Karen LaMonte – Celestial Bodies exhibition at Munson
Karen LaMonte is an American artist and sculptor whose 30-year career has spanned an astounding range of mediums, from paper to glass, porcelain, marble, and bronze.
The Munson Museum of Art organized a retrospective of her work, which featured pieces from her personal studio, many of which were on view for the first time.
Order created a visual identity for the exhibition, which premiered in the summer of 2025. Etude, designed in 2022 by Emily Atwood for Order Type Foundry, was selected as the primary typeface for the exhibition. Its stenciled design echoes carved material, capturing the ever-present relationship between positive and negative forms in LaMonte’s work.
Munson’s house typeface, Munson Grotesque, is used for supporting copy. A light weight was selected for its similarities to Etude. Both typefaces were designed by Emily Atwood.
