Join AMT in celebrating their graduating students at any and all of these exciting events, listed on the AMT Magazine! Illustration has a ton going on! Come check out all our events!
Parsons Print Club Meeting Today: Senior Show
Today (Thursday, April 25th) at 3:15, the Parsons Print Club will be having an informational meeting in the print studio (4th floor of 66 Fifth Ave.) regarding a possible year-end show on the 10th (and maybe 4th) floor.
We will be seeing who can commit to submitting and hanging this show, which would be curated by printmaking faculty member Paul Marcus. Ideally, interested students would have total involvement so everyone can say they helped out. It will be loads of fun! So make sure you stop by to get all the information on this great opportunity.
Any underclassmen interested in helping out, this is a great chance to learn how to handle and hang prints.
If you can’t make it to the meeting, send an e-mail to newmi70 [at] newschool [dot] edu for the information. 
39 Handpicked Parsons Student Artworks on Fab.com!
39 Illustration and CDT students were chosen from more than 150 entries in a recent Fab.com competition! Digital prints of the students’ work are available for purchase for one week. Hang some AMT on you walls!
Noël Claro, Adjunct Professor of Illustration, has a quote up on the site:
“What a thrill to see two of my favorite things collide: the ever-fabulous Fab and my awesome Parsons students! I love that people far and wide are exposed to the young talent that’s populating our hallways.”
Parsons Print Club at Zine Feast! Submit work by this Saturday, April 27th!
Parsons Print Club will have a table at Zine Feast at Suny! Join in and submit your print work!
Submission deadline for selling at Zine Feast is Saturday, April 27th. All the work must be dropped off at the print shop by the 28th.
Submission Guidelines:
Provide a small JPEG of each item you will be selling.
When you send the image(s), list the TITLE, MEDIUM, # YOU WILL BE SELLING, PRICE (for each piece). Remember we are selling to our peers, so try to imagine what you would be willing to pay for the work, but also make sure not to sell yourself short. There is no price cap at the event.
Send your images and title/price information to kdavisillustration[at]gmail[dot]com by SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH AND NO LATER. Anything sent after this date will not be accepted.
Drop off your work to the shop by SUNDAY, APRIL 28TH AND NO LATER. We will have a folder ready and Kristen will send around a list of times someone will be there to take your work. Anything brought after this date will not be accepted.
Make sure all of your work is curated, signed, and with a proper edition.
Please bring the mandatory $5 for the change box when you drop off your prints.
You must volunteer your time. If you do not volunteer, you will not be able to sell. You can either volunteer at the table or help us get ready for the fest.
If you have any questions or are on the fence about submitting something, send Kristen an e-mail.
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SENIOR SHOW
For the senior show, we’ll be having a meeting this Thursday, the 25th, at 3:15 in the printshop. Any senior members interested in submitting their work to a juried show should come by. Fliers were put up today around campus as well.
Any underclassmen interested in helping to hang/organize the show are welcome to come to the meeting. It’s a good opportunity to learn how to handle and hang prints.
Student of the Week: Arielle Jovellanos
This week’s student of the week is Arielle Jovellanos. She specializes in character development and brings energy into them through strong storytelling and acting.
Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:
Arielle Jovellanos, The Ghostmanship Program, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip
Arielle Jovellanos, Excerpts from her senior thesis film, Intangible, Senior Thesis 2, Todd Lambrix
Arielle Jovellanos, personal sketchbook page
Artist Statement:
I have an unhealthy love for stories and characters that stems from watching too many cartoons and reading too many fantasy novels as a kid. (Who am I kidding? I did that yesterday.) I’m interested in energy and movement and how your design choices can make an entire world come to life. I think it’s pretty awesome that an artist can instantly cause an audience to care about a bunch of lines, once you give that bunch of lines a personality. To me, filling out Word documents is just as important as filling out sketchbooks. When you combine words and pictures, magical things can happen!
To view more of Arielle’s work, be sure to visit her website at: paper-crane-machine.com
6 Parsons Students with 10 Images Selected to Appear in American Illustration 32 Annual Book
Parsons Illustration seniors Franca Barone, Leigh Cunningham, Kristen Davis, and Meghann Stephenson, and recent graduates Monica Ramos and Hazel Lee Santino (class of 2012) were selected by a distinguished jury to be included in the American Illustration 32 annual book. This year’s distinguished jury included Jordan Awan, The New Yorker; Sergio Baradat, United Nations Postal Administration; Chad W. Beckerman, Abrams; Joele Cuyler, Real Simple; Jennifer Daniel, Bloomberg Businessweek; Grace Lee, Priest + Grace; and Alexandra Zsigmond, The New York Times.
From 8,742 pieces entered by over 1,282 illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers, and schools, the jury selected only 369 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2011. It will be printed and distributed worldwide in hardcover this fall. Congratulations to them and their teachers!
Scroll down to view the 1o Selected works:
Franca Barone, Maremaid Dinner, Printmaking Studio, Paul Marcus (faculty)
Franca Barone, Pattern 2, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)
Leigh Cunningham, Penitent IV (left); Penitent IX (right), Sr. Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss (faculty)
Kristen Davis, The Wastes, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)
Monica Ramos, Make Your Own Orgy Kit, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)
Monica Ramos, Naked Ladies 2, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)
Monica Ramos, Pet Peeve: Selfies, commissioned for Oh Comely magazine
Hazel Lee Santino, Flower Face, personal work
Meghann Stevenson, January, personal work
FAQs: AMT Undergraduate Festival Exhibition and Limited Edition Pop Up Shop – Last Day to Apply!
Greetings! If you did not get a chance to attend an info session with our talented curator, Amanda Parmer, or if you did, but still have questions, below are some answers to help you apply for the AMT Undergraduate Festival Exhibition and Limited Edition Pop Up Shop. Applications are due by 11:59pm, today, Monday, April 15th
Click here to access the submission form. Note: You must be logged into your @newschool.edu account to access the form.
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Q: Can I apply to both the Exhibition and The Pop Up Shop? Can I apply to just the Pop Up Shop or just the Exhibition?
A: Yes, to both. There is one application for both the exhibition and the pop up shop, as the two are being organized in dialog with one another. The curator will determine from your submitted samples if you could potentially have work in both forums, or if the work is more appropriate for one over the other.
Q: How the work will be selected?
A: The work will be selected based on the relationships between the artworks and projects that you submit. The curator will be selecting applicants who contribute to expressing compelling connections between the different departments and subsequently will determine the inclusion of works that offer a holistic vision of shared interests across your graduating class in The School of Art, Media, and Technology.
Q: I’m not quite finished with the work I want to exhibit or have in the Pop Up. Am I doomed?
A: No, you are not doomed. It is important to note that the works you submit in the application are not necessarily the works to be shown. The three images or videos you choose to upload for the application should be representative of projects you believe are the strongest in your current practice. These works could be from your first year, or they could be as recent as your thesis piece.
Q: I have a project that requires documentation from multiple angles, and has a lot details. Can I include multiple image urls for one project?
A: No. If you would like to include detail images and angles please do so by compiling all of these components of the piece into a single jpeg (for example, as a pic stitch). Please do not submit more than one image for each work. If you have questions about image/video urls, skip to the bottom of this post now).
Q: How long should the video clips be?
A: Please keep the video clips to a maximum of five minutes each.
Q: When will the applications be reviewed?
A: Your applications will be reviewed between April 15th and 19th.
Q: When will the studio visits happen?
A: Once all of the applications have been reviewed, the curator will be meeting with those of you who have been selected for studio visits to discuss your work and possible inclusion in the exhibition and/or pop up shop. These studio visits will be held between April 19th and April 23rd.
Q: What happens after my work is selected for the exhibition and/or pop up shop?
A: You and the curator will discuss the installation schedule and work together to plan how best to present the piece in dialog with the other projects.
Q: When will selected works need to be received for the physical installation and/or shop set up?
A: Selected works will need to be received for the installation on April 25th.
Q: Where and when are the Exhibition and Pop Up going to be?
A: The exhibition will be held in the Kellen Gallery—from May 9th to May 24th—and the showcase of selected limited edition works will be hosted as an on campus pop up shop from May 20th to May 24th.
Q: I see that I can only include image/video links on the form. I don’t have a website or a place online to put images or video to link to. What can I do?
A: For the form, we need image/video urls. If you don’t have your images housed on your website or other online forum, you can upload images and video to Google Drive, and get a sharable url for each file. See instructions on how to do that below.
Manually upload files and folders to Google Drive
Google Drive allows you to upload and store files in the cloud. You can manually upload both files and folders, including images and videos.
There are two ways to upload files to Google Drive:
Drag-and-drop file upload
You can drag-and-drop your files directly from your computer into your Google Drive.
This feature is available only in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox. If you aren’t working in the latest version of Chrome or Firefox, you can click the Upload button and select Files…from the drop-down menu.
File upload
To manually select files from your computer to upload to Google Drive, follow these steps:
- In your Google Drive, click the Upload button and select Files… from the drop-down menu.
- Select the file you’d like to upload. To select multiple files, press Shift or Ctrl and click all the files to upload.
- Your file will appear in My Drive.
Send a link to a shared file
If you’ve set a file or folder to “Anyone with the link” or “Public,” you can send the link to another person and they’ll be able to access it.
- Go to drive.google.com.
- Check the box next to the file or folder you’d like to share.
- Click the Share icon
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- Copy the link at the top of the sharing settings.
Q: I still have more questions! Who do I ask?
A: Should you have more questions regarding the exhibition and application process, please email the AMT Program Administrator, Leslie Henkel: henkell@newschool.edu.
Interview Alumna Roxie Vizcarra
Alumna Roxie Vizcarra was recently interviewed on Your Dreams My Nightmares, a an online interview platform by illustrator Sam Weber. Listen to the interview here.
Student of the Week: Franca Barone
This week’s student of the week is Franca Barone. She specializes in illustration work that features her delicate and detail-oriented aesthetic.
Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:
Franca Barone, Flower Pattern, Senior Thesis 1, Steven Guarnaccia
Franca Barone, Untitled Thesis Excerpt, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip
Franca Barone, Celestino
Artist Statement:
Franca Barone is a senior Illustration student at Parsons The New School for Design. She works in a variety of media, including graphite drawing, oil painting, silkscreen and digital. She loves books, animals, mutants, yoga and modern dance.
To view more of Franca’s work, be sure to visit her website at: www.francabarone.com
Apply for the AMT Undergrad Festival Exhibition 2013 and Editions Showcase – Deadline April 15th
Greetings!
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the AMT Undergraduate Festival Exhibition, as well as a showcase of limited edition works. AMT will host a curated exhibition in the Kellen Gallery, located at 2 West 13th Street, from May 9th to May 24th, and then showcase selected limited edition works through a pop up shop from May 20th to May 24th.
These two opportunities are a chance for our school to communicate to the public, friends and neighbors and our own community just some of the relevant and current issues and ideas that our graduating students are addressing through art and design. We welcome Amanda Parmer as our guest curator who will work with faculty across all AMT undergraduate programs to select the topics and work that will represent the school in this inaugural exhibition and showcase. All AMT 2013 graduating BFA and AAS students are encouraged to apply for these curated opportunities.
Click here to access the application
You must be logged into your newschool.edu account to access the form.
Deadline for Submission: April 15th
Please contact Leslie Henkel at henkell@newschool.edu if you have any issues with the application.
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Amanda Parmer is a New York based artist, curator and contributing writer for Art in America, Art & Education, Artforum.com and Bomblog. She previously managed the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program in New York.
In 2012 she organized the 2012 Open Forum Panel Discussions for the New York Armory and Volta Shows. Some of the fifty seven panelists
included: Bjork, Mark Beasley, Eva Diaz, Jacob Fabricius, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Ragnar Kjartansson, Karen Kurczynski, Linda Nochlin, Sarah K. Rich and Sharon Zukin.
Her 2011 exhibition F is for Fake: The construction of femaleness by the US media at Cleopatra’s Brooklyn and Berlin included screenings, talks, reading groups and installations from: Becca Albee, Judith Barry, Joan Braderman, Emma Hedditch with Laura Mulvey, Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden, Paper Tiger Television, Elayne Rapping, and Martha Rosler.
In collaboration with Anik Fournier, Michelle Lim and Robert Wuilfe she co-curated the exhibition Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art along the West Side of Manhattan in addition to co-editing the accompanying catalog. Participating artists included:Gina Badger, Amy Balkin, Rachel Berwick, Matthew Buckingham, ecoarttech, Pablo Helguera, Alfredo Jaar, Tatsuo Miyajima and the Peace Shadow Project Team, Lize Mogel, Andrea Polli, Emily Roysdon, spurse and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.