When graphic designer Melissa Franklin lived in Portland, Oregon, she rode her bike regularly. She began to paint designs on clothing thrifted from second-hand stores.

Every month she’d sell her work during a neighborhood art fair, continually entertained by Portland’s quirky inhabitants which included watching people play in makeshift mud pits and pie-joust one another from the top of double-decker bikes. 

Since moving to Tallahassee, Franklin has freelanced in graphic design for nonprofits and taken every opportunity to encourage and support the arts.

She curated monthly art shows at the Fermentation Lounge and served as the creative director for Grasslands Brewing Company.

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