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Midwestern Blab! Opens Tonight in Chicago!

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BLAB! ART IMAGES
MIDWESTERN BLAB!
Midwestern Contributors to BLAB! Exhibit / Chicago
Opens this Thursday, June 18, 5-8 pm

[ CHECK OUT:  http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/visual-arts/node/21415 ]

Midwestern BLAB!, curated by Monte Beauchamp, the Chicago-based creator of the art anthology BLAB!, has included the works of five Midwestern artists who have contributed significantly to BLAB! and are exemplars of the periodical’s core values. Anchor Graphics at Columbia College Chicago is the co-curator of this exhibition.

“Though BLAB!’s scope is international,” writes Bill North, Senior Curator of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University, in the exhibition’s catalog essay. “The underpinning of its cornucopian visual feast is resolutely Midwestern. BLAB!, a product of the Midwest, boldly affirms the positive view of Midwestern culture. And, in the face of BLAB!, claims of the region’s cultural inferiority ring hollow.”

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Don Colley, Tom Huck, Teresa James, CJ Pyle, and Fred Stonehouse

WHEN: June 18 – July 22, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, June 18, 5-8 pm

WHERE: Columbia College Chicago’s Leviton A+D Gallery
619 S. Wabash Avenue

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm, Thursday 11 am – 8 pm

MORE INFO: Gallery Coordinator: 312.369.8668 // Press Inquiries: 312.369.8695

Last Days: Bonnie Gloris’s work at LITM

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You are invited to:

The Birds and the Bees, a group exhibition curated by Andrea Morin at LITM, a gallery/restaurant in downtown Jersey City. Includes work by local artist and Parsons Illustration Alum Bonnie Gloris.

“Springtime is finally here! As the world comes back to life, sap flows, flowers bloom, and thoughts of romance stir. These artists capture those spring feelings of passion, sensuality, love, romance, and friskiness!” -LITM.

Show up until May 31st, 2009

140 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Phone: 201.536.5557
Email: info@litm.com or andrea@litm.com

Art, Media, and Technology BFA Exhibition Show opens tomorrow!

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AMT BFA show

School of Art, Media, and Technology Thesis Exhibition

Friday, May 15-Saturday, May 23

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Parsons presents an exhibition of work by graduating students in the Communication Design, Design + Technology, Fine Arts, Illustration, and Photography programs. This is the first time all programs in the newly formed School of Art, Media, and Technology will be exhibited together, in an exhibition curated by the architect Ivan Kucina, a Visiting Scholar at Parsons this spring. During the opening, there will be a public screening in the Kellen Auditorium of work produced in the course Visual Music (co-taught by Associate Professor of Illustration, Nora Krug) a collaborative studio that brings together jazz, communication design and technology, and illustration students.

Opening Reception is tomorrow–May 15th from 6-8 p.m.–and everything is free and open to the public!

Congrats to all the Illustration students whose works were chosen by the jury:

Beryl Chung
Zachary Zezima
Christine Young
Ana Mouyis
Hannah K. Lee
Roxanna Vizcarra
Lilah Montgomery
Shu Okada
Gabriella C. Garson
Liz Whelan
Dawoon Jung
Kristina Reddy

There will also be a selection of books by different Illustration students included in the exhibition.  Don’t miss it!

Tonight–Illustration Senior Show: Art T/K

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ART T/K

Monday, May 11 5 p.m..-11 p.m.Parsons The New School For Design, Illustration Program
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Admission: Free and open to the public

Parsons The New School for Design presents a one-night curated exhibition of work based on the theme of “obsession” from 35 graduates of its BFA illustration program. The show will feature thesis work as well as other pieces exploring this theme.

Follow-up: More pictures from Pictopia and Pictoplasma!

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Editor’s Note: Please enjoy this selection of photos taken by friend of the department, Lasse Krug.  They were taken at the “Ugly is Beautiful” exhibition at the Pictopia Festival in Berlin this past March.  Thanks, Lasse!

Illustrated Sound contest with Geneva Sound System

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You Jung Min - Wave of Music

You Jung Min - Wave of Music

Noel Claro‘s Beyond the Page class has collaborated with Geneva Sound System to create unique GelaSkins for their product.  There will be a contest to vote on which one should be put in production.  You Jung Min’s contribution is above and a gallery of all the finalists is below.  Also, here’s the official information about the contest, exhibition, and opening reception:

ICFF – Illustrated Sound
Reception: Saturday, May 16, 7-9pm
Installation up: May 16-19

Design Within Reach pairs sound with color as Parsons illustration students move “beyond the page” to illustrate a one-of-a-kind vinyl skin created for the Geneva Sound System, a modern “hi-fi” with a CD player, FM radio and iPod dock all encased in a piano-lacquered wooden box. Experience the intersection of music, illustration and design, and enter to win the medium Geneva with its unique Gelaskin.

RSVP for the reception to tflsoho@dwr.com.

Also, you are invited to vote for your one favorite design and get a chance to win a GenevaSound Medium for yourself.  Go here and vote by 11:59 p.m. on May 19th!

Congrats to all the participants and good luck with the contest!

Art T/K: Parsons Illustration Senior Show on May 11th

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ART T/K

Monday, May 11 5 p.m..-11 p.m.

Parsons The New School For Design, Illustration Program
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Admission: Free and open to the public

Parsons The New School for Design presents a one-night curated exhibition of work based on the theme of “obsession” from 35 graduates of its BFA illustration program. The show will feature thesis work as well as other pieces exploring this theme.

Guest Entry: Roxie Vizcarra at the Pictopia Festival!

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Editor’s Note: This guest entry comes from Illustration Senior Roxie Vizcarra, who participated in the Pictopia/Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin, Germany this past March.

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When the Illustration Department invited me to help represent them at this year’s Pictopia Festival (part of the acclaimed character design organization Pictoplasma), I was excited to be able to visit a city I’ve never been to, especially one with some much history as Berlin. What I didn’t know at the time was that there couldn’t have been a more perfect location for Pictopia to take place. It’s impossible to go very far without encountering some form of art that incorporates strong character design.

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I spent a couple of days watching over Parsons’ exhibition, Ugly is Beautiful, at the Collegium Hungaricum, which also featured work by other Pictopia Character Walk artists. The set-up for the show was long and tedious, but in the end it was worth the effort as everything looked fantastic, and I can attest to the fact that most people who came by to have a look were rather impressed by the variety of unique characters Parsons students have to offer.

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