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Parsons 2012 Zankel Scholar nominees

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This past spring Juniors Franca Barone, Kristin Chae, Leigh Cunningham, Meghann Stephenson, and Janet Sung were selected by the faculty as our school’s nominees for the the Society of Illustrators Zankel Scholarship. The annual competition is open to full-time Illustration majors completing their Junior Year from schools throughout the United States. A renowned jury of illustrators chooses one student- the best of the Junior class- and financially supports the student’s Senior year with a scholarship of $20,000. We were very proud to have them represent the Parsons Illustration Program.

Please scroll down to see sample images from each student.

below: Franca Barone, Girl That Smokes (detail), Advanced Drawing, Jeff Quinn (faculty)

 

below: Kristin Chae, Troll Etiquette, Illustration Design Studio, Noel Claro

below: Leigh Cunnignham, Confession, Materials and Methods II, Chang Park

 

below: Janet Sung, City Murder, Junior Concepts 4, Guy Billout

 

below: Meghann Stephenson, January (left); February (right), personal

 

8 Parsons students with 13 images Chosen for American Illustration 31

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Recent Parsons Illustration 2012 graduates Iain Burke, Leah Goren, Rachel Levit, Yasmin Liang, Ray Masaki, Hazel Lee Santino, and Chad Weaver, and 2011 grad  William Hatch Crosby were chosen by a distinguished jury to be included in the American Illustration 31 archive this fall.

These 13 works from the Parsons Illustration Program were chosen from over 8,000 pieces entered by illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers, and schools. Congratulations to them and their teachers!

Scroll down to view the 13 works chosen:

Iain Burke, Murderside, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Iain Burke, Ghostside, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Iain Burke, Hay Honey!, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Iain Burke, Stumpy G, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

William Hatch Crosby, Star Death, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Leah Goren, Cat Scarf, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Leah Goren, Mara Hoffman bustier, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Leah Goren, Miu Miu sequin collar, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Rachel Levit, Savila, Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss (faculty)

Yasmin Liang, Manual Cruise Control, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Ray Masaki, Dustcloud, Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss (faculty)

Hazel Lee Santino, Tiger Mask , Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Chad Weaver, Rodger, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Illustration by Iain Burke featured in NY Times Book Review!

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Our very own Iain Burke has a piece featured in the NY Times Book Review!

Art Director, Nicholas Blechman came to the school to speak to Illustration seniors and gave out an assignment for a NY Times Book Review cover illustration. All seniors submitted a piece, and the work was submitted to the Times and they selected Iain’s piece to run on the cover of this week’s Book Review section.

Click here to view some other contenders for the cover from the Illustration seniors.

Click here to view Iain’s piece on the NY Times site!

Click here to view Iain’s website

Congratulations, Iain!

8 Parsons students with 11 images selected for American Illustration 31 annual

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Parsons Illustration seniors Iain Burke, Katie Dunham, Sukyung (Hannah) Lee, Rachel Levit, Chelsey Pettyjohn, and Julee Yoo, and recent graduates William Hatch Crosby and Rachel Friedman (class of 2011) were selected by a distinguished jury to be included in the American Illustration 31 annual. It will be printed in full color and distributed worldwide in hardcover this fall.

From 8,000 pieces entered by over 1,200 illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers, and schools, the jury selected only 439 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2011. Students and professionals were juried altogether and when the dust settled 30 student images were selected. With an unprecedented 11 of the 30 coming from the Parsons Illustration Program, Parsons ruled this year! Congratulations to them and their teachers!

Scroll down to view the 11 works selected:

Iain Burke Hell 02, Junior Concepts, Guy Billout (faculty)

 

William Hatch Crosby, Wandering Giant, Printamking Studio, Paul Marcus (faculty)

 

Katie Dunham, Ashtray, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

 

Rachel Friedman, Los Angeles 1953, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

 

Sukyung Lee, Ice-cream, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

 

Rachel Levit, Little People, Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss (faculty)

 

Chelsey Pettyjohn, 4 drawings from the Night Religion series, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

 

Julee Yoo, The Last Queens, Senior Thesis 1, Juliette Borda (faculty)

Chelsey Pettyjohn and Hazel Lee Santino Awarded Scholarships from the Society of Illustrators

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Parsons Illustration seniors  Chelsey Pettyjohn and Hazel Lee Santino were awarded  scholarships in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition. Congratulations to them on this great achievement!

Chelsey was awarded the $1,500 Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Scholarship  for “Night Religion 02” which was done in Jordin Isip‘s Senior Thesis 1 class.

Hazel was awarded the $1,000 In Memory of Effie Bowie Scholarship for “Bigfoot in the Woods” which was done in Martin Mazorra‘s Relief Printmaking class.

Chelsey Pettyjohn (left); Hazel Lee Santino (right)

PART TWO: 10 Parsons students selected for the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition

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Here are the next five of the ten stellar pieces that were selected by a distinguished jury to appear in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship exhibition in May (see previous post for the first five):

Yasmin Liang (class of 2012)

YASMIN LIANG, "Tantrums", Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip

Chelsey Pettyjohn (class of 2012)

CHELSEY PETTYJOHN, "Night Religion 02", Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip

Monica Ramos (class of 2012)

MONICA RAMOS, "Internal Landscape I", Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss

Leslie V. Robertson (class of  2011)

LESLIE V. ROBERTSON, "Washed Up", Senior Thesis II, Jordin Isip

Hazel Lee Santino (class of 2012)

HAZEL LEE SANTINO, "Bigfoot in the Woods", Relief Printmaking, Martin Mazorra

10 Parsons students selected for the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition (Part 1)

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Parsons Illustration seniors Iain Burke, Ciara Gay, So Yoon Kim, Rachel Levit, Yasmin Liang, Chelsey Pettyjohn, Monica Ramos, and Hazel Lee Santino, and recent graduates William Hatch Crosby and Leslie V. Robertson (class of  2011) were selected by a distinguished jury to appear in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship exhibition. Only 250 works were chosen from a record 8,119 entries. Congratulations to  them and their teachers!

Here are five of the ten pieces (the next five will be posted soon):

Iain Burke (class of 2012)

IAIN BURKE, Stumpy G, Senior Thesis I, Jordin Isip

William Hatch Crosby (class of 2012)

WILLIAM HATCH CROSBY, "Wandering Giant", Printmaking Studio, Paul Marcus

Ciara Gay (class of 2012)

CIARA GAY, "Styling Heads #2", Screenprint: Sequential Art, Scott Nobles

So Yoon Kim (class of 2012)

SO YOON KIM, "Fragmented Face", Senior Thesis I, Jordin Isip

Rachel Levit (class of 2012)

RACHEL LEVIT, "Panties", Beyond the Page, Noël Claro

Chelsey Pettyjohn selected to be in the 2012 Communication Arts Illustration Annual

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Congratulations to Senior-year Illustration student Chelsey Pettyjohn!!!  Five of her drawings were selected by a distinguished jury to be published in Illustration Annual 53, the May/June 2012 issue of  Communications Arts. This series of drawings are a part of Night Religion, a larger body of work consisting of sixty-one drawings and paintings created this fall in Senior Thesis I with Jordin Isip.

Ilustrarte Children’s Book Competition

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ILUSTRARTE is a Portuguese competition for children’s book illustrators worldwide. The competition takes place once every two years and awards a grand prize of 5,000 Euros to the winner of the competition. Illustrators from all over the world are invited to take part and send three original illustrations, published or unpublished.

For more information, click here.