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Claire Ward is a Minneapolis-based visual artist who specializes in live fashion illustration and portraiture.

If you are planning an event and looking to add a fun activity for your guests, live fashion illustration is a unique way to capture your memories. Each portrait takes roughly 5-10 minutes, and your party-goers will leave with a personalized souvenir to remember the occasion (and their outfit)! 

I first met Claire at a Women’s Venture Empower Social Hour in 2019 where she drew the first illustration pictured (right, above). I loved the illustration so much that I later contacted Claire to draw my favorite band images from our show at A440 Studios. Claire has such a gift to transform moments into beautiful keepsakes.

Claire Ward also works on commissions and is open to a variety of projects and mediums.