Masked gunmen dragged Syria’s best-known political cartoonist from his car before dawn Thursday, beat him severely and broke both his hands as a warning to stop drawing just days after he compared Syria’s president to Moammar Gaddafi. Click below to read more:
Drawing by Ali Ferzat: Assad trying to hitch a ride from Gaddafi
Positive Forward, a solo show of collages and drawings by Parsons Illustration Alum Lulu Wolf (Class of ’10), opens this Friday, August 12th at Youth Group Gallery, in Bushwick.
Eclipse, by Lulu Wolf
Opening Reception Friday August 12th, 6-9pm,
Youth Group Gallery, 407 Johnson (at Morgan) – off the Morgan stop on the L. (map)
Brooklyn, NY
The children’s book and illustration blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast recently posted an in-depth write-up on Parsons Illustration Alum Nicholas Gannon. The article includes an interview with Nicholas and an animated video introducing the star of his online newspaper the Doldrums’ Press.
Seven Impossible Things also has a monthly Up-And-Coming Illustrator post, which has previously featured current Parsons Illustration students Monica Ramos and Rachel Levit.
Parsons Illustration Alum Julie Pinzur (Class of ’11) was recently featured on the blog of fashion design website BurdaStyle. The article includes an in-depth interview with Julie about her company, Mokuyobi Threads, and photos of her designs and her work space.
Julie Pinzur standing in front of her non-thesis works at the 2011 Illustration Senior Show.
Parsons Illustration Alum Hiro Kurata’s (’04) solo exhibition, “Play the Right Game,” opens tomorrow, July 22nd, at Common in Tokyo, Japan. The show runs until July 31st.
Senior Monica Ramos (’12) is the latest Parsons Illustration student to be featured as an Up-and-Coming Illustrator on the book/art blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. The article includes a plethora of pictures, with descriptions by Monica.
Current Parsons student Teresa Nimirowski has an interesting (and paid!) job opportunity for Illustration students. Her friend’s band needs illustrations, and potentially an animation, to go along with their song, currently featured in a promo for HBO. Information on the job and contacts are below:
“Hey there guys!
My band Two Seconds to Midnight are currently being featured on HBO as the music for the worldwide promo campaign for the second season of Boardwalk Empire.
Our song is called Opt1m1sm and can be heard on our website, www.twosecondstomidnight.com
We are looking to have some visual representation for the song as it seems a lot of people are looking it up online and downloading it. We are welcoming any students, designers, animators to pitch us some ideas and help us put together a (preferably) animated video. We love the work of the likes of Shynola and some of the more recent Radiohead videos… doesn’t have to be near as complex as those, but just so you know where we are coming from. Can be a very simple idea executed beautifully. Something that should go along with the tone of the song and doesnt have to be literal, can be abstract.
We can offer a little bit of pay (negotiable $250/$300) but along with that there will be a lot of exposure. The song is already getting a lot of hits and the first teaser promo from the show is already at around 110,000 views.
Please get in touch via the below email address if you are interested in collaborating with us in this project!
Cheers!
Zig and TSTM
zigster@talk21.com“
Parsons Illustration Alum Garrett Pruter (’10) is featured in another group show this summer, Third Order at the Charles Bank Gallery. 12 of Garrett’s pieces from his Weird Science series are included. The show also includes work from Paul Allsopp, Mikaela Bradbury, Nick Darmstaedter, Violet Denisson, Adam Henry, Gordon Hull, Anna Janser and Rachel Rossin.
The opening reception is this Thursday, July 14th from 6-9 p.m.
Scientists 3 by Garrett Pruter
Third Order
Charles Bank Gallery
196 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
Opening Reception: July 14, 6-9pm
Parsons Illustration Alum Sophia Chang (’10) is collaborating with Anthony Bourdain and No Reservations to create a series of limited edition — and signed — posters promoting the new season of the show.
Sophia previously made a poster for No Reservations’ Boston episode (above), but now she’ll be making an original poster for each episode this season. Five autographed posters will be given away each week, and you can enter the sweepstakes here.
Watch an interview with Sophia, where she talks about her creative process.
Jackie Hahn’s “Badlands,” selected for 3×3 Illustration Annual No. 8