2-D art, including murals, mosaic, photography, etc.
Environmental and landscape art
Community engagement and social justice
Pittsburgh Creative Corps Artist Directory
Jenifer Schweitzer
one girl's graphics
Primary Discipline
Artistic Practice
Assemblage, including found objects, multimedia
Painting/works on paper/printmaking
Site-specificity determines materials used
Uptown Sweats by Kiya Tomlin in East Liberty Retail Signage, 2015, embedded in environmental design, merchandising and graphic design with site specific found objects.
Hill District Impact Report, 2017, graphic design for digital and print publication, 8.5″ x 11.” Collaboration with narrative editor Reese Randall and photographer Emmai Alaquiva.
spruce & adorn™ iteration, 2021, color analysis, graphic design, non-fiction writing, way-finding storytelling, merchandising design, window assemblage with found/reused objects, like cardboard boxes.
Congressional Campaign Office, 2022, computer graphics, written billboard style content, vinyl decals, paint, poster art, 35′ x 7.’
Wilkinsburg Student Union Branding Mentorship, 2015. Commissioned by Saturday Light Brigade to mentor the Wilkinsburg Student Union through a hands-on collaborative visual communications initiative.
About the Artist
Jenifer Schweitzer is an interdisciplinary human-centric artist and designer, a 2x creative entrepreneur, historical storyteller, content creator, non-fiction writer, entertainment marketing developer and artivist.
Her expansive skillsets evolved professionally as a print specialist in visual corporate communications and branding into environmental consulting, retail management, way-finding and merchandising design. Jenifer has utilized all of these skills building public activations + arts portfolio. Including but not limited to spruce & adorn™, Hotel Indigo® Pittsburgh East Liberty, Live! Music, LOCALpittsburgh, Kiya Tomlin (East Liberty), Warwick Dentistry and fundraising for The Playing for Change Foundation.
Mediums include critical thinking application, paper, pencil, markers, pastels, acrylic paint, photography, written word, computer graphics, vinyl, found objects, wood, floral arrangements, lighting and hand-built 3-D installations. Embedded in a solid creative portfolio of branding, typography, publication design, creative direction, strategic planning, oversize immersive installations, environmental spatial design and event production. Client lists include single entity start-ups, private residences and larger enterprises mixed in the arts, oil, steel, medicine, hospitality, editorial, fashion, personal care and business service industries.
In August of 2001, she began her journey as an entrepreneur launching one girl’s graphics llc.— a visual arts, environmental and creative design management firm.
In 2018, she launched spruce & adorn™ (life styled with intention) an artist-called-to-action brand, curated with special finds, signature products intentionally advocating for home decor for your mental health.
In 2026, she anticipates to launch The Vibrancy Sessions, a podcast holding dialogue around the collective of loving energy and the space it holds living a vibrant vulnerable life.
Photo courtesy of the artist
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Accreditations, Certifications, and/or Awards
- Through Polish Eyes, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2001
- Chariot of Aurora, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2001
- Shadyside Hospital Neutropenic Lounge, 2008
- Seven Springs, 2009
- Uptown Sweats by Kiya Tomlin, 2014
- LOCALpittsburgh,
- Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh East Liberty, 2015
- Warwick Dentistry, 2017
- Libraries without Borders Study Center in Sudsy’s Laundromat, 2018
- BeMyGuest Pittsburgh Air bnb, 2018
- spruce & adorn™ inside ineffable cà phê, 2019
- BeBe Lee’s Beauty Lounge, 2019
- spruce & adorn™ on Butler Street , 2021
- Steve Irwin for Congress Campaign Office, 2021
- RedFin Blog — Contributor, 8 Home Decor Ideas for your Home, 2025
- MacKid, City of Pittsburgh + Pittsburgh North—Contributor, A Creative Aunts Twist on Living Analogue: Lets Discover, Together, 2025
- Steel Wool Art Salon—Contributor, Pittsburgh You Take my Breath Away Part 1 & 2
Provides Fabrication Services to Other Artists
Yes
Teaching Artist
Yes, all ages
Joined the Directory
May 2026
Related
PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
“Public Art is artistic integrity under a magnifying glass. It offers oversized and nonverbal insight to craftsmanship, storytelling and negotiation within environmental considerations. Its autonomy is the heart that goes into art.”
Jenifer Schweitzer
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
