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Defiance: A Literary Event to Benefit Red Hook

Faculty News

As you all know Red Hook was hit pretty hard during Hurricane Sandy. Illustration’s own Lauren Redniss has worked with friends to organize a benefit with lots of great writers, artists,…

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Parsons Students and University of the Arts in Berlin Exhibit Joint Show in Aronson Gallery

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Prototype: Exhibition in the Cloud is a collaboration between Parsons The New School for Design and the Universität der Künste Berlin, which seeks to challenge and reinvent the received notion of…

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Cartoonists through the lens: Portraits of Joann Sfar and Ben Katchor By Sam Ball

Faculty News

This is a special screening of work by Sam Ball on cartoonists Ben Katchor (Illustration faculty at Parsons) and Joann Sfar. This screening is presented in association with the The Brooklyn…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Omer Hoffman Presents

Events Presentation

The twenty-fourth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, Room…

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Nora Krug in Conversation With Contributors to Best American Comics 2012

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A discussion of the year in comics, with local contributors to Best American Comics 2012, including Illustration faculty Nora Krug, and Gary Panter. Moderated by Francoise Mouly, longtime art editor of…

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Digital C Printing now available to AMT Students!!

Available Media: Glossy, Luster, Metalic at $4 per square foot Specialty Media: Fuji Trans, Clear, and Flex at $7 per square foot. Monday – Luster Tuesday – Glossy/Metallic Wednesday – Luster…

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Student Projects From Illustration Program at New York Comic Con

News Student News

Last night at New York Comic Con, Parsons and Dudebox, the UK-based vinyl collectible company, debuted toy concepts by students in the Illustration program, developed through a recent collaboration. Working either…

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Call for Artists

competitions

Open to installation artists, set designers, multi-media and video artists, and lighting designers. WHO Kinematik Dance and A+ Productions are soliciting proposals for exhibitions at “Smoking Mirrors” for Fall 2011. Artists…

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AMT Seeks Student Worker to Support Launch & Maintenance of New Blog

Jobs

This student worker position is located within the AMT office to support ongoing design and development for the AMT website after its relaunch. Responsibilities: Prepare images for the web visually (based…

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Pictoplasma Returns to Parsons in November!

Events

THE WORLD’S LEADING CONFERENCE  ON CONTEMPORARY CHARACTER DESIGN AND ART  RETURNS TO NYC WITH AN IMMERSIVE WEEKEND  OF ARTIST TALKS, SCREENINGS, PRESENTATIONS  AND LOADS OF CHARACTER! November 2-3, 2012 Hosted by…

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Parsons students awarded 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship

Student News

Parsons Illustration seniors Iain Burke, Ciara Gay, So Yoon Kim, Rachel Levit, Yasmin Liang, Chelsey Pettyjohn, Monica Ramos, and Hazel Lee Santino, and recent graduates William Hatch Crosby and Leslie V….

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AMT Illustration Professor Steven Guarnaccia to speak at Rubin Museum this Friday

Events

Friday February 10, 2012 @ 6:15 PM Steven Guarnaccia is Associate Professor of Illustration and the former director of the Illustration Program at Parsons, The New School for Design. He is…

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Full time design position available at Abrams

Opportunities

The Abrams design dept is looking to add a full time designer to the family. This position is all design, all the time. And a wonderful opportunity to design high end…

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Illustration Alum Receives Pura Belpre Award

Alumni News

We salute Duncan Tonatiuh, whose book Diego Rivera: His World and Ours is the winner of the 2012 Pura Belpre illustration award for a work that best portrays, affirms, and celebrates…

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Alum's Design Firm Charged with Rebranding Teachers, by radio show Studio 360

For the last five years Studio 360 has been hiring graphic design teams to rethink various cherished symbols. This year they hired New York design firm Hyperkat, co-founded by Illustration alum Deroy…

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Recent Illustration Alum featured on Grain Edit

Alumni News

Check out the great review of Hannah K Lee’s work on Grain Edit, HERE. And for more of her work, check out her website, http://hannahklee.com/, and her blog, and search her store….

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An evening with Paul and Sandra Fierlinger

A screening and discussion of their acclaimed work in documentary animation and innovative plans for the online distribution of their new project “Slocum at Sea with Himself.” Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011…

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Illustration Professor Lauren Redniss named a finalist for The National Book Award

Faculty News

Finalists for the National Book Awards were announced and AMT is proud to say that Illustration Professor Lauren Redniss has earned a nod for her book, “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie,…

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PICTOPLASMA, The World's Leading Festival of Contemporary Character Design Returns to Parsons

Opportunities

Now in its third US edition, the PICTOPLASMA CONFERENCE returns to New York City with inspiring artist lectures and presentations, state of the art animation and character-driven screening programs, as well…

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Sue Coe Gives Artist Lecture, Oct 11

Lectures

Join Sue Coe on Tuesday, October 11th from 4-6pm to hear her talk about her work, answer questions, and engage in a conversation with Printmaking faculty and master printer, Paul Marcus….

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This program cultivates students' vision and prepares them to translate it into a wide range of traditional and emerging media. The curriculum emphasizes visual thinking, originality, art and design history and theory, and awareness of social and cultural concerns.

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