While one artist is a book, a collective of artists is an entire library. At RW2, the arthouse is a carefully curated library of accomplished artists available for commissions.
A Curated Community of Artists for Hire
RW2 arthouse is a community of elite commissionable artists representing every discipline. You can commission any type of art from a growing catalog of content creators and freelancers, including:
- directors,
- photographers,
- illustrators,
- muralists,
- animators,
- motion designers,
- graphic designers,
- sculptors,
- textile and mixed media artists,
- muralists,
- installation artists,
- and more.
These creative artists are carefully hand-picked with diversity and exceptional talent in mind.
The production-savvy specialists at RW2 coordinate with the client and recommend the perfect commercial directors team. Although every project requires a different approach, each is handled with care and receives the thorough assessment it deserves.
Unlike a singular artist, the arthouse collective allows RW2 to have a list of artists who can work simultaneously in multiple places at once, worldwide. Also, collectives provide artists the benefit of collaborating and giving feedback to each other. Artist collectives are efficient and reliable.
A Content Agency Connecting Artists with Brands
RW2’s arthouse is also a content agency that connects artists with brands and advertising agencies who need art. The result: Artists get commissioned for their creative work while companies make an impact with their advertising. arthouse is agency production and art-buying, artist resourcing, content production, and media delivery.
How arthouse Approaches Content Production
arthouse efficiently develops a plan that delivers quality content for every project. The arthouse produces, shoots, films, draws, and designs range using a knowledgeable production team. Additionally, they provide valuable content from every discipline.
The RW2 arthouse team creates this personalized content for every platform; the arthouse has commissioned artists for various local, regional, and international brands. They also work on a per-project basis, which means the entire process is custom-tailored for each project.
The production team maintains a high level of attention from smaller-scale projects that may only require post-production work to an entire campaign planned from beginning to end.
Hire the Best Artists for Your Project
Hiring a commercial artist through arthouse is straightforward. arthouse works as a partner to agencies, brands, and artists. It stands out as a vital resource not only in the Kansas City community where our studios are located but throughout the Midwest, U.S., and worldwide.
Grace Chon, Photographer
Grace Chon is a self-taught commercial + editorial photographer specializing in lifestyle pet portraiture, including dogs, cats, and more. Chon has clients such as ad agencies, magazines, publishing companies, celebrities, non-profit organizations, and TV shows, including Purina and Fancy Feast.
Not only that, but she is also the author of 2 dog photography books: Waggish: Dogs Smiling For Dog Reasons and Puppy Styled: Japanese Dog Grooming, Before and After.
Yeye Weller, Illustrator
Yeye Weller is an award-winning illustrator who brings a bold, colorful style to his handmade and digital illustrations. He created a mural for the Las Vegas Warby Parker grand opening where “NICE TO SEE YOU” surrounds an animal-like character clad in a fabulous pair of glasses.
As another example, Dunkin Donuts commissioned Weller to create a colorful cartoon iced coffee in their ad. Other notable names that have worked with Weller include The New York Times and Warner Bros.
Robert Nyerges, Director
Robert Nyerges is a commissionable director based in Los Angeles. Nyerges creates diverse, meaningful, and culturally progressive content for films, commercials, branded content, and music videos. His story-telling involves highlighting the human element by using powerful imagery. Brands he has worked with include Gatorade, Mercedes, and Adidas.
Matt Mooney, Studio Photographer + Director
Matt Mooney is a calm and collected photographer specializing in food, tabletop, and product photography. He has worked with reputable brands such as Dairy Queen, Reese’s, Panera, Sunny D, Applebees, Tropicana, and Wendy’s. Not to mention, he has been a core member of RW2 since 2008.
The Wade Brothers, Director + Photographer
The Wade Brothers are real-life brothers and creative visionaries— a technically flawless team who create original content every time. Lyndon and Lindsey Wade are strong creators individually, but they make an efficient team of directors and photographers with a unified mission. The Wade Brothers clients include Adidas, Garmin, Audi, DirecTV, Intel, and Google.
RealFake, Digital Retouching
RealFake’s founder, Judy Rush, is a leading digital artist in advertising and photography communities.
Trevor Hawkins, Director + Photographer
Trevor Hawkins is an adventure and wildlife still photographer and a cinematographer, editor, screenwriter, colorist, and occasionally on-screen personality.
Browse more arthouse creatives and their portfolios.