Frances Figart (Fié-gert) is the creative director of Smokies Life, one of four nonprofit partners of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She edits Smokies Life Journal and directs a creative team of seven writers, editors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and videographers who produce books, periodicals, videos, podcasts, and many other projects that help park visitors understand the cultural and natural history of the Southern Appalachian region.
The Smokies Life Creative Team includes, from left to right, Videographer and Publications Associate Valerie Polk, Graphic Designer Miranda Bemis, Project Manager Keely Knopp (with Elly Wells Marketing), Design Team Manager Karen Key, Lead Writer Holly Kays, Creative Director Frances Figart, Graphic Designer Emma Oxford, Lead Editor Jennifer Fulford, and Videographer Robin Pyle.
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PREFERRED PARTNERS
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Smokies Life
Smokies Life has given me the job of a lifetime (ILMJ) and I couldn’t be prouder to represent this amazing educational nonprofit supporting public lands.
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Michele Sons
Michele Sons is a landscape and nature photographer who I enjoy working with in the Smokies and who also created this website.
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Elly Wells Marketing & Project Management
Elly Wells Marketing & Project Management is my go-to brain trust for marketing projects that relate to conservation and ecology in the South.
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Seascape Kayak Tours
Seascape Kayak Tours has organized ecotourism experiences in Costa Rica and Canada’s Bay of Fundy for more than 30 years.
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Discover Life in America
Discover Life in America manages the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and has discovered 22,795 total species there.
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Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is the leading voice for the conservation of imperiled wildlife and habitat across North America.
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Women of the Cloud Forest
Women of the Cloud Forest is a fair-trade enterprise creating beautiful field bags with species from both the temperate and the tropical forests.
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Southern Environmental Law Center
Southern Environmental Law Center is the South’s largest and most effective environmental advocate and protector.
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Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy conserves unique plant and animal habitat and clean water in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.
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National Parks Conservation Association
National Parks Conservation Association is a watchdog protecting and enhancing America’s National Park System for the present and future generations.
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BearWise
BearWise helps people live responsibly with bears, helping homeowners, businesses, communities in Southern Appalachia coexist with black bears.
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Safe Passage
Safe Passage is a coalition of nearly a hundred professionals and staff from more than 20 organizations working to help animals safely cross Southern Appalachian roads.
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The Wilderness Society
The Wilderness Society has led the effort to permanently protect nearly 112 million acres of wilderness in 44 US states.