Kate Bingaman-Burt mostly draws, letters, documents, and collects, but she also does a lot of other things that involve energy, conversation, and exchange. Kate is a full-time educator and makes illustrations for all sorts of clients all around the world. Since 2008, she has worked at Portland State and now holds the rank of Professor of Graphic Design. She opened Outlet in 2017 which hosts workshops, pop-up events and a fully operational risograph print studio. Outlet is a vibrant epicenter for fun, design, and community which regularly hosts workshops ranging from zine-making to drawing to printing on the Risograph. It also hosts small custom workshops and pop-up events for universities, non-profits, conferences, design agencies, and other institutions. This lively space is part studio, part experimental retail space, and part community design library that includes Kate’s ever-growing collection of zines. When Kate’s not leading one of her weekly Risograph workshops, she’s upstairs in her mezzanine studio illustrating for major clients such as the New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and Harvard Business Review. She also loves giving talks about creativity and making as well as moderating panels on these topics. Recently, she has led team building workshops at IDEO, Instrument, and Facebook and has moderated a panel on making at the 2021 National AIGA conference.