WE'RE NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT sure what the Arts Congress is, but we are pretty sure that we’re upset for never having been invited. But alas, apparently the good folks at the Los Angeles chapter of the nonprofit Community Arts Research Center had better plans for us: designing the annual Arts Congress program.

We know there isn’t much money in the arts. Seriously, we know. But that didn’t scare us off a project that included a less-than-shoestring budget and a nearly insane timetable. Pro bono work is good for your soul and karma, after all.

The large format programs were designed for one-color in-house copying to save money, and they were scored and folded for easy carrying during the event. We even endeavored to create an illustrative interpretation of one of the venues, a little known building called the Disney Center.

The programs came out so well that we heard that some of the participants stole extra copies and took them home and framed them.