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New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium: March 15, Tom Palaima

March 11, 2016Newspsdillustration

March 15, 2016 – Tom Palaima – Scribes, doodles, punning and cartooning in a Bronze Age bureaucracy

7-9 PM

Room M 101 (Bark room), 66 Fifth Ave., lobby level

Tom Palaima, a MacArthur fellow (1985-90) for his work in Aegean prehistory and early Greek language and culture, is director of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory and Robert M. Armstrong professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has lectured, written and taught extensively on the subjects of ancient writing systems, the reconstruction of ancient culture, decipherment theory, Greek language, war and violence studies, ancient religion, ethnicity, feasting ritual and kingship ideology, song as an important means of communicating social criticism, and the music of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Woody Guthrie. Tonight he will discuss the doodles and distractions of the human beings who wrote in the Linear B script on clay tablets in the late Greek Bronze Age (1400-1200 BCE) and the tradition of picture-writing out of which their writing system and their craft developed.

Parsons Pictozine class seeks submissions for 2016 MOCCA Festival DUE 3/16

March 10, 2016Call for Entriespsdillustration

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Parsons Pictozine class is seeking original content from ALL New School students to participate in the 2016 MOCCA Festival on April 2nd and 3rd.

Submissions can include visual zines, posters, stickers, etc. 3D objects must be within reason and easily transportable.

There is no limit to the number of pieces you can submit and only one copy is needed as a submission for review.

All submissions must include the artist’s contact information as well as the pricing for each piece.

All work needs to be submitted by 10 AM on March 16th to the Parsons Illustration Office (2 W 13th Room 806). Anything submitted after 10 AM will not be considered. Accepted submissions will be notified by March 16.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at guarnacs@newschool.edu
or stop by the Illustration Office on Monday from 10 AM to 12 PM.

New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium: March 10, Will Eisner Week

March 10, 2016Newspsdillustration

Thursday, March 10, 2016 SPECIAL WILL EISNER WEEK 2016 EVENT

Seven Days of Creation: Will Eisner and The Spirit Daily Newspaper Strip With AL JAFFEE, DENNIS O’NEIL, BRENDAN BURFORD & DANNY FINGEROTH

7-9 PM

University Center, Room U L105 , lower-level lobby

75 years ago, in 1941, although busy with the Sunday supplement Spirit section (launched the year before) and other work, Will Eisner was offered the holy grail for cartoonists of his generation: the opportunity to do The Spirit as a daily strip. Eisner leapt at the offer, and The Spirit syndicated comic strip launched on October 13, 1941. Syndicated cartoonists were the rock stars of that era, and Eisner was eager to become one, and not just for the financial prospects it offered. As he said that year in a famous Philadelphia Record interview about the project, “The comic strip…is no longer a comic strip but, in reality, an illustrated novel. It is new and raw in form just now, but material for limitless intelligent development.” Perhaps the only comics artist of his generation to speak in such terms, Eisner was eager to explore what could be done with the venerable comic strip medium. The Spirit daily strip lasted more than three years, and Eisner found it to be a very different type of sequential art challenge than the comic book story that, even at age 24, he was already a master of. Tonight, a panel of Eisner experts, including AL JAFFEE (Mad magazine legend and Eisner studio veteran), DENNIS O’NEIL(longtime editor and writer of Batman), BRENDAN BURFORD (Comics Editor at King Features Syndicate) and moderator DANNY FINGEROTH (author of Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics and the Creation of the Superhero and Chair of Will Eisner Week), will show samples of—and will discuss the historic significance of—The Spirit syndicated strip, as well as its place in Eisner’s artistic development.

Making Center Workshops

March 7, 2016News, Parsons, Student Newspsdillustration

An ongoing goal at Parsons is to support learning beyond the classroom. The making facilities across the University serve as spaces for experiential and cross-disciplinary learning through hands-on practice, allowing students from varying departments and disciplines to work side-by-side, informing each other along the way.

The Making Center is proud to offer a suite of Technician led workshops for all Parsons students held throughout the Spring semester. Technicians in all of the Making Center facilities have a depth and breadth of knowledge in an array of mediums and industries. For the first time last semester, shop Technicians developed and led hands-on workshops outside of course curricula, to share skills and processes from their professional practices. The result was a success- with students from Product Design, Fine Arts, Interior Design and other Parsons programming working in collaboration to pick up skills that might support their studio work and personal practice. This semester, the shops are building from this pilot program to bring an even larger suite of workshops.

Workshops will be held at the making facilities in 25 East 13th st, and and 2 West 13th st. facilities. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:30pm. Topics include advanced woodworking techniques such as carving, lathing, and steam bending. Technicians will also lead sessions on sewing fundamentals, bending metal, and, for the first time, there will be workshops to learn the basics of electronics and Arduino.

We are excited by the opportunity this will allow both students and faculty and look forward to the discourse that follows this academic year, as we receive feedback and prepare for the coming Fall and the opening of the Making Center in 2 West 13th St. and 66 5th Ave. and the exciting new affordances it will offer.

Class size is limited and attendees must RSVP online at Resources.Parsons.edu.

Steam Bending

Led by Abby Mechanic

Parsons East, E4 Wood Shop

Tuesday, March 15, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Workshop attendees will use steam bending techniques to make a wooden bow. In this process, strips of wood are steam heated using a steam box. The applied heat and moisture makes the wood pliable enough to easily bend around a mould to create a specific shape. Eat Your heart out Katniss Everdeen!

Bending Metal

Led by Matt Leabo

Parsons East, E4 Metal Shop

Tuesday, March 17, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Workshop attendees will learn how to operate the E4 Metal Shop Di-Acro Bender. This newly refurbished machine is perfect for bending metal to shape metal stock for various applications from furniture to sculptures. Must wear boots and clothing appropriate for the metal shop.

Cyanotype Printing

Led By Sherri Littlefield

2 West, 9th Floor, L9 Work Shop

Tuesday, March 29, 12:00-1:30pm*

Open to all Parsons Students

Sign Up Here

In this workshop students will make cyanotypes, using the same process that captured the first photographic images. Students will have a hands-on approach to mixing chemicals, applying chemicals to paper, and utilizing sunlight to develop photographic prints. (*Note this time is different than others in the series.)

Sewing Fundamentals

Led by Matt Leabo

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Wet Area

Thursday March 31, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

In this workshop students will learn the basics of sewing and machine controls. This session is perfect for fine artists, product designers and Parsons students working with soft forms.

Handmade Electronics

Led by Hannah Mishin

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Wet Area

Tuesday, April 5, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

In this workshop, students will get an overview of DC electronics: reading simple diagrams, prototyping protocols for circuits, and soldering techniques for making permanent circuits. Students will leave with their own hand-wired LED circuit.

Wood Carving: Spoon Making

Led by Abby Mechanic

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Wood Shop

Tuesday, April 7, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Wood carving and shaping by hand is perhaps the oldest style of woodworking. This workshop is for beginners and intermediate wood workers alike to gain an understanding of the properties of wood, grain and density. Students will make a hand carved spoon.

Intro to Arduino

Led by Hannah Mishin

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Wet Area

Tuesday, April 12, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Arduino is a microcontroller, a mini computer, which takes code and translates that to electrical signals. Those signals send and receive information to one another, allowing students to program interactivity, algorithms, and even interface with certain programs within their laptops (Max MSP, Processing, etc.) The Arduino platform provides students a gateway tool to for inserting ultimate control over any project utilizing electricity.

Students will leave this workshop with fundamental and basic understanding of the Arduino IDE and code format and of basic DC electronics. This workshop will explain how the two go together. We will use Arduino to make an LED turn on and off with code and with analog and digital inputs.

This is a very basic course, if you have any Arduino experience, please do not sign up for this course.

Turning Green Wood

Led by Phoenix Lindsey-Hall

Parsons East, E4 Wood Shop

Thursday April 14, 4th Floor, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

The wood chips will fly as attendees learn to turn freshly cut green wood on the lathe. During this hands on workshop, students will learn how to make a natural edge bowl. Everyone will take a turn!

Mold Making and Casting

Led by Max Garett

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Wet Area

Tuesday, April 19, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Students will learn about synthetic mold making and casting materials. There will

be examples of how casting in different materials can deliberately alter an object’s original dimensions or weight. Students will then take part in a hands on demo experimenting with provided materials.

Tapestry Weaving

Led by Nica Rabinowitz

2 West, 9th Floor, L9 Work Shop

Thursday, April 21, 3:00-4:30pm

Open to all Parsons Students

Sign Up Here

Attendees will learn the basics of tapestry weaving with locally sourced yarn and peg looms. Students will design a small tapestry project and practice traditional and contemporary weaving techniques.

Glass Slumping

Led by Andrea Distefano

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Metal Shop

Thursday, April 26, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Slumping glass is a highly technical operation that is subject to many variations, both controlled and uncontrolled. Attendees will learn and experiment with slumping processes. Must wear boots and clothing appropriate for the metal shop.

Raising Metal

Led by Heechan Kim

Parsons East, 4th Floor, E4 Metal Shop

Tuesday, April 28, 3:00-4:30pm

For Sophomores and Above

Sign Up Here

Raising is a metalworking technique whereby sheet metal is formed over a stake by repeated hammering and annealing. Must wear boots and clothing appropriate for the metal shop.

New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium: March 8, Frederick Schneider

March 4, 2016Newspsdillustration

March 8, 2016 – Frederick (“Rick”) Schneider – Polish Posters: Reflecting the Soul of a Nation

7-9 PM

Room M 101 (Bark room), 66 Fifth Ave., lobby level

The poster art of Poland has made a significant contribution to international visual culture. In particular, works created after World War 2 through the 1980s, in a genre known as the “Polish school,” are revered by museums of modern art, collectors, and design educators around the world for their illustrative power, daring, and innovation. Yet, these works and the artists who produced them are not well known to the general public. In the aftermath of two world wars, occupation and international economic depression, with shifting borders and the slow reconstruction of bombed cities and under repressive Communist rule, the Polish people struggled to reinstitute cultural events and recreate venues for plays, films, opera, concerts and the circus. To promote these performances, Polish artists painted, collaged and handlettered poster art, devising imaginative, personal interpretations of content and narrative—all while their country experienced deprivation, social upheaval, demonstrations and workers’ strikes. In spite of hostile conditions, Polish posters found their way onto city walls and construction sites that became impromptu galleries of art for ordinary citizens. Using playful, surreal or thought provoking images and a language of visual metaphor, analogy, and culturally recognizable associations, Polish poster artists defied governmental restrictions and censorship to produce work which has come to be recognized as part of a unified and ultimately, national form of expression. The artistic lineage of Polish posters can be traced to early 20th century influences, but most especially to the innovative and courageous poster artists of the pre- and post World War 2 era who took teaching positions in the newly reopened art schools of Poland. Passing down their theories and practice to succeeding generations, they taught painting, composition and conceptual thinking through the lens of poster design. This was a time of extraordinary works being created under extraordinary circumstances, and Polish posters remain an inspiration to visual communicators everywhere.

Frederick (“Rick”) Schneider has taught the history of illustration at the Art Institute of Boston (now Lesley University College of Art and Design) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Parsons/The New School in New York City. He is an award-winning graphic designer, art director and freelance illustrator, whose appreciation for and knowledge of the history of illustration has influenced and inspired students for more than 30 years. In 2015, with the patronage and collaboration of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rick has initiated and directed the design of an important new global resource for the study and enjoyment of illustration history – www.illustrationhistory.org. The site is home to essays, video presentations, timelines, book and exhibition catalogue excerpts, and biographies of historically important masters and contemporary practitioners. It is designed to encourage research and provide resources to all those interested in illustration’s vital place in art history. Image: Wiktor Sadowski. A theatrical poster for musical My Fair Lady done in 1986.

Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Show

March 2, 2016Parsonspsdillustration

It is with great pleasure to announce the 8 Parsons Illustration students that were selected for the 2016 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Show. Only 250 works were chosen from over 7,500 submissions by a jury of 25 renowned illustrators, artists, art directors, and designers. It is a high honor and a great achievement. The student work will be exhibited at the Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators this May. There will also be an accompanying full color catalog. Congratulations too, to the the faculty that guided them with these winning pieces.

The students will move on to the Society of Illustrators for the Awards Judging to determine which works will receive scholarship awards.

1 of 1, “Avocado Girl”, Photoshop, pixels 1000 x 450 px, Spring 2015, Frank Olinsky, Beyond the Page, Comic panel about a girl who loves avocados

Title: Avocado Girl

Artist: Amanda Chung

Medium: Silkscreen

Instructor: Frank Olinksy

(class of 2016)

Title: Beneath the Moon

Artist: Silvia Coco

Medium: Phototransfer and mixed media

Instructor: Jordin Isip

(class of 2015)

5: “Ballerina Funeral”. Needlefelted Wool. 7 x 2. March 2015. Caty Bartholomew. Toy Concept Development & Design. A little ballerina who didn’t make it, but she still looks great.

Title: Ballerina Funeral

Artist: Alexandra Glenn-Collins

Medium: Needlefelted Wool

Instructor: Caty Bartholomew

(class of 2016)

“HOLLA!, from Eraser Heaven,” Pencil on Paper, 9 in x 14 in, 2015, Chang Park and Guy Billout, Senior Thesis 1
A sketchbook excerpt from “Eraser Heaven.”

Title: HOLLA! From Eraser Heaven

Artist: Keith Jones

Medium: Pencil on Paper

Instructor: Chang Park/Guy Billout

(class of 2016)

Title: 100 Drawings

Artist: Mei Kanamoto

Medium: pen, ink and risograph

Instructor: Jordin Isip

(class of 2018)

29, “squash,” Gouache and Acrylic on Canvas,45 x 45 “, 2015, Lauren Redniss, Thesis My overall goal with this series of drawings and paintings is to bring forward the theme of sports in the context of fine arts. This specific subject was chosen bescause of its significance in societies around the world. As a subject, it touches on issues of nationalism, spectacle, and my personal, the common human experience. This work is based mostly memory and skill. By tying the sport directly to the action of creating the work, my pieces will rethink the identities and abilities of individual athletes, thus showing a more total and universal appreciation of the performance. The drawings will not try to be realistic at all, shifting our notion of sports imagery and questioning high definition, hence presenting sports in its raw nature: pure emotion. The strokes, colors and quality of the works will be used to call into question the viewer’s memory of specific moments, shedding light on ideas of collective recollection.

Title: Squash

Artist: Adrian Mangel

Medium: Gouache and Acrylic on Canvas

Instructor: Lauren Redniss

(class of 2015)

Image number 3 "Classroom" mixed media painting 19x22" Senior Thesis- Chang Park, Fall 2015 For my thesis project I would like to explore the worlds that exist within Haruki Murakami’s novels and short stories. I would focus specifically on Kafka On The Shore, The Elephant Vanishes, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and 1Q84. What appeals to me about these stories is the existence of an alternate world and how characters and strange incidents parallel one another in each world. Rather than illustrating each novel or story on its own I would like to layer and mesh many of the different worlds together to create a new scenario that seems familiar yet removed.

Image number 3
“Classroom”
mixed media painting
19×22″
Senior Thesis- Chang Park, Fall 2015
For my thesis project I would like to explore the worlds that exist within Haruki Murakami’s novels and short stories. I would focus specifically on Kafka On The Shore, The Elephant Vanishes, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and 1Q84. What appeals to me about these stories is the existence of an alternate world and how characters and strange incidents parallel one another in each world. Rather than illustrating each novel or story on its own I would like to layer and mesh many of the different worlds together to create a new scenario that seems familiar yet removed.

Title: Classroom

Artist: Erica Mao

Medium: mixed media

Instructor: Chang Park/Guy Billout

(class of 2016)

Title: Childhood Memory V

Artist: Qiaoyi Shi

Medium: Etching

Instructor: Paul Marcus

(class of 2015)

Carousel at Dixon Place, Wed. March 9

March 2, 2016Newspsdillustration

Dixon Place presents

CAROUSEL

Comics Performances and Picture Shows

Hosted by R. Sikoryak

Live drawings, gag cartoons, and graphic novels as created, performed, and read by:

Sam Gross

Ellen Lindner

Doug Skinner with Anne Shapiro

Connie Sun

Meghan Turbitt

Jess Worby

and more!

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (btwn Rivington & Delancey), NYC

Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 (at the door), $12 (students/seniors/idNYC))

Advance tickets & info: www.dixonplace.org (212) 219-0736

(The Dixon Place Lounge is open before, during, and after the show. All proceeds directly support DP’s mission and artists.)

Carousel at Dixon Place, Wed. March 9

March 2, 2016Faculty News, Illustration Dept. Events, Newspsdillustration

Dixon Place presents

CAROUSEL

Comics Performances and Picture Shows

Hosted by R. Sikoryak

Live drawings, gag cartoons, and graphic novels as created, performed, and read by:

Sam Gross

Ellen Lindner

Doug Skinner with Anne Shapiro

Connie Sun

Meghan Turbitt

Jess Worby

and more!

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (btwn Rivington & Delancey), NYC

Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 (at the door), $12 (students/seniors/idNYC))

Advance tickets & info: www.dixonplace.org (212) 219-0736

(The Dixon Place Lounge is open before, during, and after the show. All proceeds directly support DP’s mission and artists.)

New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium: March 1, Theodore Barrow

February 26, 2016Newspsdillustration

March 1, 2016 – Theodore Barrow – “From the Easter Wedding to the Frantick Lover”

7-9 PM

Room M 101 (Bark room), 66 Fifth Ave., lobby level

Theodore Barrow will present and discuss his paper, “From the Easter Wedding to the Frantick Lover” — an exploration of the relationship between text and image in the long eighteenth century. Theodore Barrow is a PhD candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY. His area of focus is intertextuality in the art of John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer.

Graphic Novel Contest: Bubble Factory

February 24, 2016Newspsdillustration

We are pleased to announce “La Fabrique à Bulles” or the “Bubble Factory” contest, celebrating graphic novels and comics. The contest’s name emphasizes the power of the mind and creativity of young artists while “Bubbles” refers to, as in English, “Speech Bubbles”.

Les bandes dessinnées are an integral part of the French culture. This art form is considered to be the “9^th Art” in France, and it is an undeniable means to propagate political or social messages. This year’s theme is “Résister!” (Resist!).

In order to participate:

Contestants must submit one 11”x17” panel keeping with this year’s theme. The entry form and contest guidelines are on the Alliance Française website
Any medium (oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, etc) will be accepted as long as the artwork is original.
Panels must be sent to the Alliance Française (c/o Fabrique à Bulles) at “2142 Wyoming Avenue N.W. • Washington D.C. 20008” and be postmarked by no later than April 22, 2016.
The contest is open to anyone living in the United States. Students under the age of 18 must have parental/guardian consent. (See the form on the website listed above).
There will be a final award ceremony in Washington D.C.; the date and location will be announced. The two winning panels and the artwork of the finalists will be displayed at a local gallery where the ceremony will take place.
Prizes to be announced in the coming weeks!

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