RK Venture

01/26/2026

Weekend snow storm behind us, here are two of our short form seasonal messaging animations ❄️
These are a part of underage drinking prevention for our client NMDOT ☃️

12/19/2025

Best holiday wishes—may they become something beautiful.

04/15/2025

Our classics, more on the way😎

01/28/2025

Part of our continuous underage drinking prevention efforts with NMDOT.

01/31/2024

How we create by adding and then subtracting.

A few years ago, our Broadcast Creative Director, Nick Tauro, an improv buff, invited everyone at RK Venture to a workshop at the Box Performance Space in Albuquerque to learn some of the craft and art of improv. Headed by long-time improv artist, Heather Yeo, our class acted out different scenarios

01/09/2024

Check out what we've been up to recently as well as Nick Tauro's interview with The Albuquerque Journal.

One resolution we can all get behind is ending drunk driving in New Mexico. We are dedicated to this mission every day we come to work. In collaboration with our client, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, we bring awareness to drinking and driving through multiple mediums and through messa

03/24/2023

Underage drinking, even though it's on the decline, is still a big problem in New Mexico. The new ZeroProof website, designed for the New New Mexico Department of Transportation, is a fun way for kids to learn about the dangers of drinking at a young age. Check out our latest blog about our new approach to the creative and messaging of this all too important topic.

Pouring down from the top of the screen on the the new ZeroProof website are knuckle tats, skateboards, band aids, dice, hamsters, pink fried eggs, skulls and cross bottles, tangled cassette tapes, sneakers, screaming babies and cats — fun, colorful stickers with a message, telling us kids to wait

03/13/2023

We're so proud of you, Richard, for all you've achieved and all that you continue do for our industry and our community. You make us all shine. Congratulations for being recognized by the American Advertising Federation - New Mexico with a Silver Medal Award. Well deserved, sir.

Congratulations Richard!

Richard is the principal and Executive Creative Director of RK Venture, an agency that creates innovative, integrated campaigns that motivate behavior change. Richard drives all creative strategy, ex*****on, and management of successful complex communication and marketing initiatives for both the private and public sector clients of the agency. He has nurtured and supported creative talent from within his agency for over 35 years.

Richard Kuhn’s creative success in the local industry began in the 1980s with his Managing Partner position with the design firm VaughnWedeen (which them grew to become Vaughn Wedeen Creative, and later was known as VWK by the early 2000s.) Richard Kuhn went on in 2014 to spin off his own firm, the creative agency RK Venture.

Aside from being an active member with the AAFNM, Richard Kuhn and his agency RK
Venture continues to create award winning, behavioral change advertising from their
office in Nob Hill neighborhood in Albuquerque. The firm continues to service clients
from coast to coast. RK Venture has been recognized nationally and internationally with
multiple Addy, Telly, Comm Arts, Graphis, and Print Magazine awards. Richard has acted
as mentor and counsel for numerous members of the advertising and creative communities here in New Mexico.

Personally, Richard Kuhn has supported various environmental groups locally, nationally, and internationally, like Amigo Bravos, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, the NRDC: National Resources Defense Council and others.

In addition, he is an active supporter of the RoadRunner Food Bank, New Mexico
Humane Society, American Indian College Fund, One Albuquerque Fund, and Chatter – A
Chamber Ensemble.


RK Venture

06/13/2022

Check out this time-lapse video of the super graphic we designed introducing the new People Mover Train coming to LAX. Special thanks to GP Color Imaging Group on a flawless installation.

06/02/2022

Lady Gaga’s choreographer Richy Jackson brought BIG energy to rehearsals with dancers cast in our upcoming summer driver safety campaign for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

05/12/2022

It's so rewarding to see our work come to life.

Another vinyl graphic installation post for LAX RENOVATION campaign.
RK Venture GP Color Imaging Group

05/03/2022

Proud of the work we're doing with LAX!

Just completed vinyl installation for LAX renovation campaign.
GP Color Imaging Group RK Venture