Category Archives: Illustration Alumni

Illustration Alum Rodger Stevens exhibits works at Goose Barnacle

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Goose Barnacle Holiday Reception
Thursday, December 16th, 6:00pm – 9:00pm.

GOOSE BARNACLE presents recent works by Rodger Stevens

Rodger Stevens (b: 1966 in Brooklyn, NY) is a contemporary American artist whose work is known globally for his intricate wire sculptures.

His latest exhibition features wire sculptures – both wall-mounted and suspended from the ceiling, string drawings mounted on wood, and steel plate paintings. The piece that I’m most excited about is one that
Rodger created especially for the Goose Barnacle window.  For this work Rodger adapted elements from our Brooklyn heritage as well as shapes that evoke the nature of Goose Barnacle.

Rodger, graduated from the Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn.  Since then he has attended Pace University, Parsons: The New School for Design, and the School of Visual Arts.

Rodger has exhibited in some amazing places, such as Tiffany & Co., MTV headquarters, the Todd Oldham boutique and the Yohji Yamamoto showroom in SoHo. In recent years he has done commissions for the Whitney Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Barney’s, Stuart Weitzman, The Rockwell Group, and the W Hotel.

Goose Barnacle
91 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 855-2694

Alumni Update: PJ Loughran

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copyright 2003, PJ Loughran

From the Illustration Mailbox–we recently heard from Illustration Alum PJ Loughran, who is full of wonderful news about his life.  Here’s a snippet he said we could share:

Lots of fun stuff has happened since moving out to Chicago. My creative shop, KEROSENE (you might recall, we’d been doing a lot of Hollywood work while I was still living in NYC) grew to 25 people over the last few years and began a relationship with LEGO which has had me traveling regularly to LA and Denmark. Last December, I sold KEROSENE to a larger firm (90 people) and I’m currently serving as their Chief Creative Officer.

My wife and I also had a son…. currently juggling our lives with a very energetic 2 year old:) And still taking on illustration and writing music when I can find the time…

Congratulations to PJ, his family, and KEROSENE on such prosperity and happiness!

Wendy Popp curates “Gifted” featuring Parsons Illustration Alumni and Faculty members

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The Voracious Reader invites you to join them for “Gifted”, a book signing event and exhibition of the art of the children’s picture book!

An esteemed group of artists will gather for the opening of this very special show, curated by local artist and Parsons Illustration Adjunct Wendy Popp.

The show will open on Sunday, Dec 5th at 2pm and run through Dec 19th. Exhibiting artists include Parsons Illustration alumn Peter DeSeve (The Duchess of Whimsy) and Parsons Illustration faculty members Wendy Popp (One Candle/Where the Sunrise Begins), Guy Billout (Journey/The Frog Who Went to See the Sea) and Sergio Ruzzier (Amandina/Hey! Rabbit!).  Other featured artists include Istvan Banyai, Rudy Gutierrez, Susan Jeffers, Javaka Steptoe, Shaun Tan, Ed Young and Lisbeth Zwerger. Many of the artists will be on hand to sign their books. Original and printed  artwork will be on sale as well.

Don’t miss this rare and wonderful gathering of gifted artists as we celebrate the many gifts of the season! Refreshments and opportunities for little ones to share their gifts as well.

Sunday, December 5, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
The Voracious Reader
1997 Palmer Avenue
Larchmont, NY

Katie Turner (Illustration ’10) has “My Week in Bologna” printed!

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“My Week in Bologna” was created by Katie Turner, BFA Illustration ’10, for the Parsons Illustration blog, “Words & Pictures,” http://parsonsillustrationprogram.com/, as a report from her trip as Parsons Illustration emissary to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in the spring of 2010.  The zine will be distributed to prospective students through the admissions department of the university.  Pretty good publicity for  Illustration and for Katie’s beautiful work.

Congratulations to Katie on her accomplishments!  We feel proud to call her an Illustration Alumna.

Book Maker’s Dozen event at Powerhouse Arena

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BOOK MAKER’S DOZEN
Thirteen Leading Children’s Book Illustrators Will Present and Discuss Their Works

Thursday, December 2, 7–9 PM
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
Please RSVP: rsvp@powerhousearena.com

Thirteen leading children’s book illustrators—including those who brought us Ivy and Bean, Moonshot, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Madeline, Series of Unfortunate Events, Trucktown, Oswald and more—will be presenting and discussing their works. They also have banded together to create a set of limited edition prints featuring favorite images from their most recent and best-loved books. Signed limited edition prints will be available for $100. Join us for the opening reception and discussion of their work and the world of book illustration.

Participating Artists:

  • Selina Alko
  • Peter Brown
  • Brian Floca
  • David Gordon
  • Dan Yaccarino (Parsons Illustration Alum)
  • Boris Kulikov
  • Sophie Blackall
  • Brett Helquist
  • Aileen Leijten
  • Sergio Ruzzier (Parsons Illustration Faculty)
  • John Bemelmans Marciano
  • Sean Qualls
  • John Rocco

Find out more here:

http://www.bookmakersdozen.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/bookmakersdozen

Blab World featuring Illustration faculty and alum!

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BLABWORLD is an annual coffee-table showcase of Fine art, Illustration, and Comics, and a gold-standard in the work of professional visual artists. Many of BLAB!’s contributors through the years have gone on to huge success in the gallery world (Chris Ware, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Camille Rose Garcia, Joe Coleman, The Clayton Brothers, Shag, etc.) and the current volume sharpens BLAB!’s cutting-edge like never before.

BLAB! is conceived, edited, and designed by five-time NY Festival of Advertising award-winner Monte Beauchamp.

Full-time faculty Steven Guarnaccia and Nora Krug, part-time faculty Sergio Ruzzier and Parsons Illustration alumnus Andy Kehoe are feeatured in the book!
Grab your copy here.  Congrats to all involved!