Kara LaFleur

Current

Co-Founder at Geeks Who Give
Photographer (Self-employed)

Past

Marketing Coordinator at Night Kitchen Interactive
Summer Program Director at Work To Ride
Administrative Coordinator at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

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Education

University of The Arts

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

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Kara LaFleur’s Summary

Kara LaFleur received her BFA in Photography with a minor in Bookmaking from the University of the Arts, where she focused on alternative image making processes. After graduation, her involvement with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists provided experience in the Non-Profit and Arts and Culture Sectors, primarily in administrative and development roles. Kara further developed her interest in community organizing and youth outreach as the Director of Summer Programming at Work to Ride, a non-profit prevention program providing disadvantaged youth with activities surrounding horsemanship, equine sports and education. She continues to volunteer with this amazing program and is in the midst of a long term photographic project about WTR, for which she received a Leeway Art and Change grant in 2008. Kara joined the Night Kitchen Interactive team in 2007, coordinating marketing communications, strategies, and events. Applying her passion for community engagement and grassroots marketing to help promote client projects and facilitate visitor participation through a variety of social media tools. Most recently she co-founded Geeks Who Give on the premise of open source community giving, mobilizing the Philadelphia tech scene and channeling their powerful and positive energy towards socially-conscious causes. She has a tendency to Laugh Out Loud, and thinks others should too.

Kara LaFleur’s Specialties:

Self-motivated and passionate collaborator with experience in non-profit organizations, community engagement, education programs, and grassroots organizing. Outstanding organization, multi-tasking, communication, leadership, financial management, and problem-solving skills. Proven excellence at creating and maintaining databases, managing websites and content, and mentoring. Proficient at being awesome.

Kara LaFleur’s Experience

Co-Founder

Geeks Who Give

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Open Source Community Giving: Based on the unique concept of open source community giving.

- Mobilized the Philadelphia tech scene to channel their powerful and positive energy towards socially-conscious causes
- Initiated marketing campaigns utilizing social media, including social networks, blogging, and twitter, interpersonal networking and grassroots inspired canvasing to effectively execute several highly successful events to benefit local causes
Photographer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Fine Art industry)

September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Exhibitions
2009
Work To Ride (a work in progress)
University City Arts League

2008
Work To Ride (a work in progress)
Reverie

2007
Work To Ride (a work in progress)
Friends of Project Basho, Project Basho
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Project Basho
POST Preview Exhibtion, Freeman’s Auction House
POST From the Studio IV, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
Close to Home > 10, Solmssen Court, University of the Arts

2005
Intangibility of Shadow & Light, Seriatim: Senior Thesis Show, Icebox Gallery, Crane Building
29th Annual Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum
Turning Pages, Wardman Library, CA

Awards:
2008 Leeway Art and Social Change Grant

Additional Information

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Kara LaFleur’s Interests:

Community, Social Media, General Do Good-ery, Art, Photography, People!

Kara LaFleur’s Groups:

BarCamp, Friends of the Philadelphia Free Library, Geeks Who Give (_Philabundance, Philadelphia Futures_), Ignite Philly, InLiquid, Independents Hall, Junto, Philadelphia New Media Association (PANMA), Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST), Project Basho, Refresh Philly, Society for Photographic Education (SPE), The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), The Photo Review, The Print Center, Work To Ride (WTR)