About Liberal Art

No BS. It's that simple. Great design, done quickly and affordably. We're committed to the progressive community, their causes, and candidates. Advocacy and action are our only work and we can help you compete aesthetically and technologically with big-money campaigns and astroturfs.

We believe our work should reflect you not us. It should be simple, clear, and compelling. And above all it should help you achieve your goals.

We understand your industry.

We know this sector. That's why:

  • We don't charge extra for overnight or weekend work.
  • We don't mark up third party vendors.
  • Our fees are geared to non-profits.
  • We offer a discount to tech and communications consultants.

Most importantly, we won't wedge you into a rigid process. When the usual inevitible issues and events arise,  we'll workaround them to get you out there ASAP.

We know the tools you use.

We've been involved in the development and even designed the interfaces of the tools of ActBlue, BlueStateDigital and DIA. We've also built out numerous GetActive and Kintera implementations. Whatever tool platform you choose, we can help.

We're upfront.

We'll always give it to you straight. Some things you should know:

  • We're a design firm first. We specialize in creative for print and online.
  • Our tech expertise focuses on front-end tools like XHTML, Flash, Content Management. We work with experts for custom programming.
  • We're not writers or strategists, but we can point you to some great ones...
  • We work with many advocacy tool providers and have opinions on which and when; ask us.
  • We charge on a flat fee per project basis. We can work hourly on small projects at $150 per hour but bill projects at a reduced rate of $800 per day. 

For consultants.

Most of our clients are technology and communications consultants without in-house creative capabilities. We offer them several advantages; because you handle the sales and client contact of your projects, all fees are discounted 15% and outside costs are passed through with no markup.

Also, we don't pitch any work directly nor do we help firms to pitch new work so we'll never come up against you for a project. And we can function as an outside vendor or as an in-house resource. Our goal is to make you look good and then we'll fade away. Many end clients of our work don't even know we exist...