Molly McLeod

Biography
Molly will enthusiastically talk to ANYONE about any subject related to fonts, anytime. She is very good at baking pumpkin muffins, was one of the leaders of Circus Folk Unite!, and studied Graphic Design, urban planning, community-based art, and education. She hails from the great Pacific Northwest.

After graduation, she went on a bicycle circus tour, and then moved to Northampton to work as a freelance graphic and web designer.

Contact Information

 * Website/Portfolio: http://mollymcleod.com
 * Division III Project: http://theampersandproject.com
 * Circus Company: http://www.downsideupcircus.org/wordpress
 * Email me: mcm05 @ hampshire.edu (talk to me about fonts!)

Community Involvement
The Downside-Up Circus, Circus Folk Unite!, Human Being Magazine, Omen, EPEC, Orientation Leader F06 F07 S08 F09, Admissions Tour Guide/Interviewer

Division I, Fall 05 - Spring 06

 * HACU 133T – The Photographic Portrait (tutorial)
 * HACU 152 – Irony, Agency, Ideology, Pop Culture
 * CS 197 – Digital Imaging
 * IA 231– Designing with Light 
 * LM 111 – Creative Lamp Construction
 * IA 228 – Storytelling as Performance: Voice, Body, Narrative
 * HACU 111– Book Arts
 * SS 188 – From Gutenburg to Google: the History of the Organization of Knowledge
 * NS 211 – Astronomy &amp; Public Policy

Divison II, Fall 06 - Spring 08

 * HACU 256 – Media Production II: Documentary Practice – The Archive
 * SS 160 – Making Community: Meanings and Methods
 * IA 100 – Independent Study: Graphic Design for Social Improvement
 * ANTH 249 – Visual Anthropology (Smith) 
 * Political Stencil Making (Smith) 
 * IA 294 – Embodied Imagination
 * SS 241 – Urban Visions: Constructing the Appropriate City
 * FIAR 92 – Collaborative Art (Amherst)
 * IA 200/EPEC – Exploring Graphic Design (Facilitator) 
 * HACU 254 – Video II: New Media Convergence
 * OPRA 208 – Experiential Education
 * SS 279 – The Crafted City
 * EPEC – Font Fanatic Friends! (Facilitator) 
 * HACU 242 – Designing an Architectural Journal
 * HACU 2?? – Text &amp; Image: Making Our Own Books (TA) 
 * CS 255 – Radical Digital Arts Innovation
 * HACU 253 – Video Post Production Sketchbook
 * LM 240 – Social Entrepreneurship

On leave - Summer 08-Spring 09

 * the Criss Cross Circus, cross country tour in a vegetable oil powered school bus
 * the HERETICS documentary, a film by Joan Braderman – digital design and animation 
 * Traveling and working in Europe, with Tara Jacob

Division III, Fall 09-Spring 10

 * Mentored Independent Study, mentoring RJ Sakai and Tharanga Yakupitiyage
 * EPEC – Public Typography (Facilitator) 
 * CS 214 – Improving TheHub

Division III
Molly wrote and designed three distinct but complementary books about typography, centering around ampersand (the &amp; symbol). She also created an educational, interactive art installation all over campus. The ampersand is a fun, accessible entry point for learning about typography. The ampersand has a rich history, and can take many different forms depending on the time period and font style it’s from.

To learn more about the project, or order a set of books (only $12, what a deal!), visit the website: http://theampersandproject.com Molly's Division III contract: