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BFA Illustration, Senior Thesis

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Fall 2017 NY Comics and Picture-Story Symposium

Lectures

The NY Comics and Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly symposium for artist/writers working in various text-image forms: comics, picture-stories, animation, etc. at which to present and critique current work.  The symposium…

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Q&A with BFA Illustration Alumni Joe Hwang on AI-AP’s Design Arts Daily

Alumni News

Joe Hwang is a recent graduate of Parsons BFA Illustration program. The work pictured here is from his thesis project. The Q&A: Joe Hwang By Peggy Roalf   Monday, July 24, 2017 Q:…

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MoCCA Call for Submissions 2017

Spring is right around the corner, and so is the MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Arts) Festival. This year, Illustration faculty Steven Guarnaccia and a group of students have formed…

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Know Your Rights: IP Lecture Series Spring 2017

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Illustrator Luba Lukova Starts Off Series of Climate Change Micro-Workshops

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Climate Change Project

Illustration faculty member Wendy Popp has received a grant to coordinate an external project on Climate Change.  The Illustration program will be collaborating with  350.org, the international environmental organization on visual interpretaions…

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Illustration Faculty George Bates Is Interviewed for Design Arts Daily

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Long-time illustration faculty George Bates was recently interviewed for Design Arts Daily: George Bates Studio specializes in illustration, hand lettering and public art. These interests have led to collaborations with Virgin…

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Boroughs & Burrows: Student Pictozine Showcase

Illustration Dept. Events Student Work

  Pictozine class Fall 2016, taught by Steven Guarnaccia, will be holding a show titled Boroughs & Burrows. The opening will be on December 8th at 2W 13th Street, Gallery #805…

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American Illustration Profiles Interview with Faculty Steven Guarnaccia

Faculty News

Check out this great interview with longtime AMT Illustration faculty Steven Guarnaccia where he discusses his influences, his work, and his teaching.    
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Illustration Faculty Lauren Redniss is Named a MacArthur Fellow!

Faculty News

We are pleased to announce that Illustration faculty Lauren Redniss has been named a MacArthur Fellow. Recognizing 23 exceptionally creative individuals with a track record of achievement and the potential for…

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Pictoplasma Returns to Parsons!

5th  PICTOPLASMA NYC 2016 Conference on Contemporary Character Design and Art November 4th, 2016 Parsons School of Design The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall The New School 66 West 12th Street…

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Healthy Materials Lab Presents Shirt-Less!

Join us on Monday 08/29 – Thursday 09/01 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM   Opening Event Monday 8/29 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM   Over 2 billion t-shirts are sold each…

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Illustration Faculty Ben Katchor’s “Cheap Novelties” Book Tour

Faculty News

Cheap Novelties is an early testament to Ben Katchor’s extraordinary prescience as both a gifted cartoonist and an astute urban chronicler. Rumpled, middle-aged Julius Knipl photographs a vanishing city — an…

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Launch party for The Storyteller by Evan Turk

Alumni News

Books of Wonder is delighted to host the launch party for EVAN TURK‘s debut work as BOTH author and illustrator. You and your young readers and listeners won’t want to miss The Storyteller, an original…

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Illustration Student Elena Lloyd Published In The NY Times

Current Students

Rising senior and Zankel scholar finalist, Elena Lloyd, had her first illustration published in the NYTimes Sunday review this past Sunday. Click Here to See Her Work
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Call for Submissions: Spark Animation 2016

Call for Entries

  Festival + Conference + Business Symposium + Career Fair Celebrating Inspiration & Innovation in the World of Animation From October 20 to 23, Spark CG will host the 9th annual…

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Part-Time Illustrator Wanted at StoryTime

Opportunities

  About the company: StoryTime (www.joinstorytime.com) sends free stories by text message and messaging apps to families without books. It’s increased nightly reading by 160% and is 300 times cheaper than…

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PARSONS FESTIVAL: Illustration 4-D Class Screening, Mon. 5/16 3pm-5pm

Monday, May 16, 2016, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall, University Center, UL10563 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 Parsons’ Undergraduate students in the Illustration 4-D Class…

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Parsons Festival | May 5-9

Events Festival

Festival Highlights May 5-9 Parsons Chat Series: Michael Donovan Thursday, May 05, 12:30-1:30 pm Event Cafe University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue, lower level RSVP Here The Parsons Chat Series is an exciting…

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ABOUT ILLUSTRATION (BFA)

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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