio, and community creative space for regional cultural workers in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. To manage the effects of the pandemic, the entire business was forced to shift to online sales.
Library Services
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Library Services houses the professional and creative projects of Sarah J. Bofenkamp, a queer reader/writer/librarian working in her hometown of Palouse, Washington.
Jess Call Me™️
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Jess Call Me is a rural entrepreneur and expert level helper bringing skilll, care, and empathy to projects large and small.
My Treat™️
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ENTREPRENEUR︎ PALOUSE, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ My Treat is a community catering service and small-scale kitchen serving rural communities in the Palouse region, with special attention to sourcing local ingredients and scalable menu planning.
Ann Christenson
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ARTIST, ELDER︎ PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Ann Christenson is a sculptor and ceramicist. As arts and culture organizations take their applications process online, it has excluded artists without the training or technology to manage an online presence. Ann uses this portfolio site to apply for grants, awards, exhibtions, residencies, and other opportunities to continue her decades-long career.
An American Forrest
︎ RURAL CULTURE, MUSICIAN︎ JOSEPH, OREGON
︎ VISIT
︎ Forrest Van Tuyl is a singer, songwriter, and honest-to-goodness cowboy.
Chris Watts
︎ RURAL CULTURE, ARTIST, ELDER︎ PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
︎ VISIT
︎ Christ Watts is a painter and a creative mathemetician. Chris uses this portfolio site for translating his process to collaborators, archiving his works and process, and developing retrospective publications.