posted: March 16, 2010

  One week from tonight is the discussion, Illustration Next, at SVA. The evening will be devoted to an exploration of places illustration is and may be going, as led by three fairly recent SVA grads.  Many colleagues will be on hand as well to talk about their experiences.  I have some 150 images from about 50 artists. Marshall Arisman will give us a backgrounder and intro.  His and Steve Heller’s book, Marketing Illustration, was a major inspiration for this talk. As  a teacher I can’t think of a more important topic to spend time with. It’s one thing to discuss with students how art is made stronger and clearer.  It’s quite another to help them through the minefield that is this new era.  So here we begin the conversation.  Everything is on the table. This and a similar talk at SCAD in April have inspired others at schools across the country.  Julie Lieberman, Anita Kunz and I are working on setting up a single website to hold all the videos as an ongoing resource for students everywhere. 

TUES MAR. 23 7PM

SVA AMPHITHEATER,

209 E.23 St. 3^rd floor

Admission is free BUT

The hall will be full, so I’d say come before 6:30

 

Alex Juhasz

Working in animation, responsible for collaborations resulting in the Emmy-winning opening credits for The United States of Tara.  Also United Airlines Super Bowl ads, etc.

 

 

Mickey Duzyj

International magazine illustration, gallery art, product design (book jackets, skateboards). His “Fall Classic” show investigates the nature of boxing and Mike Tyson in particular. Recently “covered” the Times Magazine’s Anxiety piece.

 

 
 
James Blagden
Client list: NIKE, MTV, UNIQLO, ESQUIRE, THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY MAGAZINE, SPIN, NYLON, DOWNTOWN RECORDS, NO MAS, MADE ME CLOTHING, CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY

 

posted: February 26, 2010

On Tuesday March 23 at 7 in the SVA Amphitheater we'll have a unique panel of high-achieving SVA grads who have gone on to do innovative things in our field. As a teacher I'm always looking for the new directions for narrative art to move in.  Of course the young artists will show us the way.  So here are three. In addition, we've compiled a star-studded list of boldface names from the biz whose breakout work we'll be showing:
Lou Beach, Alan Witschonke, Bob Staake, Chris Buzelli, Chris Spollen, Felix Sockwell, Frances Jetter, JD King, Joseph Daniel Fiedler, Leo Espinosa, Marc Burckhardt, Marcos Chin, Mark Fisher, Mark Ulriksen, Michael Moran, Michael Sloan,  Nancy Stahl, Nate Williams, Patrick Dorian, Peter Kuper, Richard Borge, Richard Downs, Lou Brooks, Fernanda Cohen, Walter Vasconcelos, Inga Poslitur, Joe Ciardiello, Marcellus Hall, Jorge Colombo, Jeff Moores, John Hendrix, Paul Hoppe among others.

Many of these great artists will be on hand to discuss their work. Plus an intro by (possibly) the World's Greatest Artist. Looks to me like we're in serious danger of being off to a great start on the road to NEXT. Please come, admission is free.

posted: February 25, 2010

This brilliant Oscar Nominated piece, Logorama, Directed by Francois Alaur, Herve de Crecy, & Ludovic Houplain could possibly set the stage for tomorrow's Health Care Summit.  As could the following, The Astounding World of the Future, Written and Directed by Scott Dikkers. One a portrait of the fully invested citizens, the other of the rest of us. Onward.
Thanks for both to the great PS Mueller, oracle.
 

posted: February 23, 2010

Here's to the Village Vanguard: the temple of Jazz. Not a museum but a living, breathing space for amazing miracles of music. And most of the greats have played there.  Here's my take on the club, going down recently to catch the JD Allen Trio. That's Gregg August on bass and the otherworldly Tyshawn Sorey on drums. I took photos and did sketches though it was too dark for either. For once I relied mostly on the sketchbook.  In the final, the right wall has Coltrane, Monk and Miles, and not the famous tuba that Max Gordon and his daughter Deborah bought at an auction long ago. A David Remnick edit.  My thanks to him for loving jazz and going with this project for this week's New Yorker and Lorraine Gordon, still takin' no prisoners at 87. Coltrane's "Impressions" included here; from a famous album recorded, guess where. Another 175, VV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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