About

Laurie Gilmore is an artist, designer, and educator with a career spanning fine art, graphic design, and academia. She studied Painting at the Art Institute of Boston and earned an MFA in Illustration from Syracuse University.

For over two decades, Laurie was a professor at Cazenovia College, where she directed the Visual Communications Program and later served as Associate Dean for Assessment of Student Learning. Her academic work focused on design activism, exploring themes such as the Chicano mural movement, political propaganda, and cause-related marketing. She developed and taught courses that examined the intersection of art and social change, encouraging students to use design as a tool for activism.

Her research has been supported by grants from the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University and the Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has been exhibited at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles and the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn. She has also contributed graphic design to nonprofit organizations and served on the boards of ArtRage Gallery and the Hope for Ariang Foundation.

Laurie continues to explore both fine art and design, with a particular focus on landscape oil painting. Her recent work reflects her deep appreciation for natural environments and the atmosphere of place.

Click on the menu links to see her and her student designs. To see her paintings and other creative work, visit lauriegilmoreart.com.