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Student of the Week: Beth Zimmerman

This week’s student of the week is Beth Zimmerman, painter and mixed media illustrator.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Beth Zimmerman, Pyrite, Advanced Painting, Nathan Bond

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Beth Zimmerman, By Candlelight, Advanced Painting, Nathan Bond

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Artist Statement:

Drawing inspiration from everyday life, especially popular culture, Beth strives to allow for a personal sense of discovery while imparting her own unique sense of style. Her work derives from realism and tends to utilize imagery to which Beth feels personally connected. Recently she has been exploring the concept of split personality and multiple states of consciousness. Her most recent work explores the juxtaposition of identity and sense of self. In her paintings, Beth works with oils and in her drawings she utilizes an array of different medium (watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, etc).

To view more of Beth’s work, please be sure to check out her website at: bethzimmermanart.com

Juniors: Submit Work For the Type Directors Club Scholarship!

Juniors, put your best type forward! This year, the Type Directors Club will award a merit scholarship of $1,000.00 to a student with exceptional skill and talent within the discipline of Typography. In order to be considered for the scholarship each student should submit a pdf or weblink of a selection of typography work to be reviewed by a faculty committee.

Please send your portfolio submission to amt@newschool.edu by Friday, April 5th. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Juniors only please.

For any questions, please email Leslie Henkel, henkell@newschool.edu.

Parsons Alumna, Director of the Society of Illustrators, in the New York Times!

Anelle Miller, Director of the Society of Illustrators, got her degree in Fashion Illustration at Parsons. The Society of Illustrators has long had a close relationship with the Parsons Illustration program, with increasing inclusion of our students’ work in the prestigious, annual Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition. The society has not only been a pillar of support for the Parsons Illustration program; it’s also been a constant source of inspiration for students, as classes are often brought over to contemplate works within the hallowed halls of the society–founded in 1901.

A recent article in the New York Times, which highlights how Miller has revitalized the society by programming events to lure a younger, “edgier, more relevant audience,” as she puts it, mentions one such class visit. Read all about it here (and be sure to check out the amazing events happening at the Society of Illustrators, including sketch nights, film screenings, lectures and workshops!)

Photo of Anelle Miller, the director of the Society of Illustrators, by Agaton Strom for The New York Times.

Photo of Anelle Miller, the director of the Society of Illustrators, by Agaton Strom for The New York Times.

Barbara Nessim in The New York Times

Former Illustration Program chair, Barbara Nessim, currently exhibited in a retrospective at the Victoria Albert Museum, London, is written up in The New York Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/arts/design/barbara-nessim-the-victoria-and-albert-museum.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1364136479-9eyJaAv%20oAWg0XjcKJQIgA

 

Student of the Week: Annalise Olson

This week’s student of the week is Annalise Olson. She specializes in animation and watercolor illustration that feature her quirky, humorous characters.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Annalise Olson, Skull Parade, personal
(Chosen for the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition 2013)

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Annalise Olson, Peter and the Monsters (excerpt), Junior Concepts, Guy Billout

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Annalise Olson, Lucha Libre, Sketchbook Warehouse, George Bates

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Artist Statement:

A lot of my life at school has been spent trying to make my art look like real things, in the past year I have rediscovered a love of simple doodling and nonsense that comes from who-knows-where. The pieces that have taken off for me have all come from personal doodles that are refocused into a more applicable format. Everything comes from love and watercolor.

To view more of Annalise’s work, please be sure to check out her website at: annaliseolson.com

Illustration Student’s Work Featured in the April Issue of ForbesLife Magazine!

Anastasia Ionkin’s (Illustration BFA ’13) whimsical illustration will be featured in a ForbesLife article in April! The image complements a piece about the frustrations of gardening, depicting a gardener’s bulb-planting being undermined by a marauding squirrel.

Guest critic Bob Mansfield from ForbesLife visited Alan Reingold’s illustrative painting class earlier this year and gave pointers to the students, ultimately choosing Anastasia’s piece for the article. Congratulations to Anastasia, and be sure to look for the article, “The Dirt on Dirt”!

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Anelle Miller in The New York Times

 

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Today’s New York Times Art Section features Parsons Illustration alumna Anelle Miller, director of the Society of Illustrators, who mentions the Illustration Program several times in her interview!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/arts/artsspecial/director-enlivens-new-yorks-society-of-illustrators.html?ref=art&_r=0

Les Kanturek Memorial

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It was with great shock and sadness that we learned about our long-standing, dear faculty member Les Kanturek’s passing on February 25th, 2013. Les was an enthusiastic and committed teacher and an extraordinary human being, who deeply touched and enriched the community with his spirit and compassion. He is, and will, always be loved and missed by all of us.

We would like to invite all of his family, friends, current and former students and colleagues to join us in sharing our memories of Les on April 10th, at 7 p. m., at 2 W 13th street, room 704.

We hope to see you there.

http://leskanturek.com

http://leskanturek.wordpress.com

Sign Up For Gender Play: A Conference on Gender + Design – March 28-29

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GENDER PLAY
Parsons Hosts Gender Design and Art Conference Featuring Paola Antonelli, Laurene Leon Boym, and Ernesto Pujol

Parsons The New School for Design presents GENDER PLAY, a two-day conference taking place on March 28 and 29 at The New School that will explore the issue of gender and its impact and influence on the production of art and design.

The conference will feature the insights of an international mix of artists, designers, researchers, and scholars in the field, including curator Paola Antonelli of the Museum of Modern Art, designer Laurene Leon Boym of Boym Partners, and the acclaimed artist Ernesto Pujol. The conference will also serve as the platform for the launch of the international Gender Design Network (iGDN), a new initiative aimed at connecting designers and artists around this topic.

“While gender boundaries are being bent, subverted and broken down left and right in artistic, technological and political forums, many industries—particularly ones that hinge on product design—are still responding to the ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ notion,” said Uta Brandes, a professor of Gender and Design Research at Köln International School of Design and a co-organizer of the conference with Simone Douglas, director of the MFA Fine Arts program at Parsons. “While it is undoubtedly true that women and men bring different experiences, interests and ways of thinking to purchasing, designing and interacting with products and services, the tired cliché of ‘pretty ‘n’ pink’ designs for girls versus sturdy, blue designs for boys—the essence of which is translated into adult designs—is perpetuating prejudices.”

The first day of the conference will focus on gender in relation to the design fields, while the second day will explore some of the major theoretical and political debates that have marked these issues in the fine arts, from second-wave feminism to postcolonial influences and queer theory. Artists, writers and theorists will address major works of painting, installation, sculpture and video and performance art, as well as international artists and collaborators associated with these debates.

“The cross-pollination of feminism and art, as well as feminism and cultural and political theory, spans most of the last century and continues today,” said Douglas. “These fields are constantly igniting exciting, innovative, diverse and radical voices that reverberate globally. But the feminist project is far from complete. It continues to initiate new ideas and strategies to create community and alliances, while at the same time challenging power structures across politics, culture and the personal sphere.”

The conference is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. For more information and a full list of speakers and events, visit here: http://igdn.blogspot.com/

and to RSVP, please visit: http://igdnparsons.eventbrite.com/