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Case Study

Galen-tines Zine

A puckish zine to celebrate the first holiday dedicated to Yosemite park rangers in honor of Galen Clark

Client
Yosemite National Park
Year
2025
Skills & Tools
print design, illustration

Nothing lifts spirits quite like a little mischief, so I created Galen-tines—a holiday named after Galen Clark, dedicated to celebrating park rangers and our devotion to Yosemite (and keeping ranger morale from eroding faster than a granite…

Impact

Ranger Morale Boost

The event and zine became a genuine highlight of the park calendar, with rangers asking to repeat it the following year.

Visitor Delight

The interactive station drew more visitor participation than any previous interpretive event that season.

Original Artifact

Copies of The Granite Gossip were kept as souvenirs — a rare result for ephemeral print in a park setting.

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Nothing lifts spirits quite like a little mischief, so I created Galen-tines—a holiday named after Galen Clark, dedicated to celebrating park rangers and our devotion to Yosemite (and keeping ranger morale from eroding faster than a granite cliff face).

The week kicked off with an interactive station where visitors could write love letters to the park (and some to park rangers!) — followed by chocolate bears, gummy bears, and a pink waffle breakfast.

To keep things light, I dressed our office bear as "Cub-id", who would strike plush arrows at rangers whenever they needed a pick-me-up to fall in love with the park again (or a reminder of why they signed up for this job in the first place). And to bring it all together, The Granite Gossip zine featured a custom crossword, a cartoon, a maze, and a tongue-in-cheek story — and even a bonus "build-a-bear" riddle quest that would lead to a bear Lego in a bear can.

Client
Yosemite National Park
Year
2025
Skills & Tools
print design, illustration