So far this semester the class has painted their breakfast, watched an oyster fisherman fillet a salmon and shuck oysters, tasted wine while talking about grapes with a sommelier and handpainted cups based on tea and tea culture. Where next in the world will they be going, and what will they be eating ? Watch this space.
An exhibition of original illustration art from American publishing’s best loved picture book series, the Little Golden Books.
Launched in 1942, Little Golden Books made high-quality illustrated books available at affordable prices for the first time to millions of young children and their parents. The 60 masterpieces of illustration art in the exhibition include examples from such classics as The Poky Little Puppy, Home for a Bunny, and The Color Kittens.
This exhibit, which was curated by renowned historian Leonard S. Marcus and Golden Books editorial director Diane Muldrow, is brought on loan from the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas and by special arrangement with Random House.
Leonard S. Marcus is co-curator of the Golden Legacy exhibit — original illustration art from American publishing’s best loved picture-book series, The Little Golden Books. Marcus will talk about the artwork in the exhibit and the significance of Little Golden Books in children’s literature in the United States.
Marcus is a renowned children’s book historian, critic and author of Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way.
IL major Christina Kaputsos ‘10 has been creating numerous projects in paper in and out of MICA.
Her work in 3D started early, she says, “I’ve been working 3D since my freshman year at MICA. Being an Illustration major to me, doesn’t mean I have to limit myself to a 2D space. I am a maker, I love process and therefore I feel my best work is when I allow myself to indulge in those natural tendencies.” Her work in paper is unique in her major, Kaputsos sites the MICA spring fashion show in 2008 as the beginning of her time working with paper. She says, “Everything I made was constructed out of paper, newspaper, tissue paper and napkins. I later went on to design a paper dress for Steps to the Cure, a Breast Cancer benefit fashion show developed by the Larry and Lori Lickstein Foundation.”
Runway shot at Steps to the Cure benefit
Detail of dress
Christina and her model
The fundraising event Steps to the Cure featured Christian Ceriana as MC. Each designer was given a breast cancer survivor as a model. The dresses were to reflect something of the model’s personality. MICA IL Chair Whitney Sherman also produced a dress for this event.
“This year I continued to work with paper, most recently designing the masks for my Illustration Concepts 2 class’s take on Edgar Allen Poe’s
The Fall of the House of Usher. Working on the show with my fellow classmates, my teacher Jose Villarubia and New York director David Drake, was a wonderfully memorable experience. I simply loved being able to work with my hands again and help create a narrative through my masks. Seeing the whole performance from start to finish, reaffirmed my love for theater and inspired me to move forward in that direction.”
Christina continues to expand her research and work in dimensional paper, weaving it in to her love of theater. ” I’m also doing the musical HAIR this semester and being apart of that production is informing my work as well. I am working on a new line of paper garments and will also be a returning designer for Steps to the Cure 2009.”
As part of Baltimore’s Nevermore 2009 celebration, Baltimore native and Obie Award-winning playwright and director David Drake, currently living and working in New York, has conceived and directed The Fall of the House of Usher (Feb. 20-21) in the MICA BBox. This short, one-act, experimental performance piece inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece will be performed by MICA students from across disciplines and features lighting design by BBox performance space technician Kel Millionie and stage set artwork and set design by illustration students in Jose Villarrubia’s Illustration Concepts class. The musical score by Trevor Kuprel was created specially for this production.
Josh Cochran, Phil Falco and Jonathon Fuqua
Special thanks go out to our guests for their feedback to seniors at midterm crits
with Thesis faculty Rebecca Bradley, Rachel Salomon and Whitney Sherman.
Each did a great job according to students who got a chance to get to know
the critics better during their presentations.
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Sketch portrait credit © Sarah Bentley/2009