Hartford Art School professor Bill Thomson will be having a book signing on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Paris in Plantsville!
Established, nationally recognized and award winning illustrator Bill Thomson just recently published a book entitled "Chalk". Thomson has illustrated various children books titles in the past such as "Karate Hour" "Baseball Hour" and "Building with Dad". He's currently an Illustration professor at the Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut.
We will have many of the original artworks on display, and books for sale ready to be signed by Bill Thomson himself. Bring your children! This a great outing for kids! Thomson's illustrations are fun, energetic and great for all ages!
Scott Barry works under the name Sacred Mtn. as an illustrator and creative director from San Fransisco. His style is one that concentrates around the concept of line as it creates typography, characters, and environments.
The Connecticut Art Directors Club presents their annual Student Conference and Scholarship Competition on March 27th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. It is open to all undergraduate students free of charge.
Tell us about your two pieces you had in the Goldfarb Exhibit? Does your experieneces outside of art impact your work, in what ways?
Although different in medium, both of my pieces in the Goldfarb Exhibition deal with the underlying ideas of my overall body of work. The Sky and the Sea is part of a group of paintings that depict individuals in the midst of heading somewhere. This painting is not meant to neglect the destination necessarily, but more importantly to call attention to the journey in itself. It was made for the cover of an album of music I wrote and recorded, illustrating the ideas and themes presented within the music. As an artist, there is nothing stopping you from conveying your train of thought. Different mediums are just different outlets that allow for a new look on a set of circumstances in order to more fully understand them as a whole.
At this point, that is why I make art. It is an attempt to capture an instant that embodies a period of time
in my life, it is putting something down so to have and to hold, to reflect upon and learn from. There will never be only one way to do this, only a better way.
Day focuses on how periods of time affect and play off of each other through the interaction of sewn swatches of fabric. The movable part establishes a relationship between the piece and the viewer who, through this connection, is covering the piece with a curtain. This act is intended to create an awareness of the fleeting quality of these passages while at the same time stressing the individual’s responsibility to and control over them. This quality, like in The Sky and the Sea, serves to call attention to the present moment and our command over it, wherever we may be adrift.
If you were to ship yourself in a package in the mail, to where would you address yourself?
If I were to ship myself in the mail I'd be addressed to: The moon.
Skylar Hughes studies Illustration at the Hartford Art School and comes from Connecticut.
He was recntly in the Goldfarb Exhibit at the Joseloff Gallery.
Mike Perry works in Brooklyn, New York making books, magazines, newspapers, clothing, drawings, paintings, illustrations and teaching whenever possible. His first book titled Hand Job published by Princeton Architectural Press hit the book shelves in 2006. His second book titled Over & Over was released fall 2008. He is currently working on two new books. In 2007, he started a magazine called Untitled which explores his current interests. The forth issue came out fall 2009.
He has worked with an impressive roster of clients such as New York Times Magazine, Dwell Magazine, Microsoft, Zune, Urban Outfitters, eMusic, and Zoo York. In 2004, he was chosen as one of Step Magazine's 30 under 30; in 2007, as a groundbreaking illustrator by Computer Arts Projects Magazine; and in 2008, he received Print Magazine's New Visual Artist award and the ADC Young Guns (6). Doodling away night and day, Perry creates new typefaces and sundry graphics that inevitably evolve into his new work, exercising the great belief that the generating of piles is the sincerest form of creative process. His work has been seen around the world including a recent solo show in London titled "The Place between Time and Space."
Chris Piascik creates an illustration on the spot in the spirit of Halloween. The video was nicely shot by Quarter Productions and was featured on the popular illustration blog, Drawn, today. Chris graduated from the Hartford Art School in 2005 with a BFA in Visual Communication Design and then worked for three semesters as an Adjunct Professor of Design. He now works at Alphabet Arm Design in Boston.
Julia Rothman is an illustrator and painter from Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and she publishes a really nice blog called Book By Its Cover which you should check out.
The Illustration department presented a great show packed with the work of the graduating seniors. The illustration work varied in style, form factor, and presentation. The show was exhibited at the Silpe Gallery at the Hartford Art School.
