Rachel
Winchester

Product Design & Internet Art

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Rachel Winchester

Product Design
& Internet Art


Call me ‘Win’

Speaking

Keynotes: New & Exclusive

Welcome to the Net Art Museum

The original Internet artists, or Net artists, who were working in the early 1990s, created artworks using the internet. The Net Art Museum is a project dedicated to bringing this history and legacy to you. This talk blends performance art and public speaking. As your docent, Win guides you through the museum by showcasing an artwork from each exhibition:

  • Net Art from the 90s and 00s

  • Post-Net Art to Today

  • Black Artists

  • Female Artists

  • Made with WordPress

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Marked Safe in the Ongoing Platform Wars

Staying sane & successful online

Learn how to survive the modern internet without losing your mind, your creativity, or your sense of self. The talk explores how today’s platforms are built to compete for attention, fragment focus, and constantly shift the ground beneath creators and communities. It looks at the psychological cost of living inside systems designed for endless engagement—especially for younger generations growing up in a state of permanent stimulation—and offers a unique solution through art therapy.

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Keynotes: Featured

WordPress as a Paintbrush

Internet Art Then & Now

As we venture into the future, we lean on history. The original Internet Artists, or Net Artists, working in the early 1990s, created artworks using the internet. For them, the internet was a new frontier – novel and unexplored. But, this was before WordPress and before most of us were truly aware of the internet and its capabilities. Now, more people have the opportunity to create online and actively participate in the internet landscape. 

This presentation is different each time. Win highlights different lessons learned from the original Internet Artists, and showcases new creations since then.

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New York City WordPress Meetup
Hybrid Event

Keynotes: Featured

Death to Slide Decks

Why your next presentation needs to be a webpage

Slide decks, slideshows, and PowerPoints are tied to a time when content was static and contained in finite pages. We navigated through content by moving from slide to slide, page to page. We had to turn the page or hit ‘next. But now we have websites and digital media. So not only has content evolved drastically, but so has the way that we can interact with this content on a screen. Webpage presentations fit in with today’s visual culture. Today we can present content in a way that matches how we naturally view and experience the world.

This presentation has three parts: when, why, and how. We’ll look at the history of visual storytelling to understand why it’s time for a change. Then, I’ll discuss how to build webpage presentations using page builders, WordPress and other tools.

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WordCamp Montclair 2024

Interactive Workshop

Killing PowerPoint

A webpage presentation design workshop

Killing PowerPoint is an interactive workshop that will transform your presentations and revolutionize the way you approach visual storytelling and data visualization. Remove PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides from your toolkit once and for all, and start building compelling webpage presentations.

The bulk of the event will be for hands-on designing. Each participant will get help with their presentation within their specific context. This workshop helps participants design a new presentation or improve an existing slide deck, and it gives specific directions for development and presentation. The Design phase is covered in detail, but all three phases are addressed: Design, Develop & Present

Schedule A Private Screening

Book a private event or custom workshop for your organization. All events can be scheduled for private screenings to accommodate your team and your schedule.

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Highlighted Achievement

Startup Pitch Competition Winner

In 2024, I won $500 in a pitch competition to support my startup The Focus Assistants. I used this money to fund a new event series to help with artists’ productivity. It’s called “Artist Studio.” Think of it as a virtual “Study Hall” for creatives.

Business Website:
FocusAssistants.com

Sign Up for Artist Studio at Eventbrite.com 

Event:
Stronger Together

Hosted by:
REC Philly

RECPhilly.com/StrongerTogether

Regular Appearances: Livestream

The WWW
(Work w/ Win) Livestream

Join me as I work on my art and design project; “Interfacings” with special guests every month.

Channels:

The WWW (Work W/ Win) Livestream Guide

Regular Appearances: Meetup

Philadelphia WordPress

Win is an active leader in the Philadelphia WordPress community, and has hosted the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup since 2020.

Learn more about the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup

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WordPress 20th Anniversary Party 
@ Indy Hall

Photo Credit:
Reed Gustow