Holley Maher

Holley Maher is an artist in the broadest sense: an illustrator, graphic designer, and editorial art director, as well as a songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Holley’s illustration career began with her stationery line, Wink Wink Paper Co., and soon she was invited to illustrate her first children’s book series, Little Kid, Big City—a milestone she’d dreamed of since her own childhood (which was quite a while ago now). Holley and her partner, Joe Clemons, reside in Nashville, TN, and are the minds behind The New Athenian, an altruistic creative agency. Together, they publish community-focused magazines and have branded new and legacy arts organizations like IndigeNash, Nashville Design Week, and the Wedgewood/Houston Arts District. Holley has a mild (read: nearly all-consuming) obsession with tabletop games and hopes one day to design her own—her favorites are Dungeons & Dragons, her own house rules version of Dominoes, and Chinese Mahjong.