Shelden Studios has been working for and as exhibit designers since 1985. This means 30 years of experience working on teams that build exhibits for Smithsonian, National Park Service, US Navy, Civil Rights Organizations, Historical Societies, NIST, NIH and other government and private sector organizations.

Our focus has been on panel design, art and illustration as well as in production. We create beautiful, accurate comps, and we also like to carry our art and design work as far into the 100% stage as possible, giving the fabricator fewer concerns and problems to resolve at their end.

Exhibit space and panel design — Shelden Studios has experience in designing spacial environments and exhibit panels. Also in aiding in scripting and concept development. We have worked for years with many strong writers, case designers, exhibit architects and fabricators and will be happy to help you find the right team for your project.

Photo retouching and scaling — Shelden Studios has clocked thousands of hours in this work. We can take on your challenges and come up with solutions for you. Refer to our photography pages for samples of our work.

Detail work — Technical renderings, tracing, complex illustrator drawings and hand drawings. Look in the illustration section of this website for samples of our work.

Paintings and Murals — Suzanne Shelden is a successful artist and does paintings and murals on commission both in acrylics and digitally. Browse sheldenstudios.com for ideas. If our style is not suitable, we are connected with many successful artists in the region, including model makers and bronze sculpltors, wood workers and ceramicists.

Large backgrounds and large panels — We have a reputation for pulling together large panel assemblies with interesting backgrounds for exhibits. If you need the right background or a background solution for your imagery, come to us with your queries.