Kate Bingaman-Burt
Professor & Associate Director of the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design
ART BUILDING 110A
Kate Bingaman-Burt is a multi-disciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. Kate’s teaching focuses on helping others find their creative voice and empowering people through making marks, making zines, and making prints! For her own practice, Kate mostly draws, letters, documents, and collects, but she also does a lot of other things that involve energy, conversation, and exchange. She is a full-time educator and makes illustrations for all sorts of clients worldwide, including The New York Times, Hallmark, Girl Scouts of America, and Chipotle, as well as locally loved institutions like OMSI, Buy Olympia, and the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Since 2008, she has worked at Portland State and holds the position of Professor of Graphic Design. She is also the Associate Director of the School of Art + Design and the head of the Graphic Design program. In 2017, Kate founded the community print space Outlet, which hosts workshops, pop-up events, a zine library, and a fully operational risograph print studio.
Kate teaches Fresh (DES 472) , Rodeo (DES 425) and Brand Lab (DES 321) and loves to chat about internships, professional practices and strategies for connecting with the larger design community.
M.F.A. University of Nebraska, 2004
B.A. College of the Ozarks, 2000