Check out this phenomenal illustration by current Illustration student, Zach Zezima, which was featured in a recent issue of The District out in Long Beach, CA. Click on the image for a larger, more detailed version.
Congrats, Zach!
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Parsons/Poketo Wallet Jam Results!!
Through a partnership created with POKETO, Parsons Illustration held a wildly successful wallet jam on Sunday. The six-hour event yielded more than 60 entries for our Poketo competition. Judging of the ever-so-tasty submissions took place the next day with Angie and Ted from Poketo, American Illustration’s Mark Heflin and our own departmental chair, Steven Guarnaccia.
POKETO designs limited edition art products, accessories, apparel and decor, taking art off gallery walls and making it part of everyday life. Congrats to our winners: Sophia Chang, Stella Jiyeun Lee, Shu Okada, Emmanuel Tavares and Chris Yip! And thanks to everyone who participated!
Children’s Books event Information!
Illustration Part-time Faculty Pat Cummings passed along this exciting information about upcoming events connected with her Childrens’ Book Illustration class. Here are the details:
Don’t miss either one of these informative and enlightening events!
Thanks to Pat for the updates.
Last Days: George Bates in “Surf Art Nouveau
Illustration Alum and Faculty member George Bates has a piece featured in “Surf Art Nouveau,” an exhibition at Montanaro Gallery in Newport, RI. Works from more than twenty-five different artists are in the show which focuses on
new works in the classic ‘art nouveau’ style…be incorporating the subject matter of SURFING…
If you’re in the Newport-area, make sure to stop by and see George’s work before it comes down!
Surf Art Nouveau
On view until October 5th
Montanaro Gallery
18 Franklin Street
Newport, RI
Last Days: AJ Fosik in Paris!
Parsons Alum AJ Fosik has had his first solo show in Europe up for most of September at Gallery L.J. Beaubourg. It closes on September 29th, but if you’re in Paris, stop by and see the wonderful collection of “wooden bears. big jaws, and freaky creatures.” Kanye West even posted images from the show his blog. Way to go, AJ!
Stiff Meat
a solo show by AJ Fosik
On view through September 29th, 2008
Gallery L.J. Beaubourg
23 rue de Renard, 75004 Paris
m Hotel de Ville
01 44 59 27 27
Information session for Make Music New York 2009
Make Music New York is a music festival like no other. Taking place on a single day, June 21st, last year’s event featured over 3,200 musicians giving 870 free musical performances in every genre, on streets, sidewalks, and parks throughout the City. Performances included 69 punk bands on Governors Island, a NYC Opera and NY Philharmonic block party, Roberta Flack singing with middle school students in Central Park, Bollywood Karaoke, and hundreds more.
Everything is free. Everything is outdoors. Anyone can sign up to make music.
For the last two years, Parsons students have designed the Make Music posters and programs (printed by Metro New York and amNewYork newspapers), the visual elements for Time Out New York’s dedicated MMNY website, and fliers and postcards for some individual concerts. This year, they’re looking for more than just new designs — they want proposals for radically new ways of promoting the event, that fit its outdoor, do-it-yourself, absurdly cheap spirit.
Aaron Friedman, creator and organizer of the festival, will be coming to Parsons next week to present this year’s project, and to show examples of the kinds of design interventions they’re looking for.
Thursday, October 2nd
2 p.m.
Illustration Library
Room 805, 2 W. 13th
We hope to see you all there. This is a tremendous opportunity for innovation, creativity, and publicity!
[Image created by Danielle MacIndoe]
Last Minute: Mentoring Opportunity Info Session
Parsons SPACE (Parsons’ Summer, Pre-College Academy & Continuing Education) is recruiting for student mentors for our Parsons Scholars Program. This position also offers teaching assistant opportunities in our Academy courses and the chance to make a difference in young artists lives.
Mentoring Information Session
Thursday, September 25
6pm
New School Orientation Room
2 West 13th Street, lobby
RSVP: academy@newschool.edu
Yael Levy photographs Tanzania
From the Illustration Inbox…
We got a message from current Illustration Student Yael Levy, who worked this summer with Circle of Health International, which is an international NGO dedicated to building the capacity of women’s health professionals in crisis settings. One of COHI’s ongoing projects is a partnership with a local women’s health organization called FLEMAFA in Kisarawe, Tanzania.
Yael created a photo blog to document her experiences in Tanzania. Check it out here.
Also, Yael has submitted some pictures to a photography competition, part of it is judged by the organizers and part by public popularity. You can vote for her work here and see more of her images on her Flickr page.
Soo Kyung Kim in “100 Postcards”
Illustration Senior Soo Kyung Kim is part of a huge exhibition called “100 Postcards from World New Creators”. Through September 30th, all the postcards will be on view at Sunshine Studio in Tokyo. Here is Soo’s contribution:
You can also see Soo’s image here, along with almost all the other postcards received. So if you can’t make it to Japan, at least you can still experience some of the fantastic illustrations included in the exhibition.
Bonus: Soo was interviewed for Graphic Magazine, an art publication put out in Korea. An image from the article is below, but you can check the rest out at Soo’s blog.
Congratulations, Soo!
Poketo Wallet Jam is on!
The Poketo Wallet Jam is this Sunday, September 28th! The Illustration department is hosting the event in rooms 802 and 803 at 2 West 13th Street.
Poketo is partnering with Parsons for this special competition. It’ll culminate during Illustration week in NYC. Students are invited to attend the Jam to create artwork for submission to Poketo. There’ll be a judging happening on Monday, September 29th and the top five pieces will be produced as a limited edition line of wallets.
Attendance at the Jam is mandatory for competition participation. It starts at 11 and ends at 5. The rooms will be stocked with supplies, cookies, pizza and music so don’t miss it! We’ll send out more emails this week to remind y’all about it. In the meantime, email Noël if you have any questions!