Parsons Illustration Faculty featured at Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival this weekend!

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PictureBox & Desert Island Present:
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Saturday December 5th 2009: 11 AM – 7 PM
Our Lady of Consolation Church
184 Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Free admission

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival consists of 3 components in 3 nearby locations in Williamsburg, Brooklyn:

-Over 50 exhibitors selling their zines, comics, books, prints and posters in a bustling market-style environment at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 184 Metropolitan Ave.
-Panel discussions and lectures by prominent artists, as well as an exhibition of vintage comic book artwork at Secret Project Robot, 128 River St.
-An evening of musical performances at DBA, 49 S. 2nd St.

In the cozy basement of Our Lady of Consolation Church (184 Metropolitan), exhibitors will display and sell their unique wares. Exhibitors include leading graphic book publisher Drawn & Quarterly of Montreal; famed French screenprint publisher Le Dernier Cri; artist’s book publisher Nieves of Zurich, Switzerland; Italian art book publisher Corraini; master printer David Sandlin; and tons of individual artists and publishers from Brooklyn.

Featured guests include the renowned artists Gabrielle Bell, R. O. Blechman, Charles Burns, Anya Davidson, Kim Deitch, C.F., Carlos Gonzales, Ben Katchor, Michael Kupperman, Gary Panter, Ron Rege Jr., Peter Saul, Dash Shaw, R. Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki, Adrian Tomine, and Lauren Weinstein, among others.

FESTIVAL GUEST SIGNINGS

184 Metropolitan Ave.

1:00: Jillian Tamaki and Lauren Weinstein

2:00: Matthew Thurber, Ron Rege, Jr., C.F.

3:00: Kim Deitch, R.O. Blechman, Dash Shaw

4:00: Ben Katchor and Gary Panter

5:00: Mark Newgarden, David Sandlin, Lisa Hanawalt

6:00: Gabrielle Bell & R. Sikoryak

The commerce portion of the Festival is partnered with an active panel and lecture program nearby at Secret Project Robot, 5 minutes down the street at 128 River St. This mini symposium will run from 1 to 6 pm and is being overseen by noted comics critic Bill Kartalopolous.

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE:

Secret Project Robot
128 River St. and Metropolitan

1:00 GARY PANTER & PETER SAUL

Two generations of painters, Gary Panter and Peter Saul, will discuss their shared history, image-making, narrative, and the joys and dilemmas of making difficult work. Moderated by Dan Nadel.

2:00 PANELS AND FRAMES: COMICS AND ANIMATION

Comics and animation operate very differently, yet retain deep historical and stylistic connections. R. O. Blechman, Kim Deitch, and Dash Shaw will discuss the relationship between the two forms with moderator Bill Kartalopoulos.

3:00 BEN KATCHOR

Ben Katchor has chronicled the pleasures of urban decay and other metropolitan phenomena in comics including Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and The Jew of New York. Katchor will read performatively from his comics and discuss his work in this rare spotlight presentation.

4:00 FLATLANDS: COMICS ON THE PICTURE PLANE

Do comics need a third dimension? Lisa Hanawalt, Mark Newgarden, Ron Regé, Jr., and David Sandlin will consider the tension between comics’ illusionistic worlds and
their status as images on a picture plane. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.

5:00 LIVE COMICS DRAWING

In a one-of-a-kind comics drawing session, Frank Santoro will present Gabrielle Bell and R. Sikoryak with a rough page layout based on his principles of composition and design. These two artists will translate Santoro’s layout into two unique pages of comics, live, before your very eyes.

Also: An exhibition of 1950s original comic book art curated by Dan Nadel

Guest artists:

Gabrielle Bell
R. O. Blechman
Mat Brinkman
Charles Burns
Anya Davidson
Kim Deitch
C.F.
Carlos Gonzales
Ben Katchor
Nora Krug
Michael Kupperman
Mark Newgarden
Gary Panter
Ron Regé, Jr.
Peter Saul
Dash Shaw
R. Sikoryak
Jillian Tamaki
Matthew Thurber
Adrian Tomine
Lauren Weinstein

PERFORMANCES

Death by Audio
49 S. 2nd Street

Finally, at the end of the day visitors can troop over to Death by Audio at 49 S. 2nd Street, for an evening of musical performances by cartoonists, organized by Paper Route, and including performances by Kites, Ambergris, Sam Gas Can, Boogie Boarder, Nick Gazin, Graffiti Monsters, Dubbknowdubb.

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival

Exhibitors and Artists:

Our Lady of Consolation Church
184 Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11 AM – 7 PM

Panel Discussions, Lectures & Art Exhibition:

Secret Project Robot
128 River @ corner of Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1 PM – 6 PM

Musical Performances:

Death by Audio
49 S. 2nd St Between Kent & Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9 PM onward

Voices of Afghanistan premiere on Friday

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THIS FRIDAY

the debut of

“VOICES OF AFGHANISTAN”

A multimedia exhibit composed of Artfully Unforgotten’s film “VOICES OF AFGHANISTAN” together with Afghan inspired artwork created by students from the Illustration program at Parsons The New School for Design. All artwork will be for sale in benefit of the women and children of Afghanistan served by Bpeace and the Mashale Noor School.

DECEMBER 4th, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Best Buy’s Loft at 394 Broadway, 6th Floor

Tickets can be purchased online at www.artfullyunforgotten.com for $20, which includes food/open bar and entry into raffle.

[Image credits= top: Jeanine Gleaves bottom: Darbi Lee]

Garret Pruter and Lulu Wolf make it into Illustrators 52!

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Asylum 3, Garrett Pruter, collage, graphite, ink, acrylic paint

It is our pleasure to announce that Senior year Illustration Program students Garrett Pruter and Lulu Wolf have had one piece each selected to be in the Society of Illustrator’s Illustrators 52. The works were created this fall in Senior Thesis with Jordin Isip. The original art will be exhibited at the Society of Illustrators in January as well as published in the accompanying book. This is a high achievement and honor, congratulations to Garrett and Lulu!

Astronomy Parachute, Lulu Wolf, collage and ink on paper

When Fountainheads Collide: Lawrence Weschler on Robert Irwin & David Hockney

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On the occasion of the publication of his braided biographical volumes, ‘Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin” and “True to Life: Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David Hockney,” longtime New Yorker contributor Lawrence Weschler describes what it has been like, lo these many years, to be ponging back and forth between these two giants of contemporary art, who disagree about almost everything, in the profoundest of ways, and yet have never actually spoken with each other.

When Fountainheads Collide
Lawrence Weschler on Robert Irwin & David Hockney
Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Avenue, NYC
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9th
Free and Open to the Public

Writing for Children Forum: Pat Cummings

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December 8, 2009 6:30 p.m.

Pat Cummings, writer/producer for Nickelodeon, Adjunct Faculty in the Parsons Illustration program, and author of Angel Baby and Talking with Artists will discuss her work.

Moderated by Deborah Brodie, freelance editor.

Sponsored by the New School Writing Program.

Location:

Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510

Admission:
$5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID

Box Office Information:

In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Friday 1:00-7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester. Reservations and inquiries can be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488

For events scheduled during the summer term, the box office will open one hour before each event. During this period only, reservations can be made using the above contact information.

SUSPECT REASON feat. work by Nora Krug opens on Saturday!

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SUSPECT REASON

Join us for the opening reception of SUSPECT REASON, a group show hosted at
ArtLexis Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn, curated by Helianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin.
The show will feature stand alone works of artists who also create comics.

Artists include: Virginie Barre, Noah Becker, Chris Chambers, Jochen Gerner,
Killoffer, Laurina Paperina, Guillaume Pinard, Ben Trinh, Michael Zansky and
Nora Krug, full-time faculty in the Illustration Program at Parsons.

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: 10 Jay Street, Suite 404, Brooklyn, NY
The show will be on view from November 23 to January 22, 2010.

www.artlexis.com

Reminder: Filming Henry Darger is tonight!

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HenryDarger

The Illustration program, Parsons the New School for Design presents…

Filming Henry Darger: A special presentation by Mark Stokes, director of a new feature-length documentary film on the outsider artist Henry Darger. Mr. Stokes will shows clips from his upcoming film and discuss his research, discoveries and adventures in Chicago!

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 6pm
Parsons The New School for Design
Kellen Auditorium,
66 5th Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets)
New York, NY

[Image credit–Henry Darger: At Jennie Richee. At shore of Aronburg Run river storm comes up anew (Detail) © Kiyoko Lerner.]

Parsons Alum and Faculty at Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair this Saturday

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Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, November 21, 12-4 p.m.
The Rubin Pavilion @ Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum presents the third annual Children’s Book Fair, with more than 30 Brooklyn authors and illustrators.

The fair features storybooks, picture books, and graphic novels and will include author readings, a game for children, and light refreshments.

Readings

1:00 p.m. John & Wendy, authors of Periwinkle Smith and the Twirly, Whirly Tutu

2.00 p.m. Paul Hoppe, author of Hat

3:00 p.m. Tad Hills, author and illustrator of Duck & Goose

Participating Authors and Illustrators

Selina Alko, Gail Ablow and Kathy Osborn, Phil Bildner, Sophie Blackall, Peter Brown, Michael Buckley, Shana Corey, Lauren Castillo, R.Gregory Christie, Randall de Seve, Buket Erdogan, Zetta Elliott, Emily Goodman, Melanie Hope Greenwald, Isabel T. Hill, Tad Hills, Paul Hoppe, John & Wendy, Nancy Krulik, Kevin Lewis, Laura Ljungkvist, Andres Vera Martinez and Vito Delsante, Meghan McCarthy, Hiroe Nakata, Roxie Munro, Claudia Pearson, Sean Qualls, Sergio Ruzzier (Parsons Illustration Faculty), Shandra Strickland, David Ezra Stein (Parsons Illustration Alum), Lauren Thompson, Dwight Jon Zimmerman.

 

[Illustration by Peter Brown from The Secret Garden]

Alumni Update: Crystal Bretschger Johansson (’05)

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We recently received an email from Crystal Bretschger Johansson (’05) updating us on what she’s been up to after graduation.  She writes:

I currently live and work in Toronto and was just interviewed by an organization here called Toronto Craft Alert.  I wanted to share it with you and the office.  They are featuring an interview with me since I just re-designed their e-newsletter.

Here’s an excerpt from that very interview!

Can you tell me about how you started your work as an illustrator? Had you always been doing illustration, and when did you decide to make it your “work”?

Well, I guess I started to think of myself as an “Illustrator” when I graduated from the Illustration Department at Parsons. I had gotten all of the tools that I needed from school and after graduation it was really about taking all I learned and applying it to real life. We were constantly told during school that you have to pound the pavement, get your work out there, get it seen and get it seen regularly. I try to send out emails or postcards every six months that showcase new work. I contact design studios just as frequently to find freelance graphic design work.

The funny thing about being an illustrator, and this was the case with the majority of my professors, was that it was not their full-time job or their main source of income. Rather it was a supplement to a balanced creative lifestyle. My professors taught classes as well as holding full-time positions as graphic designers, animators, exhibiting artists, and even a few mothers.

I learned quickly after graduation that it was all up to me to find my own creative balance. I loved school for the support and freedom that it allowed me, but it was like living in a bubble. Life after graduation has been a lot of work but I’m beginning to find my groove…4 years later. I work as a graphic designer during the day. I do my illustrations/digital work in the evenings. I also love to take printmaking classes when time allows. And eventually, I would love to go back to Parsons and teach a course.

Make sure you read the rest of the interview here.  You can also check out Crystal’s website and her blog for more of her super-rad work (which is seen above!).

Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Crystal!