All posts by amt

Quick Hit: Mentoring Opportunity!

February 4, 2010Current Students, Education, employment, Newsfederal work study, mentoring, parsons academy, parsons scholars programamt

Parsons has openings for students who would like to mentor New York City youth in the Parsons Scholars Program. Almost 60 students in 10th – 12th grade study at Parsons each Saturday morning to prepare portfolios and attend college access workshops and events through our pre-college scholarship program.

Mentors work with cohorts of 12 – 15 youth and their faculty coordinator on a weekly basis both in the pre-college classroom and planning and organizing events. This is a paid position through Federal Work Study awards and both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to attend an information session on Friday evening to find out how to make a difference in the lives of our pre-college youth.

Mentoring Information Session
Friday, February 5
6pm
The New School Orientation Room (“bark room”)
2 West 13th Street, lobby
RSVP – academy@newschool.edu

Art Book Swap at MoMA on February 6th

January 29, 2010Events, Randomly Intriguingart, art book swap, books, library, MoMA, NADA, new art dealers alliance, regency arts press ltd, swap meetamt

Art Book Swap New York

When:
February 6, 2010 from Noon to 5pm

Where:
The Museum of Modern Art
Cullman Education and Research Building
4 West 54th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

What:
Free and open to the public/ Bring your art books and swap one-for-one with hundreds of donated art books.

For more information about the Art Book Swap event, please contact abs@newartdealers.org.

Organized by Regency Arts Press Ltd. and New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art Library.

Last Minute: Scott Stowell at Parsons tonight!

January 28, 2010design, Events, Inspiration, Talks/LecturesAIGA, AMT, design, design for people, open, Parsons, pay attention, scott stowellamt

SCOTT STOWELL: PAY ATTENTION

Thursday 28 January 2010
6:30–8:30PM
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12TH Street
New York, NY 10016

6:30PM Check-in
7:00-8:30PM Presentation

Presented by AIGA NY and Hosted by Parsons School of Art, Media, and Technology.

Since 1998, designer Scott Stowell has been doing business as Open–and as such has survived by staying small, specialized in not really specializing in anything in particular, and (as described in the Cooper-Hewitt’s DesignUSA show) embraced “an open notion of the term ‘office,’ inviting different participants to every project.”

As it turns out, everything is connected and everything is an opportunity–if you’re paying attention. Please join Scott for a new, never-before-seen talk full of new (and old) stories about new (and old) work from over ten years of making “design for people.” There may also be prizes and there will surely be distractions.

Scott is the proprietor of Open, an independent design studio that has made a lot of things, including the editorial design of Good magazine, short films for Google and Jazz at Lincoln Center, signage for the Yale University Art Gallery and the new AIGA membership cards. In 2008, Scott was the winner of the National Design Award for Communication Design.

_ _ _

If you are a New School student, faculty, or staff member, you can reserve a complimentary ticket (one per person) here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGQzbTZTZmR1VW5rZmJOZF93UHhkckE6MA

(If the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it into your browser)

Reservations will go to the first 50 people to sign up. Please note that the last 4 digits of your N# are required to reserve a space and that you will need to present your New School ID at the door. ONLY ONE REQUEST MAY BE MADE PER PERSON. You will be notified of reservation confirmation via email.

The Cultivated Life: A Talk by Jean-Philippe Delhomme on February 3rd

January 27, 2010Education, Events, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Talks/LecturesIllustration, jean-philippe delhomme, the cultivated lifeamt

Jean-Philippe Delhomme is perhaps one of the most influential artist-illustrators working today. He is internationally known for his witty satirical illustrations that are as much gentle ribbing at the notion of the “good life” in the modern world as they are chronicles of the hip and fabulous.

For this reason his work has been embraced by the worlds of fashion, art and design as well as luxury commercial clients, including: Barneys, Grazia Casa, GQ, the Mark Hotel- New York, Le Bon Marche, Indochine, Casa Brutus, Whitewall, Travel and Leisure, SAA B, the NY Times, VISA , Interview Magazine, Vogue Nippon, House and Garden, Vogue UK and the New Yorker.

Mr. Delhomme visits Parsons to give a talk on his work on:

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Bark Room/Orientation Room
Street: 2 W. 13th
City/Town: New York, NY

Free and open to the public!

Internship Fair for Current Students on February 3rd

January 27, 2010Current Students, Education, Events, Illustration Industry, Internships, Newsemployment, internship fair, parsons career servicesamt

Attention all current Parsons students: we hope you can join Parsons Career Services at the Parsons Internship Fair! This event is a great opportunity for students to find spring and summer semester internships. Even if students are not eligible to intern this semester or have already found an internship, we encourage them to attend the event and network with industry professionals. Forty employers will be in attendance, including companies that are new to the event such as BBH-ZAG, Delia’s, Disney Consumer Products, Harmonix, Kiehl’s, and Sam Edelman. We hope to see you there!

Parsons Internship Fair
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
55 West 13th Street, Lang Hall, 2nd floor

Employers attending include:

Abercrombie & Fitch

American Eagle Outfitters

A|X Armani Exchange

BBH – ZAG

BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP

Calvin Klein

CBX

Coach

Colette Malouf

Club Monaco

Delia’s, Inc.

Disney Consumer Products

Eileen Fisher, Inc.

Gucci Group

Harmonix Music

Hyperakt

Interbrand

J.Crew

Johnson & Johnson

John Varvatos

Kenneth Cole Productions

Kiehl’s

Large Animal Games

Limitedbrands

Li & Fung USA

Marvel

Michael Kors (USA), Inc.

Movado Group, Inc.

MTV Networks

Ogilvy

Polo Ralph Lauren

Ralph Appelbaum Associates

R/GA

Sam Edelman Shoes

Stark Design

Stylecaster

Tracey Locke Partnership

Time Inc.

V Magazine / Vman

To participate, students must be currently enrolled in a Parsons degree program (Associates, Bachelors, or Masters program). Students must bring a student id to the event and also several resumes and a portfolio or reel, if applicable. Students who may have questions regarding how to find an internship, determine eligibility to take an internship, or how to register for credit, can go to the following link for further information: www.parsons.edu/internships.

Event sponsored by Parsons Career Services, 2 West 13 Street, room 511, parsonscareers@newschool.edu, 212-229-8940. Please contact the office if you have questions or need further details.

Illustration Alums and Faculty fundraise for Haiti!

January 26, 2010Illustration Alumni, Illustration Faculty, Inspiration, Newscharity, doctors without borders, eddie pena, etsy, fundraising, haiti, Illustration, margaret hurst, nora krug, parsons illustration alum, poster cause project, silkscreen, studio 1482, trey hoyumpa, veronica lawloramt

Parsons Illustration Alum and current Adjunct Faculty member Veronica Lawlor passed along the following information about Studio 1482‘s fundraising efforts to help the people of Haiti. Here’s the scoop:

In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Haiti, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise money on behalf of the victims. It is our effort to support the international appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization. We’ve selected CARE because we believe in their commitment.

For each donation of $50 or more to CARE, you will receive a hand-signed 13″ x 19″ limited edition print from one of the Studio 1482 illustrators.

See all the beautiful illustrations available and get more information about Studio 1482 here.

Associate Professor Nora Krug is working with the Poster Cause Project and has created an open-edition poster which is being sold to support in the relief efforts. ALL 100% OF PROFITS from this print will be donated to Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. You can get Nora’s poster here.

Parsons Illustration Alum and current Adjunct Faculty member Trey Hoyumpa is pitching in with her own humanitarian effort–hand-pulled silkscreen cards with the proceeds benefitting Haiti. You can grab your own at Trey’s Etsy shop, located here.

[top image by Veronica Lawlor; middle image by Nora Krug; bottom image by Trey Hoyumpa]

The Storyteller exhibition opening at Parsons next week

January 25, 2010Education, Events, Exhibitions, InspirationAdrian Paci, Bucksbaum Award winner Omer Fast, Cao Fei, Claire Gilman, Emanuel Licha, Hito Steyerl, Jeremy Deller, Joachim Koester, Lamia Joreige, Liisa Roberts, Margaret Sundell, Maxine Kopsa and Germaine Kruip), Michael Rakowitz, Mike Figgis, Missing Books (Maria Barnas, Mounir Fatmi, narrative, Ryan Gander, sheila johnson design center, Steve Mumford, the storytelleramt

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center presents:

The Storyteller

an exhibition exploring how contemporary artists use narrative as a way to understand the social and political events of our time.

Curated by independent curators Claire Gilman and Margaret Sundell, The Storyteller features video, still photography, drawing, mixed media and installation works that engage the documentary capacity of art to bear witness to the rapid, sometimes violent, transformations of our time.

Featured artists include Cao Fei, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller with filmmaker Mike Figgis, Bucksbaum Award winner Omer Fast, Mounir Fatmi, Ryan Gander, Lamia Joreige, Joachim Koester, Emanuel Licha, Missing Books (Maria Barnas, Maxine Kopsa and Germaine Kruip), Steve Mumford, Adrian Paci, Michael Rakowitz, Lisa Roberts, and Hito Steyerl.

The Storyteller
On view January 29 ‹ April 9, 2010
Opening Reception: January 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery

Call for Entries: Student Submissions for Society Illustrators 2010 and American Illustration 29

January 20, 2010Call for Entries, Competitions, Current Students, Illustration Dept. Events, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspirationamerican illustration 29, competition, Illustration, jordin isip, Society of Illustratorsamt

(Click on image below to enlarge and get all the important details about how Parsons Illustration students can submit to these important and prestigious illustration competitions!)

Illustration Alum Rima Fujita at Museum of Tibetan Art

January 15, 2010Events, Illustration Alumni, Newscompassion for endangered species, himalayan animal stories, jacques marchais museum of tibetan art, rima fujitaamt

Family Program: Himalayan Animal Stories — Compassion for Endangered Species
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Sunday January 17, 2010 2:30-4:30

Participants will discover the endangered animals of the Himalayas and write and illustrate their own animal story. Artist and Books for Children Founder, Rima Fujita, will read her children’s books including a true story of the Dalai Lama’s dog, and will lead participants in creating their own hand-made books. Recommended ages: 8 – 12. Admission, $10 for adults, $8 for members and children.

_________________________________________

Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and has lived in New York since 1979. She studied at Parsons School of Design and received her B.F.A. in illustration and painting and has exhibited her work internationally to much acclaim.

In 2001 Rima established Books for Children, an organization that produces children’s books and donates them to orphans and poor children around the world. Her first book, Wonder Talk, was officially selected as recommended reading by the United Nations, and TB Aware has received various awards in the United States.

In 2006 she designed the signature poster for the International Peace Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, where she received special recognition from several Nobel Peace Laureates including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams.

Her published books include Simple Meditation, The Little Black Box, Wonder Talk, Wonder Garden and TB Aware. For more information about Rima please visit: www.rimafujita.com

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art was founded in 1945 to foster awareness and preservation of Tibetan art and culture. Public programs at the Museum are funded, in part, by funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Located at 338 Lighthouse Avenue, the Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For further information, please call 718-987-3500 or visit the museum’s website at www.tibetanmuseum.org.

Vote for Guillermo!

January 14, 2010Competitions, Illustration Alumni, Newsartistswanted.org, chris weitz, flavorpill, gawker artists, guillermo riveros, helen hsu, power of self, sascha lewis, steve buscemiamt

Parsons Illustration Alum Guillermo Riveros (’09) tipped us off (via email) that he’s involved in a photography portfolio contest, hosted by artistswanted.org. The title of the contest is “The Power of Self,” an international competition celebrating the vitality of self portraiture. A panel of judges including actor Steve Buscemi, director Chris Weitz, Guggenheim curator Helen Hsu and Flavorpill founder Sascha Lewis will award one artist a package of incredible prizes including six months of free living at The Edge in New York City or $7007 in cash. The most popular portfolio as voted by the public will also receive $1,000 cash.

You can view and vote for Guillermo’s portfolio here:

http://www.artistswanted.org/GRiveros

Every vote counts!

Also, make sure to check out more of Guillermo’s work at his website:

www.guillermoriveros.com

Good luck, Guillermo!

SCOTT STOWELL: PAY ATTENTION

(Click on image below to enlarge and get all the important details about how Parsons Illustration students can submit to these important and prestigious illustration competitions!)

Parsons Magazines