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Illustration Alumni Of The Week: Sylvia Jun

Alumni News

Sylvia Jun is an illustrator, designer, and native New Yorker. She graduated from Parsons the New School for Design with a BFA in Illustration. She loved to draw from an early…

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ILLUSTRATION WEEK hosted by AI-AP

Events

We wanted to let you know about ILLUSTRATION WEEK, an annual event celebrating what we do as illustrators! There will be many events throughout town, such as lectures, exhibitions and drawing…

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New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium Presents Olivier Schrauwen

Presentation

The NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium  presents a very special evening with animator and illustrator Olivier Schrauwen! Learn more about the event below. Time: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 7 pm  Place: Parsons The New…

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New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Eddy Portnoy on A Brief History of Yiddish Cartooning

Lectures

The 105th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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Parsons Alumni Payal Khandwala featured in Mumbai Mirrors

Alumni News

BFA Fine Art and Illustration Alumni Payal Khandwala was recently interviewed by Mumbai Mirrors! Read more about Payal and her switch to fashion design in the article Small talk: A stitch in…

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Cabinet of Wonders Panel with Parsons Illustration Faculty George Bates

Faculty News Student News

The Illustrators’ Cabinet of Wonders: A Show and Tell by Steven Heller Steven Heller moderates a panel discussion about the art and business of illustration with illustrators George Bates, Peter de Sève and Barbara…

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New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Gary Panter

Presentation

The 104nd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Anya Ulinich in conversation with Olga Gershenson

Presentation

The 103nd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 8 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Jay A. Gertzman

Presentation

The 102nd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 8 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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Illustration Alumni Form The Crybaby Collective

Alumni News

The Crybaby Collective is a diverse group of NYC-based artists and friends. They began sharing ideas and working with one another while studying Illustration at Parsons. Check out the artists involved,…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: World War 3 Illustrated 1979-2014

Lectures

The 101st meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Michael DeForge, Simon Hanselmann & Patrick Kyle

Presentation

The 100th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 8 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Yvan Alagbé and Dominique Goblet

Presentation

****NEW START TIME 8pm The ninety-ninth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Brian Maidment

Events Presentation

The ninety-eighth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 8 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Thierry Smolderen & Comics in the University

Lectures

The ninety-seventh meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Juliacks and Alexandra Atiya & Salman Toor

Presentation

The ninety-sixth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 7 pm at BHQFU, 34 Avenue A (near 3rd Street).  Free and open to the…

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Faculty Nora Krug Gives Interview about Sendak Fellowship

Faculty News

The Sendak Fellowship was established in 2010 as a residency program for artists who tell stories with illustration. The fellowship offers the time for artists to explore their craft outside the…

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New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Tom Hart and Leela Corman

Lectures

The ninety-second meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, July 28, 2014 at 7 pm at The School of Visual Arts, 132 West 21st St, 3rd floor…

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NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium: Neil Dvorak

Lectures

The ninety-first meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 7 pm at BHQFU, 34 Avenue A (near 3rd St.) Presentation by Neil Dvorak. Moderator:…

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Children’s Book Illustrations Needed- Summer 2014

Jobs Opportunities

Children’s book author April Litwin is looking for a student who is willing to illustrate a  children’s book that she is self publishing. The story is called Worry Monster. The setting…

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