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1998 ChildArt USA

Carson Beyl

Art to Design

After graduating from college I spent several years in New York
City as a designer for Comedy Central & MTV Networks. This past
summer I decided to leave New York and travel south to pursue my
own design projects—creating a limited-edition line of hats and a
newsprint magazine. These projects led me to my current job as
graphic designer for a small company called Seltzer Goods located
in Asheville, North Carolina.

Right now I am trying to find happiness and beauty in simplicity. I
think that would also be my dream for the world.

My greatest accomplishment is that I am able to create and design
things for a living. It is what I loved most when I was little, and it is
still what I love most in life.

My own personal challenge has been that I have always been quiet
and most comfortable observing the world rather than speaking up.
As I get older I am learning to value these qualities while still pushing
myself to speak my mind when something needs to be said.

The ICAF inspired my first thoughts on politics and things
beyond my very insular 8 year old world. It helped to teach
me that art and design have the power to deliver important
messages to the world.

You should never stop making things and never stop coming up with
ideas. Everyone is happiest when they are creating!

At the ICAF we always remembered her for her foresight at the age
of 8 about the first woman president in The White House. We finally
found Carson, thanks to the Internet and her own website, www.
CarsonBeyl.com. She was the winner from Pennsylvania, studied
Communication Design at Carnegie Mellon University and is now
living in Asheville, North Carolina.

“

You should never stop making things and

never stop coming up with ideas. Everyone
is happiest when they are creating!

28 ChildArt January -March 2017