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

February 20, 2012Competitions, Current Students, Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Alumni, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publicationschelsey pettyjohn, ciara gay, hazel lee santino, iain burke, jordin isip, leslie v. robertson, monica ramos, noel claro, paul marcus, rachel levit, scott nobles, so yoon kim, Society of Illustrators, william crosby, yasmin liangamt

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

February 10, 2012Class Projects, Competitions, Current Students, General Info, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publicationschelsey pettyjohn, communication arts illustration annual, jordin isipamt

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.

Mixed Signals: solo show by Garrett Pruter

February 9, 2012Events, Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Alumnicharles bank gallery, collage, gallery, garrett pruter, installation, openingamt

Parsons Illustration Program alumnus Garrett Pruter‘s (2010) first solo exhibition, “Mixed Signals”, opens tonight, Thursday, February 9th at Charles Bank Gallery (Lower East Side), NYC. The opening reception is from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The show will be up from February 9th – March 14th.

Portrait Studio Damascus

January 1, 2012General Infoamt

is an attempt to paint a picture of contemporary Damascene society.

NYTimes: ‘Tintin’ Film Casts Cars Among Star Performers

December 15, 2011film, History, Randomly Intriguing, Reviewsautomobiles, new york times, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tintinamt

On Sunday, November 27, The New York Times published an article about the new film adaptation of ‘The Adventures of Tintin“. The 3-D film, in theaters December 21, is directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. The classic European tale stars more than the little orange haired reporter, notably, the 1937 Ford V-8. Read the article here: ‘Tintin’ Film Casts Cars Among Star Performers

An Evening with Paul and Sandra Fierlinger TONIGHT!

December 1, 2011General Infoamt

A Screening and Discussion of their acclaimed work in documentary animation and innovative plans for the online distribution of their new project “Slocum at Sea with Himself.”

Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 8pm in Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street in Manhattan. Free and open to the public.

Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics at the Rubin Museum

November 21, 2011cartoons, comics, Events, Exhibitions, History, Talks/Lecturesbuddha, comics, lara croft, mickey mouse, rubin museum, tibet, yetiamt

Hero, Villain, Yeti opens on Friday, December 9th at the Rubin Museum. The exhibit is an extensive collection of comics related to Tibet, with characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, Buddha, and Tomb Raider Lara Croft. The collection includes more than fifty international comic books dated from the 1940s to present day. Tibet is explored as both a historical, political setting and a fantasy land. In addition to those on display, dozens of comics are available for reading.

See the Rubin website for gallery hours and admission prices.
Gallery admission is free every Friday from 6 – 10 p.m.

There is a members-only preview night for the exhibit on Thursday, December 8th, featuring remarks from chief curator Jan Van Alphen and an illustrated keytalk by exhibition curator Martin Brauen. The preview night begins at 6 p.m. and tickets are available to members of the museum on a first come, first served basis.

Before or Since: Works by Melinda Beck & Jordin Isip

November 16, 2011Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Facultybaltimore, exhibition, jordin isip, melinda beck, parsons illustration faculty, spur galleryamt

Parsons Illustration faculty members Melinda Beck and Jordin Isip‘s joint show “Before or Since” opens Saturday, November 19th at SPUR Gallery in Baltimore, MD. The opening reception is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

on left, Melinda Beck, on right, Jordin Isip

The show is up until December 16th, gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Opening reception Saturday November 19th, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
SPUR Gallery, 3504 Ash Street,
Baltimore MD 21211

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphic Festival

November 13, 2011General Infoamt

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is a one-day festival of cartoon and graphic art featuring artists and publishers displaying and selling publications; lectures and conversations on comics; and associated exhibits and satellite events.

Click here for exhibitor information.

December 3, 2011 12- 9 pm
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
275 North 8th Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Programming and events at:
Union Pool
484 Union Avenue # A
New York, NY 11211-3440

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is an ongoing project by Desert Island, PictureBox and Bill Kartalopoulos.

Image by Lisa Hanawalt.

Illustration Alumni, Chris Roth, featured in the LA Times

November 9, 2011General Infoamt

Parson’s Illustration alumni, Chris Roth, was featured in an article in the LA Times. The article speaks about Roth’s new company and his production of book trailers. On Location: Book publishers borrowing a page from Hollywood

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