Kilby Creative Inc

07/27/2026

Sad to see this one come down, but we're working on the next one.

It's hard to believe that "The Alachua Phenomenon" exhibition is already closing! If you haven't toured this impactful exhibition covering 200 years of Alachua County history, you have until this Saturday to do so. The Museum is open Wednesday-Saturday 11am-4pm and admission is FREE.

Thank you to Curator of Exhibitions Willett Hancock and Graphic Designer Rick Kilby for another incredible exhibition!

06/19/2026

Back of T shirt created for 1994 World Cup

05/22/2026

This is a photo I donated to the History Center showing the Lynx bus decorated with my artwork for the third Orlando International Fringe Festival. It's stopped right in front to the Bumby Building where my office was located when I worked at Church Street Station!

A full slate of performances this weekend at venues throughout Orlando’s Loch Haven Park draws the curtain on 35th Annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. The first Fringe Festival was held downtown in 1992, and since then the event has provided a space and opportunity for artists to emerge and showcase their talents and craft. Now the longest-running Fringe in the United States, the festival is unjuried – artists are chosen by lottery – and 100% of ticket sales given back to the artists. The two-week long extravaganza offers live entertainment, unique theatre experiences, displays of visual art, kid-friendly shows and activities, and free outdoor concerts. Shows run through Monday evening.

05/20/2026

to when my artwork was used on the side of a Lynx bus.

05/03/2026

Original Fringe logo

05/01/2026

Gratifying to see these signs I designed years ago still in use for historic preservation month.

04/30/2026

Hoping to see these exhibits that I worked on find a new life online.

The Amazing Give has started! Let's together! https://www.theamazinggive.org/organizations/matheson-history-museum

This year our Amazing Give goal is $6,000 to launch a new Exhibit Digitization Project, an initiative designed to preserve and expand access to our exhibitions for educators and researchers alike.

After an exhibition is deinstalled, the objects are returned to the Museum archives, and the exhibition panels are disposed of. Creating a digital version of each exhibition is the best way to preserve the hard work put in by our staff and volunteers. Once an exhibition is digitized it will be added to our website and shared on social media, making it accessible to everyone.

The first four exhibitions that will be digitized are:
- The Alachua Phenomenon: Two Centuries in Florida's Eden
- Weaving a Community: 30 Years of the Matheson History Museum
- Return to Forever: Gainesville's Great Southern Music Hall
- Voices and Votes: Alachua County

All four of these exhibitions were designed by award-winning author, historian, and graphic designer Rick Kilby.

Which exhibition was your favorite to design?
"Picking my favorite exhibit is a tough task, but if I had to choose it would be either the Great Southern Music Hall or The Alachua Phenomenon. The Great Southern Music Hall exhibit, which I co-curated with John Moran using text by Bill DeYoung, was my first and it was thrilling to work with two Gainesville legends. I grew up reading Bill’s words and looking at John’s photos in the Sun. But the style of the Alachua County exhibit was an ode to 19th century Floridiana, a look that I love to work with."

What's your design process like?
"My process starts with carefully reviewing the text and images and then developing the mood and color palette to complement the historical elements. My goal is for the design to enhance the content without overpowering it. Hopefully it helps make the space of the galleries more immersive than simply looking at words and text on a wall. If we are successful, it’s a narrative journey that is ultimately rewarding and insightful for the viewer. "

Donate today and help bring this important project to life. Donations of any size will contribute to preserving and sharing local history for years to come. https://www.theamazinggive.org/organizations/matheson-history-museum

04/23/2026

I’m proud of how this wall looked.

We're one week away from !

This year our Amazing Give goal is $6,000 to launch a new Exhibit Digitization Project, an initiative designed to preserve and expand access to our exhibitions for educators and researchers alike. We currently have four Matheson exhibitions online and six exhibitions created by community members, which you can view here: https://mathesonmuseum.org/online-exhibitions/.

One of the exhibitions that will be digitized is "Weaving a Community: Thirty Years of the Matheson History Museum." It was on display from February 2024 to December 2025. The exhibition took an all-encompassing view of the Museum's history and its origins. The exhibition revealed the museum's roots through the history of the Matheson family, the American Legion Hall, and the wider civil society.

Donate today to our Amazing Give campaign and contribute to preserving and sharing local history for years to come: https://www.theamazinggive.org/organizations/matheson-history-museum.

04/19/2026

When I was asked to design a poster for the conference of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, I found this amazing unpublished artwork for the Secret River in the archives at UF by Robert Camp. Camp created illustrations for Rawlings' books "Cross Creek" and "Cross Creek Cookery."