About Us
About Us
Photographs by Mariah Springs Photography
KG Graphics is a design & printing shop based in Danville, VA. The studio was founded in 2009 by Kristen Gusler. We deliver creative solutions and intelligent ideas to clients big and small: retail, restaurants, businesses of any size, personal use, or anything needing a new identity or brand.
We specialize in custom designs: logos, business cards, advertising, flyers, posters, branding, stickers, package labeling, brochures, catalogs, editorial, promotional items, identity, illustration, invitations, websites, email marketing, t-shirts, photography, signage, exhibitions, and just about anything graphic related for your business or individual use. We provide printing of any kind as well, even in-house screen printing and embroidery! Have everything done in a one stop shop! We would like to help your business or event look its best! Please contact us today to help get your print or web projects started right away!
Meet Our Team
Great people make great work!
Kristen Gusler
Owner/Graphic Designer
Kristen has always had a love for art for as long as she can remember, so she knew at a young age that she wanted a career in art. Design is in everything we touch and see in life so she wanted to be a part of bringing them to life for everyone to see. She graduated from Longwood University in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a concentration in graphic design and a minor in photography. Her dream was to open her own business, so in 2009, she started freelancing, and in 2013, that dream came true with opening KG Graphics shop full time. She loves what she does and loves bringing people's ideas to life! When not designing, she spends time with her husband Ryan, tending to their farm and riding horses.
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Ryan Gusler
Operations & Production Manager
Ryan helps over see the day to day operations of KG Graphics to make sure that the organization runs as well as possible, with smooth efficient service that meets the expectations and needs of the customers and clients. He also has a keen eye for design and helps brainstorm creative solutions that are not only for the graphic side but for the business side as well. Ryan has been instrumental in connecting KG Graphics with new customers and clients. During his free time he enjoys spending time with family and his wife and tending to their fainting goat farm.
Brianna Shelton
Senior Graphic Designer
Growing up, Brianna always had an eye for detail, typography, and design, from placing in a photography contest in elementary school and creating fake, little business cards in middle school to becoming the senior publications editor at Galileo High School and designing several publications at Averett University. She discovered her passion for design and found a career path that she loved! She graduated from Averett University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies with a minor in Sociology. In her free time, Brianna loves playing with her dog, Sasha, traveling, trying new restaurants, and going to concerts!
Annie Anderson
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Annie graduated with an Associate Degree in Arts from Rockingham Community College in 2017. She has worked with tons of art mediums, from ceramics to water color to digital art. She says she loves art so much that she extended her passion onto her body in the form of tattoos. Outside of work, Annie spends her time tending to her many animals, playing video games, spending way too much money at used book stores, and playing DnD with her husband. She looks forward to adding graphic design to her repertoire, and she says she can’t think of a better place to do so than at KG Graphics!!
Chelsey Dixon
Graphic Designer
I was born and raised in Danville, Virginia. I have always loved art and designing things from a young age. I graduated from the graphic design and arts program at Danville Community College in 2018. In my free time, I enjoy making custom rugs, painting, long boarding and spending time with my dog and cat.
Emalee Farmer
Administrative Assistant
Emalee was born and raised in Danville and plans on staying in the area. She has two cats, Jax and Tobi. In her free time, she loves to cook, watch scary movies, and clean/organize. She was homeschooled and graduated in April of 2022. In the spring, she plans to take a Small Business Management class to further her education in small businesses. She loves organization and creating a more functional way of doing things, which is why she is loving her position as administrative assistant!
Caitlyn Haley
Production Assistant
Caitlyn lives in Ringgold, VA with her 3 dogs Cooper, Diesel, and Baily. She spends a lot of her free time listening to music and loving on her fur babies, and she loves all things outdoors. Caitlyn also has a passion for photography and collecting antique cameras!
Maryjane Shipman
Production Assistant
Maryjane's love for art started at a young age. Her nana was a well-known artist in Danville, Jane Bond. She was Maryjane's inspiration to do art as she did. She loves working at KG Graphics and it feels like craft hour to her. She could not be any happier working here. In her free time, Maryjane is either working on her own artwork, making cosplays, singing, watching anime, and, or playing video games. She also loves spending time with her friends and traveling with them
Kenny White
Production Assistant
Kennedy has plenty of embroidery experience. She was taught by her father around the age of 7 to sew by hand, learning more and more through the years. He’s her main influencer for my love of art and design. In her free time, she loves working on her own art and restoring old furniture with her husband and spending time with family and her three kids Alli, Willa and Coleman.
Alexus Bustamante
Production Assistant
Alexus grew up off the coast in Wilmington, NC but is originally from Fort Worth, TX. She has a great love for art and plans to attend Piedmont Community College to obtain her associate in arts. Alexus aspires to be a professional videographer/film director one day and later on maybe an art teacher. In her free time, she likes to work on her videography skills, paint, run, and watch anime.
Awards & Recognition
SWAM Certified
We are a Small, Women-Owned Company.
Small Business Pinnacle Award
October 2020
2020 has been one crazy year! We started this year off the same as every year. Same quality, same service, maybe some new products. Then Covid 19 hit... our operations manager, Ryan, saw this a month ahead of time and predicted how it would affect us, so he came up with a game plan to not only fill some slow time but to also help support other local businesses that were not able to have their physical doors open during the first couple of phases. With your help we raised over $10,000 selling "Support Local T-shirts" to give back out to other businesses in our area! We did all this from the kindness of our hearts because we wanted to help during these times. Never in a million years did we expect to receive an award for it! To all those that nominated us, THANK YOU! We feel honored, blessed, excited, and so thankful to be awarded the highest title of this years Small Business Pinnacle Award from the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce! Through your continued support, we have grown so much this year, even having to hire two new amazing employees to add to our already awesome team! Thank you!
2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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