Brown 3 & 4
First Bite : March 23 - Ap 8
Second Bite: Ap 16 - Ap 29
Drop over to Brown 3 & 4 for a sweet treat of work by senior illustration students. This year, our annual show comes in 2 parts — each with it’s own flavor.
Layer Cakes First Bite is the work of students in Jaime Zollars and Whitney Sherman’s sections. Layer Cakes Second Bite is work for Rachel Salomon and Rebecca Bradley’s sections, both shows are stacked high with deliciousness. Drop in for a taste of works in all media — from character design to sequential to posters to portraits and much more.
Questions concerning the exhibition, call the IL Office, 410.669.3177
Manuel Albarrán is an artist who specializes in wearable metal art. He is a pioneer in developing metal accessories on flat metal plate. He has recently worked with Rihanna, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Tyra Banks, Milla Jovovich and Zoe Saldana.
He recently visited the class Fantasy Art, taught by José Villarrubia in the Illustration Department as well as two classes in the Animation Department. Among the pieces that he showed the students (and they got to try on!) was a helmet commissioned by the Black Eye Peas and featured in the video: “Imma Be Rocking That Body” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUFsQ5lTo6g)
To see more of his work go to http://www.manuelalbarran.com
Jon Fuqua’s Narrative class along with Alain Corbel’s and Warren Linn’s Visual Journalism students explore our stories and environments in Baltimore and beyond. March 24-April 7 in The Julian Allen Illustration Gallery, Fox 3rd floor.
Author/Art Director Steven Heller takes an historic and humorous look at the graphics generated for the Olympics in this video critique:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/24/sports/olympics/pictograms-interactive.html
Etsy.com (online store that allows you to buy and sell handmade items) wants to help the MICA illustrators and designers! This is the perfect opportunity for either students with Etsy shops that are already selling their handmade products or for those just getting started! The Etsy team will help create a portal to hold all of the MICA illustration and design students’ shops together, which will make it easier for shoppers on Etsy to find specific schools (like MICA) who are designing, creating, and selling their work. Etsy.com is the perfect place. (The Etsy team is just waiting to hear from us so that they can help us get started!)
Background: The Fashion Graphics class last semester was introduced to the option of using Etsy.com to sell their handmade products that they designed and created. Fashion Graphic faculty Zvezdana Stojmirovic created a relationship with the Etsy team, and they are SUPER excited about helping the MICA graphic design and illustration students get their work sold!
If you are interested in having your Etsy shop be a part of the MICA Etsy community, you should contact Zvezdana: zvezdanas@earthlink.net or Bri Antonaccio: bantonaccio@mica.edu
The comic-book story “The Way Home” by writer Joshua Dysart, artist Pat Masioni, and colorist Jose Villarrubia, has been nominated for Story of the Year for the 2010 Glyph Awards. The story appeared in Unknown Soldier #13-14, and was the US debut of Pat Masioni, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The story takes place in Acholiland, Uganda, in 2002 during the war between the Lord’s Resistance Army and Ugandan People’s Defence Force.
The Glyph Awards, honor the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color.
http://www.popcultureshock.com/2010-glyph-comics-awards-nominees/54766/
Jaime Zollars’ image, ”The Maze, She Breathes” was accepted into this years’ annual. The acrylic, Graphite, and Ink illustration was created for Gallery Nucleus’ 5th Anniversary Show.
Brandon Wu’s drawing from Visual Journalism was featured in today’s Baltimore Sun. It’s on page three, in Laura Vozzella’s column “The art of democracy”. Warren’s class was attending a City Council meeting to sketch democracy in action, catching the eye of a reporter. The class has also sketched on the subway, in Camden Yards and other areas around the city.
