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IL student William Niu has been accepted in this year’s Illustrator’s Club exhibition. The show will be held at PEPCO’s Edison Place Gallery in downtown Washington, DC from May 13, 2010 to June 26. There will also be a catalog made for the show which will be distributed to regional art directors.
Here’s the link to the website: http://www.illustratorsclub.org/IC15/
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This July, MICA will be a sponsor at the national Illustration Conference, ICON6 to be held at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena CA.
At the conference, the MFA in Illustration Practice will be launched to over 500 professional illustrators from the US, Europe and Asia.
ICON has presented innovative programming in the field of illustration since 2000. This conference features designer Todd Oldham [a big fan of illustration] who will talk about his book on Charlie Harper’s work and other books he has produced; NY Times Creative Director Arem Duplessis; national publishing houses such as Random House & Scholastic; and cover topics such as social networking as a means of self-promotion, Orphan Works, selling via Etsy, business ethics, contracts & pricing, and the future of publishing.
For those of you interested in working with an online music magazine, you may want to consider contacting Foundwaves, a Boston-based online music magazine dedicated to supporting Independent music. One of their primary goals is to create opportunities for musicians and artists from other disciplines and media to collaborate and inspire each other.
They have added an art and literature section to their site and are inviting artists and writers to submit original unpublished fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction pieces, graphic narratives, and artwork inspired by songs featured in Foundwaves.
This is an opportunity for artists and writers to reach a more diverse audience than the typical art and literary journal readership.
More detailed information can be found here: http://www.foundwaves.com/submissions
If you have any suggestions or feedback or questions contact John at: info@foundwaves.com
Congratulations to IL alum Alex Uyeno [who graduated in '09] for receiving the $2000 in Memory of Bernie Fuchs award, to senior Yelena Bryksenkova ['10] who received the $1500 in Memory of Helen Wohlberg Lambert and Herman Lambert award, to senior Willem Rosenthal ['10] who received the $500 in Memory of Meg Wohlberg award, and to sophomore Yao Li ['12] who took home one of the Society’s top prizes: the $500 in Memory of Frances Means award PLUS a 2 year scholarship to The Art Department, formerly called The Illustration Academy. The Art Department is a year round, non-accredited school based in 4 locations around the US [San Francisco, Austin, Richmond and Kansas City] has a faculty of renowned award-winning illustrators http://www.theartdepartment.org/info.shtml. This prize will be deferred until Yao’s graduation. The value of this prize is $40,000.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Society of Illustrators of NY on May 7th
Color in Comics by Illustration Department faculty member José Villarrubia, Main Building 8 p.m., Room 110, a visual presentation about the development of color in comic strips, comics and graphic novels both in the US and Europe.
Topher Delaney, the 2010 William O. Steinmetz ‘50 Designer-in-Residence at MICA, will talk about her studio, Seam Studio’s, broad range of commissions, including explorations of how communication and physical design intersect, and its current sculpture installations. Seam’s practice exists as an ecosystem thriving through the implementation of a diverse spectrum of mediums, working within architecture, writing, gardening, painting, photography, metal fabrication and graphics. Delaney’s works incorporate many innovative materials including rubber, colored concrete, fiberglass, diachronic glass and recycled plastics.
Starting this Friday, the first Festival of French Comics and Animation will take place here at MICA and at The Alliance Française de Washington. Here are the events taking place at MICA:
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 MICA, Main Building, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, Free -7:30 p.m., Main Court: Opening reception -8 p.m., Room 140: Panel discussion, including Nicolas Nemiri and Antoine Dodé, covering what is unique about French comics and animation
MONDAY, APRIL 19 MICA, Main Building, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, Free -8 p.m., Room 110: Lecture by MICA illustration faculty member José Villarrubia, Color in Comics
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 MICA, Main Building, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, Free -7 p.m., Room 110: Presentation by MICA animation faculty member Laurence Arcadias of short films by MICA and SUPINFOCOM students
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 MICA, Main Building, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, Free -2 p.m., Room 140: MICA illustration faculty member Alain Corbel presents his Sequential Art students’ exhibition -2 p.m., Room 110: MICA students’ animation on display -3 p.m., Room 140: Workshop with Cyril Pedrosa and MICA students on the narrative process -4 p.m., Room 140: Professional forum with publishers Yvan Alagbé (Fremok/France), Jérôme Martineau (Carabas Revolution/France) and Calista Brill (First Second Books/US) -6 p.m., Main Court: Closing party
SUNDAY, APRIL 25 MICA, Main Building, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, Free -2-5 p.m., Room 140: Closing of exhibition by MICA’s Sequential Art class
Alvaro Ortiz is a Spanish illustrator and Comic Creator.
De Ponent Publishers, http://www.edicionsdeponent.com/, has recently published the second volume of his graphic novel: “Julia, a voz de la Ballena”. His book has been nominated for the 2010 Award Josep Toutain revelation, Salo Internacional del Comic de Barcelona, Spain: http://comic-28.ficomic.com/
Alvaro recently visited the Sequential Art class, taught by Alain Corbel. He showed the students his work and discussed with them about the Spanish book market (Illustration and Sequential Art).
To see more of his work, go to: http://veranomuerto.blogspot.com/
