Print Inspired 2025: Ignite

Print Inspired 2025: Ignite

Spark your creativity at Slate Group's Print Inspired Conference 2025—Thursday, June 26th (9 am - 3:45 pm)! 🔥

Join us at the Hilton Garden Inn Lubbock for a day filled with inspiration, networking, and learning. Connect with like-minded inspirational individuals, explore the latest trends in creative marketing, and spark your creativity!

ALSO - be sure not to miss Slate Group's open house of their 100,000+ sq ft. facility full of new inspiration to take home to your team! Registering for Print Inspired automatically registers you for the open house that occurs on the same day from 3:45pm - 6pm. See you there!

If you wish only to attend Slate Group's Expansion Open House, please click here.

If you have any questions about either event, please contact Marketing Coordinator Jade Lusk (jade@slategroup.com).

I'm traveling into Lubbock for this event, where should I stay?

Slate Group and Hilton Garden Inn have partnered together to provide a discounted group code for Print Inspired 2025 Attendees.

Click here to book a room.

Or you can call the hotel directly and use the following information:

Group Name: Print Inspired 2025 Ignite

Group Code: 91O

Check-in: 25-JUN-2025

Check-out: 27-JUN-2025

Hotel Name: Hilton Garden Inn Hotel

Address: 6027 45th St., Lubbock, Texas 79407

Phone: 806.776.3900

PARKING

Below is a map with the outlined green boxes representing spaces where you can park. The blue arrow and circle on the hotel signify the entrance to the conference!

SEE OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS!

Tad Carpenter

Tad Carpenter is a designer, author and New York Times best selling illustrator based in Kansas City, Missouri. Carpenter co-runs the design and branding studio, Carpenter Collective with his wife, Jessica Carpenter where they focus on bringing powerful messages to life through branding, packaging, illustration and design. They have worked with clients ranging from Target, Meta, Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Starbucks, Conan O'Brien, Adobe and MTV among many others. Carpenter has worked with numerous bands on posters and tour campaigns for over 15 years, including John Mayer, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Paul McCartney and Dave Matthews Band to name a few. Carpenter has written and illustrated over twenty children's books in our marketplace today intended for adults and children of all ages.

Click here to see Tad's Instagram and here to visit Carpenter Collective's website.

Legs Improv Comedy

When you say that an idea or a story “has legs”, you mean you've got some room to run. It has potential. Husband and wife duo, Luke and Betsy Anderson, perform improvised comedy inspired by true stories from your favorite Lubbockites. They create a show that you've never seen before and will never see again. And hopefully, you'll laugh your butt off!

Join in the fun and learn how the Legs Improv Comedy group stays creative in their storytelling! We bet you'll laugh out loud (we sure did)!

Click here to visit their Instagram page.

Carol Fowler

Design is the life for Carol Fowler... that is not too extreme, she is always thinking about type, communicating, and color. Yes, it is kinda weird, she does choose where to eat based on the font choice on the menu. Carol loves to try and learn new things--new software, painting, gelli plate printing, and textile art.

Tyler K. Schuster

Tyler K. Schuster is from Brackettville, Texas, where she ranches alongside her mother and grandmother. A graduate of Tarleton State University and Texas A&M University, Schuster currently serves as the assistant director of development for Davis College at Texas Tech University.

Prior to this role, Schuster served as the Manager, Leadership Development for Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) based in Fort Worth, Texas. In this role, Schuster led all organizational efforts to prepare and educate the next generation of cattle raisers. In 2022, Schuster's signature TSCRA project launched: a youth program that allows the next generation of ag producers the opportunity to develop a stronger understanding of the cattle industry and its processes "from pasture to plate."

When not traveling the lone star state, Schuster can be found working alongside her mom on her family's ranch or recording new episodes of her podcast, Basically Famous. Basically Famous arose out of Schuster's desire to showcase stories of people—women in particular—in the western and agriculture industries.

Awards and Achievements

• 2024 COWGIRL 30 Under 30, COWGIRL Magazine

• 2024 Rural Impact Award, Ranch House Designs

• 2025 NCBA Trailblazer, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Click here to follow Tyler's Instagram and here to visit her website.

Jacob Breeden

Jacob Breeden is a multidisciplinary artist, strategist, and creative consultant based in Amarillo, Texas. With over 20 years of experience, his work has ranged from large-scale installations at Burning Man to co-founding platforms that fuse creativity with community transformation. His ventures include Process Art House, Modern Creator, MakeSpace, the High Plains Institute for Arts and Ecology 501c3, and the Collective Heritage Lab 501c3, each advancing bold ideas at the intersection of art, identity, and public impact.

Jacob remains an in demand commissioned visual artist with numerous works in progress in his studio. He currently serves as the Creativity Director for the Unity Learning Communities, where he helps shape inclusive educational environments rooted in curiosity and collaboration. His coaching and consulting work through Professionally Creative seeks to empower leaders to reconnect with their creative instincts and bring meaningful innovation to work (and life).

Jacob lives in Amarillo with his wife Rhoda Breeden—a force of nature in her own right—and two of their three remarkable children. Their eldest is grown, married, and out exploring the world. His work has earned recognition in both creative and business arenas, including top awards in the WTAMU EnterPrize Challenge and Texas Tech Accelerator, and a Golden ADDY one time for guerrilla art, an honor he feels most accurately reflects his personal ethos. Jacob is committed to building a culture where creativity isn’t just encouraged—it’s essential.

Click here to visit Jacob's website.