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Art Directors Club–Young Guns Workshop

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Frame by Frame featuring…
Asif Mian, Christopher Lane, Floto + Warner, and Justin Gignac

5:30 pm Adobe Workshop led by Scott Citron
7:00 pm Presentation
Thursday, November 1, 2007
@ADC Gallery
Moderated by Ross Sutherland, Chief Creative Officer, Corbis

Four ADC Young Guns share—frame by frame—fresh new images. Each ADC Young Gun creates imagery using multiple formats and every tool available. They shoot in any medium, resulting in work that sits comfortably in several categories or in none. See how these image creators—photographers, videographers, illustrators and multi-media experts—break down traditional boundaries. Join us for a visual feast from this group of new image-makers. Watch videocasts of previous ADC Young Guns Live events and interviews with ADC Young Guns.

Adobe CS3 Workshop
Prior to each evening’s program, Adobe presents a one-hour tutorial on Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, led by Adobe Certified Trainer Scott Citron. Design content for today—and tomorrow—with Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium software. Design Premium combines all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for creating engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content.

Combines Adobe InDesign® CS3, Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Illustrator® CS3, Flash® CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS3, Acrobat® 8 Professional, Bridge CS3, Version Cue® CS3, and Device Central CS3. Seating is limited, so please reserve your place early.

Non-member $20
ADC members receive a 30% discount $14

Please RSVP by calling 212-643-1440 ext. 10.

More info can be found here.

Fun at Home

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I’m out sick today and surfing the web to keep myself entertained. Here’s an overheated but awfully fun article on a little known person in comics history. And check out this fantastic Jaime Hernandez image for Bob Dylan’s radioshow!

Also, a number of books I publish through my little publishing concern, PictureBox, have been getting some nice reviews. Here’s a new one for Maggots and another one for Powr Mastrs. You can see more of all this stuff at PictureBox hq.

Back to lying down now!

Prints Gone Wild 2007

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Cannonball Press and Supreme Trading proudly present:
PRINTS GONE WILD 2!!
The second ever annual vernacular printacular mega-hairy Brooklyn affordable print fair.

Supreme Trading
213 n 8th St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
718-599-4224
www.supremetradingny.com

Fri., Nov. 2nd 6pm-12am Opening reception/party
Sat., Nov. 3rd 12-6pm Fair is open all day

FEATURING:
Tugboat Press Pittsburgh, PA
The Amazing Hancock Brothers McGregor, TX
Paping Brooklyn, NY
Sean Star Wars Laurel, MS
Howling Print Studios Brooklyn, NY
Space 1026 Philadelphia, PAYeehaw Industries Knoxville, TN
Triangle Poster Pittsburgh, PA
Team Lump Raleigh, NC
Drive By Press Madison, WI
Isle of Printing Nashville, TN
DRock Press Lexington, KY
Cannonball Press Brooklyn, NY
…and more!!

After last year’s incredibly successful fair,
Brooklyn’s own Cannonball Press has again assembled an
extraordinary menagerie of graphic artists under one
roof, who will be present, displaying their prints,
and selling them for $50 or less for two days only.

Long-time champions of the affordable art cause, as
part of New York Fine Art Print Week Cannonball Press
has brought together these great artists so that New
York can have a chance to see first-hand the
incredible resurgence in affordable fine art printing
that is happening across the country.

An entertaining sideshow will take place during the
fair, featuring the Toughcats from Portland Maine,
emcee David Rees (of Get Your War On fame), a
performance by the Amazing Hancock Brothers, the
Reverend Vince Anderson, and on-the-spot printing with
Drive-By Press, which operates a mobile press out of
the back of their van.

Come join us!

www.cannonballpress.com

Re*Generation Gallery Auction and Benefit

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Please join Virgin Mobile USA & DJ James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem for an evening of entertainment, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and the silent auction of new works by:

Diane Barcelowsky, Melinda Beck, Calef Brown, Thomas Campbell, Clayton Brothers, Daniel Davidson, James Gallagher, Julie Goldstein, Matt Hansel, Caroline Hwang, Jordin Isip (Illustration Faculty), Rich Jacobs, Chesiel John (Illustration ’02), Greg Lamarche, Matt Leines, Julia Marchand, Taylor McKimens, Jean-Pierre Roy, Antonio Sanchez, Denise Tassin and Eric White.

The RE*Generation Gallery
2007 Auction and Benefit
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
7 to 11 pm (bidding ends at 10 pm)
Skylight, 275 Hudson St. , New York City

100% of proceeds raised will benefit non-profit organizations working on the issue of youth homelessness.

Tickets are not required to attend the event but capacity is limited. To ensure admission and avoid the general admission line, pre-register as a VIP by making a donation of $25 or more to The RE*Generation online.

Go to http://www.regenerationgallery.com to pre-register as a VIP, view all of the works and/or place an online bid. Online bidding will end November 1st.

The Beast Within: An Exhibition of Monster Art

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Announcing the official Supertouch Halloween art show, “The Beast Within,” curated by Jamie O’Shea, opening October 31st at the East Village’s SHOWROOM NYC GALLERY in conjunction with Tristan Eaton’s Thunderdog Studios. Featuring introspective monster art reflecting the participant’s personal demons (hence the title), the show features new & original work by over 65 artists including Pushead, Phil Frost, Stephan Jay Rayon (Hysteric Glamour), Doze Green, Eric White, Ron English, Louie Cordero, Tristan Eaton, Andy Cruz/House Industries, Mars-1, Steve Bliss, Shepard Fairey, D*Face, REAS (Todd James), Travis Louie, Rhode Montijo, Friends With You, Nathan Cabrera, Tim Biskup, Eric Elms, Kelsey Brookes, Jim Woodring, Mark Dean Veca, Erik Foss, Gary Baseman, Slick, Nathan Jurevicius, James Jean, Usugrow, Glenn Barr, Mike Moon, Gomez Bueno, Pete Fowler, Rick Griffin, Nate Van Dyke, Stanley Mouse, Andrew Brandou, Makoto Kobiyashi, Miran Kim, Peter Taylor, Scott Campbell, Jordin Isip, Melinda Beck, Joel Dugan, Jeff Soto, Elizabeth Huey, Jacaeber Kastor, Mark Smith, Carl Dunn, Junko Mizuno, Mike Sutfin, Rich Jacobs, Taylor McKimens, WK Interact, 123 Klan, Filth, Calma, and many more. Lots of surprises are in store, including limited-edition merchandise like the Pushead-designed shirt (produced by 10 Deep) shown below. New York City’s the best place on Earth to spend Halloween and “The Beast Within” is the best place to spend your hard-earned dough on some amazing artwork. Don’t be late, first come, first severed…

For more info: http://www.supertouchblog.com/2007/10/19/nycannouncing-the-supertouch-halloween-art-show/

Interview with Marjane Satrapi

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The New York Times Magazine featured an interview with acclaimed author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi this week. She talks about her new movie, her views on plastic surgery, and how she doesn’t really like the term “graphic novel.”

Here’s an excerpt:

You’ve just turned your acclaimed series of graphic novels into a full-length animated film, “Persepolis,” an oddly charming tale about the brutal subject of growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Would you still describe yourself mainly as a graphic novelist? I don’t very much like this term of graphic novel. I think they made up this term for the bourgeoisie not to be scared of comics. Like, Oh, this is the kind of comics you can read.

The problem with the phrase “graphic novel” is that it sounds as if it’s referring to a book with X-rated or at least overly explicit content. Exactly. Chris Ware said something great. He said when he hears the term graphic novel, it makes him think of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

Do you think cartoonists have received their artistic due? No. People either like to write or they like to draw. And we like to do both. We’re like the bisexuals of the culture. People don’t have any problem if you are a homosexual or if you are a heterosexual, but if you are a bisexual, they have more of a problem with you.

Read more of the interview here.

Learn more about Marjane here.

See the trailer for “Persepolis” as well as behind-the-scenes snippets here.

SVA Masters Series Honors Steve Heller

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The Masters Series: Steven Heller

School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, will honor Steven Heller with the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. He is the author, co-author or editor of over 100 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, was an art director at The New York Times for 33 years and is a columnist for The New York Times Book Review. Heller is also the co-founder and co-chair of the MFA Design Department and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism Department at SVA.

Lecture: Tuesday, October 23, 7pm
SVA Amphitheater
209 East 23 Street, 3rd floor
Free and open to the public.

The art director, writer and design authority will be speaking about his work, with Michael Bierut, partner, Pentagram and founding writer, Design Observer.

Exhibition: October 22 – December 1, 2007
Reception: Monday, October 22, 6 – 8pm
Visual Arts Museum
209 East 23 Street
New York, NY 10010
212.592.2145

Curated and designed by Kevin O’Callaghan, chair of 3D Design at SVA, the exhibition highlights the inspiration and collaboration behind Heller’s many achievements as a writer and art director. On view will be over 100 covers of The New York Times Book Review that Heller art directed and a visual anthology of his major publications, with select volumes available to peruse. An adjacent video installation will feature interviews with co-authors Mirko Ilic, Lita Talarico (co-chair of the MFA Design Department at SVA), Seymour Chwast, Marshall Arisman (chair of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department at SVA) and Gail Anderson (on the faculty of the MFA Design Department at SVA) about their collaborative process. Nearby, visitors will be able to browse Heller’s many contributions to American and foreign periodicals at a full-scale replica of a New York City newsstand. The centerpiece of the multimedia display will be a larger-than-life photo montage of Heller’s library with recorded commentary about his collection of design ephemera and its role in his research and writing.

For more information, visit the exhibition overview.

Chris Mars “New Salem” Exhibit

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NEW YORK, NY– American artist Chris Mars debuts more than 25 new works in his exhibition New Salem, opening at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City on October 20, 2007. The paintings, all created this year, reflect themes of political persecution and corruption, interpersonal unity and cruelty, condemnation, redemption and hope by use of Mars’ stunning technical control of his medium, and his wrenching empathy relative to world events.

October 20 – November 17, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 20, 7pm – 9pm
The Jonathan LeVine Gallery is located at 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. For more information, please call 212-243-3822, visit www.jonathanlevinegallery.com, or email: info@jonathanlevinegallery.com.

Design for China Competition

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Announcing a Design competition
to create new design accessories
for the Chinese Dining Space.

The proposed ideas can be lamps, table cloth, stool, fruit platters, dishes,
bowls, trays, vases, chairs, salt and pepper shakers, coasters, magazine racks, and…
anything that falls under the category of Lifestyle accessories and/or Kitchen furniture.

The selected items will be produced and royalties will go to the designers.

Important Dates
• Opening of the Competition: October 01st, 2007
• Registration to the Competition: no later than October 19th, 2007
• Deadline for project delivery: November 30th, 2007

Please visit the official website to read profiles and submit your CV:

www.dfc2007.com

Little Paper Planes visits Illustration!

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We are very excited to host Kelly Lynn Jones from Little Paper Planes, who will be making four presentations in the Illustration Department this week. She will talk about how her distro works, as well as discuss ways that new & young artists can get their work out into the public eye.

Her speaking schedule is below:

Tuesday, October 16th

@ 9 a.m. in Room 1111, 2 W. 13th, New York, NY

Wednesday, October 17th

@ 9 a.m. in Room 809, 2 W. 13th, New York, NY

@ 10:30 a.m. in Room 1104, 2 W. 13th, New York, NY

@ 3:00 p.m. in Room i803, 55 W. 13th, New York, NY