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Eddie del Rosario work in “Tenderly” show at Sunday

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TENDERLY

Featuring: Aaron Baker, Erik Bluhm, Martha Colburn, Carl D’Alvia, Edward del Rosario, Echo Eggebrecht, Brent Green, Kirk Hayes, Asuka Ohsawa, Ruby Osorio, Hills Snyder, Rachell Sumpter & others.

Through July 3, 2008

SUNDAY L.E.S.
237 Eldridge Street, South Storefront
New York, NY USA 10002 

The gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition Tenderly, which assembles paintings, sculptures, films, and works on paper by twelve artists who use dark humor, animation, simplified forms, and characters to soften some of life’s more dramatic, and often tragic, moments.

Eddie del Rosario’s (Brooklyn, NY) paintings often feature miniature people engaged in full-size power struggles and highlight the absurd games people are willing to play to obtain and preserve power within cultural clashes. Meticulously rendered with almost Renaissance-like glazes, his most recent series of contretemps depict unforeseen disruptive events, for example, a handsome young man pissing on the spring flowers while a fashionable young lady looks on.

ArtCal picked “Tenderly” as a top show and it’s only up for a few more days, so get out there and see it.

Congrats to Eddie!

MoCCA Comic Art Festival this weekend!

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The program for this year’s MoCCA Art Festival features a rich mix of animators, cartoonists, graphic artists, and writers. Our special guests include Jessica Abel, Rebecca Donner, David Hajdu, David Heatley, Chip Kidd, Alex Robinson, Frank Santoro, and Brian Wood. Saturday’s program opens with author Blake Bell talking about his new Steve Ditko biography, and closes with Dan Nadel in conversation with Chris Forgues (“CF”), whose comics, according to one critic, “exude the ease of someone just now putting all the pieces together to make for consistent great work.” Sunday’s program opens with an illustrated history of radical cartooning, by social movement cartoonist Nick Thorkelson, and closes with a screening of new animated shorts from Scandinavia.

Parsons Illustration associates will be out in force–Tara McPherson, Neil Swaab, Bob Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki, Brian Wood, and Peter de Seve–so make sure you stop by and see their work!

The MoCCA Art Festival, now in its seventh year, is an annual fundraiser for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA). Each year the MoCCA Art Festival Award is presented to a creative figure whose work has elevated the cartoon arts. The Award was presented to Jules Feiffer in 2002, and in subsequent years to Art Spiegelman (2003), Roz Chast (2004), Neal Adams (2005), Gahan Wilson (2006), and Alison Bechdel (2007).

This year’s Award recipient, Bill Plympton, is an internationally renowned cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. His cartoons have appeared in major newspapers and magazines, from the Village Voice and the New York Times, to Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. He is the author and/or illustrator of numerous books and graphic novels, including Hair High, Mutant Aliens, Tube Strips, and The Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton. He is probably best known for his short and full-length animated films, which include The Tune, I Married a Strange Person, Guard Dog, and Idiots and Angels, which premiered earlier this year. Bill Plympton will be introduced by the animator Signe Baumane.

The 2008 program is being held in tandem with an event at NYU that will take place the day before the Festival officially opens, on Friday, June 6. Sponsored by the New York Institute for the Humanities and MoCCA, “Post-Bang: Comics Ten Minutes After the Big Bang!” features roundtables and presentations on “key trends and debates facing comics in this new, ‘post-bang’ environment.” For more information about this, click here

MoCCA Comic Art Festival
Saturday, June 7th & Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Hours: 11:00am – 6:00pm
Admission is $10 each day / $15 weekend pass (weekend pass only $10 for MoCCA members)
The Puck Building, 293 Lafayette, New York, NY

Programming Schedule
Exhibitor List (Parsons Illustration will be sharing a table with Cat Lauigan at B45!)
Map of Exhibitors
Featured Artist Sketch Table Schedule (featuring Illustration Alum & Faculty Bob Sikoryak on Sunday!)

[MoCCA Art Festival poster art by Parsons Illustration Faculty Tara McPherson and DKC]

Aftermath: Parsons Illustration Alumni Event at the Society of Illustrators

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Back in March, New School Alumni Relations held a fantastic shindig up at the Society of Illustrators. The event was well-attended and a total blast! Here are a few snapshots:

Associate Professor Nora Krug, Dept. Chair Steven Guarnaccia, and Adjunct Faculty Eddie del Rosario

Soon-to-be Alumnae Lindsey Balbierz and Jasmine Wigandt

Alumni Peter de Seve addresses the crowd.

Graduating Illustration Senior Shanna Mahan and Adjunct Faculty & Alum Bob Sikorayk are in view!

See the rest of the photo set here and visit the New School Alumni Relations site to learn more about upcoming alumni events. Also, make sure to keep the department updated on your accomplishments so we can let everyone know!

Tara McPherson News

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In addition being interviewed (and providing the cover art) for the recent issue of Clutter Magazine (#12! Get your copy here!), Illustration Adjunct Faculty member Tara McPherson is keeping herself busy this summer. Here’s some of her upcoming events:

—Sunday, June 8th, 2008: Tara will have a table at this year’s Museum of Contemporary Comic Art event.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
MoCCA Art Festival 2008
June 7th-8th, 2008
The Puck Building
Hours: 11:00am – 6:00pm
Admission is $10 each day / $15 weekend pass (weekend pass only $10 for MoCCA members)

Meet comics and cartoon artists! Four full ballrooms of cartoonists and publishers! Three days of entertaining and educational panel sessions!

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–Tara will also be a guest speaker in this years ICON 5 in NYC, along with Jordin Isip (another Illustration Faculty member!) and gallery-owner Jonathan Levine.

Gallery 101
Saturday, July 5, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Martha Rich with Tara McPherson, Jordin Isip and Jonathan Levine

Here’s a description of the panel:

The increasing popularity and success of the small gallery has created a need for new, affordable and original art. Exhibiting in a gallery is a great way for illustrators to expand beyond traditional forms of illustration and generate additional income. How do you take that next step into the exhibiting world and get your work out of the studio and on the gallery wall? Illustrator Martha Rich questions gallery curator Jonathan Levine and illustrators Jordin Isip and Tara McPherson about the challenges and successes connected to their gallery experiences. Curious about showing your work in galleries, curating your own shows or developing a new line of revenue and expanding your creativity? This session is for you.

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Tara will also be at Comic-Con 2008: July 24-27 in San Diego!

New shirt by George Bates Studio

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Illustration Alum and Faculty member George Bates recently passed along this exciting news:

The George Bates Studio has created an Eco minded t-shirt for the UK clothing company HOWIES entitled “Consumption Totem”.

The shirt comes in 5 colors on a sort of tan and also a “spine chilling” white on black…wow,dig.

Guaranteed you’ll be the coolest Eco-friendly hipster at the barbecue w/ one of these pups on this summer!!!!

Check it here!

Nice work, George!

Tres Gallery at South of the Navy Yard Artists Walk

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SONYA presents the 9th Annual SONYA Studio Stroll in the vibrant cultural hub of downtown Brooklyn just south of the Navy Yard—where art is made.

The Stroll is a free self-guided walking tour of studios and galleries showcasing an incredible variety of artwork created by Brooklyn-based artists. We invite you to begin your Stroll experience by previewing the Stroll artists’ work, downloading a tour map, and planning your adventure on Stroll weekend, May 17 & 18. Bring your friends and family along and make it a celebration of art making and appreciation!

The SONYA Studio Stroll is funded, in part, by public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts, also by our Artist Members and our Friends of SONYA, as well as local businesses and organizations.

Among many other artists and galleries, Tres Gallery, a studio and gallery space run by artists Margaret Hurst, Eddie Pena and Illustration Alum and Adjunct Faculty Veronica Lawlor, will be participating in the Stroll and showing Recent Works. The gallery focuses on abstract and representational drawing and painting.

SONYA Studio Stroll 2008
Saturday May 17 & Sunday, May 18 12:00 – 6pm, both days
For more information about location and directions, call 718-857-5696.

TRES Gallery
20 Grand Avenue, #204
Brooklyn, NY 11205
info@tresgallery.com

[image by Veronica Lawlor]

Reminder and Repost: Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

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Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

This Afternoon–Wednesday, May 14th, 3-5 p.m.

Theresa Lang Student Center

55 W. 13th, 2nd Floor

Graduating Seniors–Bring your family and significant others for a reception featuring:

*Wine by the glassful!
*Snacks including cheese and cookies!
*Live quasi-experimental music!
*Fancy diploma covers!
*Possibly even some tote bags!

This is a great chance to meet up with all your classmates for one last time as Seniors.
Dish with your instructors, present and past.
Introduce everyone to everyone.

Don’t miss it. It is *the* graduation-related event of May, 2008.
All Illustration Faculty and Graduating Seniors are invited.

Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

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Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

Wednesday, May 14th, 3-5 p.m.

Theresa Lang Student Center

55 W. 13th, 2nd Floor

Graduating Seniors–Bring your family and significant others for a reception featuring:

*Wine by the glassful!
*Snacks including cheese and cookies!
*Live quasi-experimental music!
*Fancy diploma covers!
*Possibly even some tote bags!

This is a great chance to meet up with all your classmates for one last time as Seniors.
Dish with your instructors, present and past.
Introduce everyone to everyone.

Don’t miss it. It is *the* graduation-related event of May, 2008.
All Illustration Faculty and Graduating Seniors are invited.

Don’t Paint with Your Teeth featuring a TON of Illustration students

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Move 16: Don’t Paint With Your Teeth
A Group Show of blue ballpoint pen, pencil and Sharpie drawings
Curated by Rich Jacobs
May 9th – June 8th 2008
Opening Reception Friday May 9th 2008 7 – 10pm

Move 16: Don’t Paint Your Teeth, marks the 2nd group drawing show at Cinders curated by artist Rich Jacobs. The guidelines for this one: Make a drawing using either ballpoint pen, pencil, or sharpie on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of white paper. This show brings art back to its most basic and raw form of drawing and with materials that everyone has access to. This DIY creative spirit runs throughout the show, which includes a diverse array of artists that spans several generations from around the globe. There will be a limited edition zine catalogue made to go along with the show in the very near future!

Featuring work by Mark Gonzales, Matt Leines, Chris Shary, Caroline Hwang, Rachel Sumpter, Rich Jacobs, Chris Mendoza, Neckface, Eric White, Suzanne Sattler, Erika Borboa, Brian Chippendale, Diane Barcelowsky, Maya Hayuk, David Ellis, Jeff Ladouceur, Theo Ellsworth, Hisham Bharoocha, Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Logan MacDonald, Allyson Mellberg, Justin Williams, Garry Davis, Irene Cho, Davd Aron, James Kirkpatrick, Jojo Li, Jordin Isip, Melinda Beck,Tim Kerr,Taylor Mckimens, Daniel Higgs, Ryan and Casey Gallagher, John Orth, Sto, Daniel Davidson, Pam Morris-Gallagher, Phil Franklin, Christine Shields, Andrew Scott, Pat Delaney, Mike Boul, Moses, Dennis and Loreto Remsing, Kelie Bowman, Kate Hurowitz, Carl Dunn, Oliver Rosenberg, Oliver Harkness, Rodger Bridges, Tod Swank, Olivia Shoa, Bill and Christopher Sprague, Kostas Seremetis, Zachary Rossman, Matthew Thurber, Rebecca Bird, Eric Shaw, Morgan Goodwin Acheson, WoonHyae Bae, Lindsey Balbierz, Noel Chanyungco, Arlette Espaillat, Nicholas Gannon, Florence Gidez, Rich Guzman, Seulki Kim, Sae-am Lee, Shanna Mahan, Yulia Makarova, Elizabeth Meluch, Ray Ray Mitrano, Cassie Ramone, Liz Riccardi, Jeremy Schlangen, Peter Sriployrung, Nicholas Sultana, Emmanuel Tavares, Franklin Valdez, Misaki Kawai, James Gallagher.

(fancy color code = Illustration Faculty, Illustration Alum, Current Illustration Students)

Cinders Gallery
103 Havemeyer st.
Btwn Hope and Grand St.
Williamsburg Brooklyn
718-388-2311
http://www.cindersgallery.com

[images l-r: Shanna Mahan, Lindsey Balbierz, Florence Gidez]