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Hot Opportunity: Internship with Make Music New York
Make Music New York, a unique, free outdoor celebration called “the largest music event ever to grace Gotham” (Metro New York), is looking for a graphic design intern to create online and print materials for the 2010 festival.
Over the last three years, Parsons students have designed the festival’s logo, websites, posters, and advertisements, which have appeared in Time Out New York, Metro New York, amNewYork, and Filter Magazine. This year’s graphic design intern will lay out brochures and fliers, produce advertisements, and redesign our website. The designer will work with the festival’s administration, a website programmer, and 3-4 concert producers throughout the city.
Time commitment will average 12 hours / month. Looking for someone to start immediately, through June 2010.
If interested, send work samples to Parsons Illustration Internship Coordinator Caty Bartholomew via email.
Tonight–On Notation: A Talk By Hubertus Von Amelunxen
The Illustration Program, School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design presents:
On Notation: A Talk By Hubertus Von Amelunxen
Wednesday, February 17
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Bark Room (Orientation Room)
Parsons The New School for Design, 2 West 13th Street, NYC
Notations are sign systems. They offer legibility, they enclose sound, meaning and movement, enable repetition, expansions and digressions. According to György Ligeti, they can be instructions for playing, means of communication or “an end in themselves”. Since the 19th century, notations have been considered as especially technical, media-technical in origin: from telegraphy to photography, from phonography, cinematography and dactylography to binary codifications, notations or metrical systems cause and determine not only phases in creation, repetition and the reproduction of artistic works, but also possibilities of interpretation. As sign systems, notations are predisposed to translation.
This talk was given in connection with the exhibition, “Notations – calculus and form in the arts”, curated by Hubertus von Amelunxen together with the artist Dieter Appelt for the Akademie der Künste in Berlin 2008 and for the ZKM in Karlsruhe 2009.
Hubertus von Amelunxen is a Professor of Media Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
Presented by the Illustration Program, School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design.
Carousel cartoon slide show on Feb. 16
Dixon Place presents…
CAROUSEL
Cartoon slide shows & other projected pictures
presented by a glittering array of artists, performers, graphic novelists, & other characters.
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
Featuring:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
7:30 pm
at
Dixon Place
161 A Chrystie Street
(btwn Rivington & Delancey)
NY, NY
Tickets:
$15 each
or TDF; or $12 student/senior
or $25 for 2 with Carousel postcard
Advance tickets & more info:
www.dixonplace.org
(212) 219-0736
Carousel Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6301533565&ref=ts
Propose a design for an “Art Works” logo for the National Endowment for the Arts
Opportunity: Propose a design for an “Art Works” logo for the National Endowment for the Arts and produce a finished design that may be reproduced by the Agency in print and online
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) invites contractors to submit proposals for a design for a new “Art Works” logo for the National Endowment for the Arts and then produce a finished design that may be reproduced by the Agency in print and online, as described in the attached statements of work, under the authority of Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Below, you will find a Statement of Work/solicitation that requests proposals for designs that will give a graphic identity to “Art Works,” two words with three meanings that the NEA Chairman has been using to sum up the work of the Agency:
1. “Art Works” is a noun that refers to the works of art that artists create.
2. “Art Works” reminds us that a goal of art is to work on audiences and viewers to inspire, transport, and challenge them.
3. “Art Works” is a reminder that arts workers are real workers who are part of this country’s real economy. They earn salaries, support families, pay taxes. Artists are also entrepreneurs and placemakers, who revitalize towns, cities, and neighborhoods – both the economies and the ethos of them.
Questions concerning this proposal shall be submitted only via email to harrisl@arts.gov before or by 5:00 pm (EST) on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Please submit your proposals by Friday, February 26, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. (EST) via email to artworksrfp@arts.gov. This RFP in no way obligates the U.S. Government to award a contract, nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay any cost incurred in preparing and submitting your proposal.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation; will be most advantageous to the Government; price and other factors considered. In order to select the winning offeror, NEA will rank offerors from best to worst. In addition to the narrative assessments prepared by the Evaluation Team for each evaluation factor, a point scoring system will be used to rank all technical proposals. The point scoring system uses a rating scale of 100%. However, NEA will not select an offeror for award on the basis of a superior capability without consideration of the amount of its price. In order to select the winning proposal, NEA will rank each offeror by making a series of paired comparisons between them, trading off the marginal differences in capability with the marginal difference in price.
The Government’s estimate is approximately $25,000.00. The period of performance will be at the time of award through submission of the final product.
Proposals submitted in response to this RFP will be received by email to artworksrfp@arts.gov.
Proposals that are faxed will not be accepted. Proposals must be received by the closing date and time stated above. Please refer any questions concerning this request to Latonca M. Harris at (202) 682-5476 or by email at harrisl@arts.gov.
Click here to download the entire NEA proposal/solicitation.
Good luck!
Quick Hit: Mentoring Opportunity!
Parsons has openings for students who would like to mentor New York City youth in the Parsons Scholars Program. Almost 60 students in 10th – 12th grade study at Parsons each Saturday morning to prepare portfolios and attend college access workshops and events through our pre-college scholarship program.
Mentors work with cohorts of 12 – 15 youth and their faculty coordinator on a weekly basis both in the pre-college classroom and planning and organizing events. This is a paid position through Federal Work Study awards and both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to attend an information session on Friday evening to find out how to make a difference in the lives of our pre-college youth.
Mentoring Information Session
Friday, February 5
6pm
The New School Orientation Room (“bark room”)
2 West 13th Street, lobby
RSVP – academy@newschool.edu
The Cultivated Life: A Talk by Jean-Philippe Delhomme on February 3rd
Jean-Philippe Delhomme is perhaps one of the most influential artist-illustrators working today. He is internationally known for his witty satirical illustrations that are as much gentle ribbing at the notion of the “good life” in the modern world as they are chronicles of the hip and fabulous.
For this reason his work has been embraced by the worlds of fashion, art and design as well as luxury commercial clients, including: Barneys, Grazia Casa, GQ, the Mark Hotel- New York, Le Bon Marche, Indochine, Casa Brutus, Whitewall, Travel and Leisure, SAA B, the NY Times, VISA , Interview Magazine, Vogue Nippon, House and Garden, Vogue UK and the New Yorker.
Mr. Delhomme visits Parsons to give a talk on his work on:
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Bark Room/Orientation Room
Street: 2 W. 13th
City/Town: New York, NY
Free and open to the public!
Internship Fair for Current Students on February 3rd
Attention all current Parsons students: we hope you can join Parsons Career Services at the Parsons Internship Fair! This event is a great opportunity for students to find spring and summer semester internships. Even if students are not eligible to intern this semester or have already found an internship, we encourage them to attend the event and network with industry professionals. Forty employers will be in attendance, including companies that are new to the event such as BBH-ZAG, Delia’s, Disney Consumer Products, Harmonix, Kiehl’s, and Sam Edelman. We hope to see you there!
Parsons Internship Fair
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
55 West 13th Street, Lang Hall, 2nd floor
Employers attending include:
Abercrombie & Fitch
American Eagle Outfitters
A|X Armani Exchange
BBH – ZAG
BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP
Calvin Klein
CBX
Coach
Colette Malouf
Club Monaco
Delia’s, Inc.
Disney Consumer Products
Eileen Fisher, Inc.
G2
Gucci Group
Harmonix Music
Hyperakt
Interbrand
J.Crew
Johnson & Johnson
John Varvatos
Kenneth Cole Productions
Kiehl’s
Large Animal Games
Limitedbrands
Li & Fung USA
Marvel
Michael Kors (USA), Inc.
Movado Group, Inc.
MTV Networks
Ogilvy
Polo Ralph Lauren
Ralph Appelbaum Associates
R/GA
Sam Edelman Shoes
Stark Design
Stylecaster
Tracey Locke Partnership
Time Inc.
V Magazine / Vman
To participate, students must be currently enrolled in a Parsons degree program (Associates, Bachelors, or Masters program). Students must bring a student id to the event and also several resumes and a portfolio or reel, if applicable. Students who may have questions regarding how to find an internship, determine eligibility to take an internship, or how to register for credit, can go to the following link for further information: www.parsons.edu/internships.
Event sponsored by Parsons Career Services, 2 West 13 Street, room 511, parsonscareers@newschool.edu, 212-229-8940. Please contact the office if you have questions or need further details.
Illustration Alums and Faculty fundraise for Haiti!
Parsons Illustration Alum and current Adjunct Faculty member Veronica Lawlor passed along the following information about Studio 1482‘s fundraising efforts to help the people of Haiti. Here’s the scoop:
In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Haiti, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise money on behalf of the victims. It is our effort to support the international appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization. We’ve selected CARE because we believe in their commitment.
For each donation of $50 or more to CARE, you will receive a hand-signed 13″ x 19″ limited edition print from one of the Studio 1482 illustrators.
See all the beautiful illustrations available and get more information about Studio 1482 here.
Associate Professor Nora Krug is working with the Poster Cause Project and has created an open-edition poster which is being sold to support in the relief efforts. ALL 100% OF PROFITS from this print will be donated to Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. You can get Nora’s poster here.
Parsons Illustration Alum and current Adjunct Faculty member Trey Hoyumpa is pitching in with her own humanitarian effort–hand-pulled silkscreen cards with the proceeds benefitting Haiti. You can grab your own at Trey’s Etsy shop, located here.
[top image by Veronica Lawlor; middle image by Nora Krug; bottom image by Trey Hoyumpa]
Illustration Alum Rima Fujita at Museum of Tibetan Art
Family Program: Himalayan Animal Stories — Compassion for Endangered Species
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Sunday January 17, 2010 2:30-4:30
Participants will discover the endangered animals of the Himalayas and write and illustrate their own animal story. Artist and Books for Children Founder, Rima Fujita, will read her children’s books including a true story of the Dalai Lama’s dog, and will lead participants in creating their own hand-made books. Recommended ages: 8 – 12. Admission, $10 for adults, $8 for members and children.
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Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and has lived in New York since 1979. She studied at Parsons School of Design and received her B.F.A. in illustration and painting and has exhibited her work internationally to much acclaim.
In 2001 Rima established Books for Children, an organization that produces children’s books and donates them to orphans and poor children around the world. Her first book, Wonder Talk, was officially selected as recommended reading by the United Nations, and TB Aware has received various awards in the United States.
In 2006 she designed the signature poster for the International Peace Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, where she received special recognition from several Nobel Peace Laureates including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams.
Her published books include Simple Meditation, The Little Black Box, Wonder Talk, Wonder Garden and TB Aware. For more information about Rima please visit: www.rimafujita.com
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art was founded in 1945 to foster awareness and preservation of Tibetan art and culture. Public programs at the Museum are funded, in part, by funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Located at 338 Lighthouse Avenue, the Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For further information, please call 718-987-3500 or visit the museum’s website at www.tibetanmuseum.org.