Denise R. Duarte is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer with D'Arte Designs. Duarte received the Graphic Design Certificate in 2021 and the Print Design Certificate in 2018 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education. ​ She received her Master of Fine Arts in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where she received the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship and earned the College Teaching of Art Certificate. She received her Print Design Certificate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education. ​ Duarte has received two Las Vegas Mayor’s Urban Design Awards for Public Art. The first award was in 2008 as a design team member for the sculpture Ancestral Gateway and the second award was in 2011 for Flourish. She has completed nine public art projects and has facilitated numerous socially-engaged art projects. She is listed on the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist in Schools +Communities Roster, Education and Community Tracks as a teaching artist and was listed as an artist to watch on Creative Capital’s On Our Radar in 2015. ​ Duarte wrote, in 2014, the awarded National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town Grant for Clark County’s Maryland Parkway Public Art Urban Design Plan. In 2015, she served as a juror for the NEA Our Town Grant Panel, Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects. Currently, Duarte serves as President for Women of Diversity Productions, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. She is the project chair for the podcast series, The Women Who Saved History, which will have 21 episodes and will run through 2025. ​ Duarte has authored over 30 articles on art, feminist and LGBT issues in a variety of publications such as sculpture.org, Baltimore OUTloud, Gay Life and the Washington Blade. Duarte co-authored Women of Diversity Productions, Inc.’s inaugural Gaming Gender Equality Index, a report revealing the results of a survey of 21 casino and gaming corporations .

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Denise R. Duarte is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer with D'Arte Designs. Duarte received the Graphic Design Certificate in 2021 and the Print Design Certificate in 2018 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education. ​ She received her Master of Fine Arts in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where she received the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship and earned the College Teaching of Art Certificate. She received her Print Design Certificate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education. ​ Duarte has received two Las Vegas Mayor’s Urban Design Awards for Public Art. The first award was in 2008 as a design team member for the sculpture Ancestral Gateway and the second award was in 2011 for Flourish. She has completed nine public art projects and has facilitated numerous socially-engaged art projects. She is listed on the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist in Schools +Communities Roster, Education and Community Tracks as a teaching artist and was listed as an artist to watch on Creative Capital’s On Our Radar in 2015. ​ Duarte wrote, in 2014, the awarded National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town Grant for Clark County’s Maryland Parkway Public Art Urban Design Plan. In 2015, she served as a juror for the NEA Our Town Grant Panel, Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects. Currently, Duarte serves as President for Women of Diversity Productions, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. She is the project chair for the podcast series, The Women Who Saved History, which will have 21 episodes and will run through 2025. ​ Duarte has authored over 30 articles on art, feminist and LGBT issues in a variety of publications such as sculpture.org, Baltimore OUTloud, Gay Life and the Washington Blade. Duarte co-authored Women of Diversity Productions, Inc.’s inaugural Gaming Gender Equality Index, a report revealing the results of a survey of 21 casino and gaming corporations .

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Denise R. Duarte is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer with D’Arte Designs.

Duarte received the Graphic Design Certificate in 2021 and the Print Design Certificate in 2018 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education.

She received her Master of Fine Arts in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where she received the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship and earned the College Teaching of Art Certificate. She received her Print Design Certificate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Continuing Education.

Duarte has received two Las Vegas Mayor’s Urban Design Awards for Public Art. The first award was in 2008 as a design team member for the sculpture Ancestral Gateway and the second award was in 2011 for Flourish. She has completed nine public art projects and has facilitated numerous socially-engaged art projects. She is listed on the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist in Schools +Communities Roster, Education and Community Tracks as a teaching artist and was listed as an artist to watch on Creative Capital’s On Our Radar in 2015.

Duarte wrote, in 2014, the awarded National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town Grant for Clark County’s Maryland Parkway Public Art Urban Design Plan. In 2015, she served as a juror for the NEA Our Town Grant Panel, Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects.

Currently, Duarte serves as President for Women of Diversity Productions, Inc., a 501 © (3) non-profit organization. She is the project chair for the podcast series, The Women Who Saved History, which will have 21 episodes and will run through 2025.

Duarte has authored over 30 articles on art, feminist and LGBT issues in a variety of publications such as sculpture.org, Baltimore OUTloud, Gay Life and the Washington Blade. Duarte co-authored Women of Diversity Productions, Inc.’s inaugural Gaming Gender Equality Index, a report revealing the results of a survey of 21 casino and gaming corporations .

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Experience Level

Copywriting
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Business Card
Expert
Letterhead
Expert
T-shirt Design
Expert
Surface Pattern Design
Expert
Sticker
Expert
Poster
Expert
Magazine
Expert
Flyer
Expert
Logo
Expert
Brochure
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Greetings Card
Intermediate
Presentation Design
Intermediate
Catalogue
Intermediate
Branding
Intermediate
Signage
Intermediate
Banner
Intermediate
Email Design
Intermediate
Book Cover
Intermediate
Book Illustration
Beginner
Advert Design
Beginner
Social Media Design
Beginner
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Education

Master of Fine Arts in Community Arts, at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
May 26, 2011 - May 20, 2013
College Teaching of Art Certificate,
Bachelor of General Studies, Liberal Art at University of Nevada, Reno
May 17, 1999

Qualifications

Graphic Design Certificate,
December 31, 2021
Print Design Certificate
December 31, 2018

Industry Experience

Retail, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services
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