Our Work

Our Work:

Reel: Tactile Creative

Small Business: Blawesome Farm, LLC

When you choose to source your flowers from Blawesome, you are not only receiving a beautiful product, but you are also perpetuating a cycle of community building that allows an individual living with autism an opportunity to participate in purposeful work, to develop meaningful relationships (both with nature and people), and to alter the existing paradigm that currently places individuals with disabilities in positions where they are often the served, and seldom the server.

Artist Video: Katya Wild

Katya Wild began painting her face as a daily meditation, as well as a way of expressing herself more authentically on social media. Trying to write a profile felt superficial. There were a million things about her life that were factual or informative, but what if there were a color that could depict an emotion?

Small Business: Bull City Pet Sitting

Jen Thornburg, owner of Bull City Pet Sitting, explains why front attachment harnesses are her #1 choice for dog walking.

Duke TeachHouse: “Why I Teach: It’s about impact and outcomes”

Duke TeachHouse fellows Michele Saunders, Brianna Tuscani, Corey Bray, and Savannah Windham share why they teach.

GCFLearnFree: Success Stories

This video was a collaboration with designer Brenda Vienrich for GCFLearnfree.org and illustrates the impact of this free online learning resource on individuals’ lives. Animation done by Tactile Creative and all graphic images by Brenda Vienrich.

GCFLearnFree: Learning to Learn Series

GCFLearnFree team member Stephen Lee discusses the value of play when it comes to learning.

Higher Ed: Duke TeachHouse

Duke TeachHouse is a living and learning community for graduates of the Duke University teacher preparation programs: Elementary, Secondary, and Master of Arts in Teaching Programs. The intensive experience focuses on equipping early career educators with the confidence, competence, knowledge and networks necessary to develop leadership, creative problem solving, and innovation skills.

Kickstarter Video: Audio Under the Stars

Audio Under the Stars is a summer-long audio festival based in Durham, N.C. that collects fascinating stories from all over —with a focus on local flavor—and each month during the summer Audio Under the Stars invites the community in to their garden to lean back and listen.

Animation for Duke Service-Learning

In celebration of last year’s Duke Service-Learning annual theme, #MakingPlaceMatter, Duke service-learning students and faculty reflected over the past several months on what they’ve learned in the places and spaces of Durham through community-engaged experiences. See their words in motion in this artfully animated crowdsourced poem.

Animation: “Nature is intelligent”

Watercolor animated collage illustrating interview with nature writer Alice Eckles.

Welcome to Spring Hill Presbyterian Church

A promotional video for Spring Hill Presbyterian Church.

GCFLearnFree: Learning to Learn Series

GCFLearnFree team member Lisa Roscoe discusses how she learns through teaching.