Ariel Schrag and Gabrielle Bell at Desert Island Comics this Friday!

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Gabrielle Bell and Ariel Schrag will appear at DESERT ISLAND BOOKS from 7 to 9 this Friday, March 27th, to celebrate their new books (“Cecil and Jordan in New York” and “Likewise”) with a slideshow/signing/book release party.

Friday, March 27th
7-9 p.m.

Desert Island Books
540 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn NY

Quick Hit: Sylvia Park in Time Out

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Check out these great illustrations by Parsons Illustration Alum Sylvia Park.  They were created for and published in Time Out magazine this past January.  Her work has also been featured in the March ’09 issue of O magazine.  Keep up with her work by reading her blog or see her entire portfolio by visiting her official website

Great work, Sylvia.

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James Gallagher in new Ink catalog!

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Check out Adjunct Faculty James Gallagher’s contribution to the Ink 01 International Illustration Gallery Catalogue.  Tons of other fantastic artists are included, as well.  Here’s the official description of the project:

Communicating stories through illustrations has always been something almost marginal, reserved to a selected percentage of public. But this aspect has evolved so much over recent years that illustration has become very common in our everyday landscapes. It is increasingly used as a tool to work in different creative, commercial and artistic disciplines. That is why, when it comes to reflect and show its current outlook, boundaries are usually dissolved and creators that represent it work in such diverse fields as advertising, graphic design or art.

Ink was born as a meeting point to facilitate the relationship between illustrators and creators from different countries. A space to learn about the current situation of world illustration and in which to talk about and reflect upon its present and also future. It turns to be a conceptual, visual, reflective exploration of illustration that we hope will lead to the finding of new places.

Read and see more about this cool catalogue here.

Congratulations on your inclusion, Jim!

Bonus: You can check out a video preview of the catalogue over at Ink’s Vimeo channel.

Writing for Children Forum at the New School

Writing For Children Forum: Getting Published Panel
March 31st at  6:30 p.m.

Experts in the field of children’s book publishing discuss how to get your work published. Featuring Alvina Ling, senior editor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Ben Tomek, marketing associate, Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing; and Anna Olswanger, literary agent, Liza Dawson Associates.

Moderated by Deborah Brodie, editor.

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

In-person ticket purchases
The New School Box Office
66 West 12th Street, main floor
Monday-Friday 1:00-7:00 p.m.

Reservations and inquiries can also be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488.

Career Services events!

Upcoming Parsons Career Services Events

The Fundamentals of Freelancing
Friday, March 27, 6 PM to 8:30 PM
Parsons Kellen Auditorium (room N101), 66 Fifth Avenue, ground floor

Fundamentals of Freelancing:  Workshop and Alumni Panel Discussion on How to Negotiate Contracts and Start Your Own Business.
Event co-hosted by the School of Art, Media, and Technology and the Office of Career Services.

Art, Media and Technology Career Fair
Wednesday, April 15
10 AM to 1 PM

55 W. 13 St, Lang Student Center, 2 floor

Career Day for students in Art, Media, and Technology.  IDC and Design and Management students are encouraged to participate. Employers such as Abrams Books for Young Readers and Amulet Books, Click 3x, Conde Nast Publications, Eye Ball NYC, G2, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, and Razorfish will be meeting with graduating students to discuss job opportunities, give portfolio feedback, and offer career advice.
Students must bring a portfolio  and/or reel and several resumes to the event.

All events sponsored by Parsons Career Services, 2 West 13 St, room 511, parsonscareers@newschool.edu, 212-229-8940.  Students should be sure to have their resumes reviewed by Career Services prior to events they plan to attend.

Bonnie Gloris in “Everyone We Know”

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A sketchbook of Parsons Illustration Alumni Bonnie Gloris is included in the Sketchbook Project:  “Everyone We Know” .   This traveling group exhibition of sketchbooks organized by Art House (an artist co-op and gallery) is on tour February 27 – April 2, 2009.  And in fact, the tour stops in Brooklyn tonight!  Here are the details:

Mar 13, 2009
7:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY

195 Morgan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Over 2,000 artists from around the country were sent a small Moleskine sketchbook. Their task was to fill the book with “everyone we know”. Every book that we receive back will be on display. Visitors are encouraged to pick up the books and freely browse through them.

3rd Ward is a member-based artists’ co-op who has remarkable facilities available to artists as well as a great vibe. 3rd Ward’s views are so similar to Art House’s, that it is clearly a match made in heaven. We can’t wait for the show and especially to meet everyone at 3rd Ward as well as all of our New York participants!

Way to go, Bonnie! And if you’re in the Brooklyn area, stop by and see all this fantastic art.

Quick Hit: Ben Katchor at the Brooklyn Public Library

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Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7 pm:
Brooklyn Independents: Graphic New York

Graphic novelists Ben Katchor, Dan Goldman and Youme Landowne explore  New York City through their work.  They will discuss their work and their artistic processes.

Brooklyn Public Library
Central Library
Dweck Center
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
tel. 718.230.2100

[illustration by Ben Katchor]

KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games

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KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, will be presented in an environment designed by cutting-edge architectural practice Atelier Bow-Wow, featuring life-size blowups of popular figures from the worlds of anime and manga within an intriguing sequence of spaces that evoke Tokyo’s clamorous cityscape. Co-curated by leading North American and Japanese specialists, KRAZY! will give visitors a direct experience of new forms of cultural production and offers fresh insight into the interdependence of three art forms of the future.

KRAZY!
The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery
Friday, March 13 — Sunday, June 14
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017 

Debra Ziss’s New Children’s book and other projects!

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Parsons Illustration alum Debra Ziss has a brand new children’s book coming out this summer!  Over at her blog, she’s sharing a sneak peek of sketches and pages, like the one above.  She’s also involved in a plethora of other projects like creating a t-shirt for the Gap and doing hand lettering like this:

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Keep up the good work, Debra!