>I am interested to hear from list members regarding their institution's use >of graphic design services: >If you use outside designers, do you only use local firms? Would you consider >queries from freelance designers? What advice can you give to freelancers, >esp. non-local ones, in approaching your organization? Chris, we use a local outside design firm that works within closely prescribed limits as designed by another local outside design firm, who donated the specs of our graphic program as a gift-in-kind. (we can't afford to use the original designer on a regular basis, since they are among the very highest end in our city) We would almost never use a free-lance, non-local firm because we need to maintain a very close relationship with our designers, and physical closeness saves us money. Julia Moore Indianapolis Art Center