Parsons Illustration Alum (’12) Rachel Levit in Juxtapoz and Cool Hunting!

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Rachel Levit’s (BFA Illustration 2012) ‘Dots’ and other works in Juxtapoz and on Cool Hunting.

Check out the awesome video from Cool Hunting’s visit to her Bushwick studio space.

Rachel Levit is a Brooklyn based illustrator born and raised in Mexico City. Her illustrations are a collection of nonchalant characters in somewhat muted surroundings. A few of Rachel’s pieces have been featured in The New York times for issues like breast cancer and her ‘Dots’ series benefitted victims of the double hurricane that hit Mexico’s coast in September of this year. Take a look at more of Rachel’s work here.

Parsons Illustration and Fresh team up on a competition to capture the brand!

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Parsons Illustration and beauty brand Fresh recently collaborated on a contest to illustrate the brand, story and persona of Fresh founders Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg.

After much deliberation in deciding the winners, it was evident that the Fresh team was committed to this process and all the great work submitted.

Two winners ended up being selected: Vincy Cheung and Mitsi Solano, who took home $1500 each! Enjoy their work below!

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Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Mitsi Solano
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung
Work by Vincy Cheung

Paid Internships at The Met – Juniors and Seniors

Internships

The Museum offers forty-one paid internships for undergraduate and master’s-degree students each year. Interns commence in June and are placed in host departments where they work closely with supervisors on special and ongoing projects. All paid interns also participate in MuSe (Museum Seminars) and receive training to teach in the Museum’s galleries. Individuals selected for paid internships have the opportunity to meet and network with one another through MuSe and other intern events. Note that Juniors should apply for the Summer internships, while Seniors should consider the long-term internships.

The Museum offers four internship tracks within the internship program:

Please select the track that best matches your qualifications and interests. The Summer Mentoring Program for College Juniors requires a separate application.

The application deadline for all paid internships for college and graduate students at the Main Building is January 9, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. (EST). We will not accept applications after the deadline.

Apply online.

International Applicants
Internships at the Metropolitan Museum are open to international applicants. Every foreign national who does not have the legal status to hold an internship and is accepted as a paid or unpaid intern must obtain a J-1 visa to participate in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s internship program. Although the Museum will act as your host institution, we cannot sponsor your visa. To participate in the Exchange Visitor Program (J-1 visa program), you must go through an outside agency that has been authorized by the State Department to sponsor your J-1 trainee visa. These sponsors are responsible for supporting and monitoring foreign nationals during their exchange programs in the United States. We recommend that you consult with the U.S. embassy in your home country to determine which visa will allow you to participate in this internship. Please be aware that obtaining a visa is usually a lengthy process and can cost upwards of US$1,500; it must be completed well in advance of the internship start date.

Internships for college and graduate students are made possible by Ittleson Foundation, The Tianaderrah Foundation, The Billy Rose Foundation, The Lebensfeld Foundation, and The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation.

Image from www.metmuseum.org

Image from www.metmuseum.org

Student of the Week: Mary Rockcastle

General Info

This week’s student of the week is Mary Rockcastle. Primarily a digital illustrator, Mary also makes prints, paintings, and multimedia works.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Mary Rockcastle, Mystical Grrrl Print, Relief Printmaking, Martin Mazorra

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Mary Rockcastle, Trouble, Illustrative Painting, Gavin Speilman

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Mary Rockcastle, Timid Creatures, Personal

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Artist Statement:

My work revolves around topics of female sexuality and bending the perception of gender as a binary concept. Inspired by photographers like Francesca Woodman and Cindy Sherman, I try to incorporate their inspiring and honest self portraiture into my work while creating something more illustrative for a commercial audience. I work in a number of mediums, but mostly revolve between oil painting, digital painting, and a combination of ink and watercolor. I enjoy creating shocking or thought provoking work with soft aesthetics in order to create a vital juxtaposition that keeps me sane. My goal is to eventually to find work that combines my love for storytelling and gender studies in order to inform an audience

To see more of Mary’s work, be sure to check out her portfolio at: http://www.behance.net/maryethel.

NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium Presents Brian Dewan – Monday 12/2

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The sixty-ninth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public.

Presentation: Brian Dewan on his work with the filmstrip: a simple medium customarily used for educational purposes for most of the twentieth century. It delivers a cinematic experience without a moving picture.
The I-CAN-SEE filmstrips (script, pictures and music by Brian Dewan) employ an unseen narrator’s recorded voice punctuated with music, sound effects and a periodic signal-tone which instructs the projectionist to advance the hand-cranked filmstrip projector. Color illustrations projected a single frame at a time unspool in the time honored tradition of the once ubiquitious educational strips screened in classrooms and school cafeterias for most of the twentieth century. Ranging from unexpurgated folk and religious stories to modern treatises on historical, scientific and theological subjects, titles include “Before the White Man Came,” “The Course Of Your Research,” “Obey Signals,”  “The Death Of The Hen,” “Deuteronomy” and “The Tide Waits For No Man.”

Brian Dewan has been making filmstrips since 1986. They have been screened at Pierogi gallery in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum and The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles. His published musical recordings include Tells The Story, The Operating Theater, Words Of Wisdom and Ringing At The Speed Of Prayer. He lives in Catskill, NY.

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Find Out the Process Behind the “Virgin Mobile Office Murals” with George Bates Studio

Illustration Faculty

Below is only a fraction of the amazing work by George Bates Studio in executing the Virgin Mobile Office Murals. To learn more about the backstory and process of this project or to simply just take a gander at the rest of the photos of their work, visit the blog to read the full post at http://georgebatesstudio.blogspot.com/2013/11/virgin-mobile-office-muralsit-always.html.

NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium w/ T Edward Bak – 11/18

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T Edward Bak speaks on the natural history and works which inspire and inform the narrative of his book, Island of Memory: Volume 1 of WILD MAN – The Natural History of Georg Wilhelm Steller, The author’s presentation on process, research, and travel experiences will be followed by an audience Q&A.

The sixty-seventh meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, November 18, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public.

 

T Edward Bak teaches and lectures on comics in the Pacific Northwest, where he studies Environmental Studies. He was the 2007 Center for Cartoon Studies Fellow and is the cartoonist of Service Industry, and WILD MAN – The Natural History of Georg Wilhelm Steller. His stories appear in The Graphic Canon, The Best American Comics, MOME, and Drawn & Quarterly Showcase. A native of Colorado, he often migrates throughout North America but usually resides in Portland, Oregon.

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Student of the Week: Josie Stevenson

General Info

This week’s student of the week is Josie Stevenson. Dealing with subtle subjects through various methods such as printmaking, drawing, and painting, Josie’s works tend to be on the edge of Fine arts and illustration.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Josie Stevenson, Jane x Josie (pages 16 – 17), Artist’s Books: Narrative, Aurora De Armendi

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Josie Stevenson, Sunbathers, Thesis 1, Jordin Isip

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Josie Stevenson, Holes, Sketchbook Warehouse, Mu Pan

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Artist Statement:

Thematically, I’m drawn to such motifs as voyeurism, preservation and documentation. In approaching my work, my concern typically lies in conveying a sentiment or mood rather than a concrete narrative. Abstracted, textured and patterned elements all figure heavily in my illustrations. I typically work in ink, watercolor, gouache and acrylic although recently I’ve been getting into bookmaking as well.

To see more of Josie’s work, be sure to check out her website at: josiestevenson.com