I’m producing and moderating a lecture with famed artists Luba Luvoka and Anita Kunz. They’ll discuss social propaganda posters, their commercial and personal work, as well as working in a field mostly ruled by men. Wed, April 21st, 6.30-8.30. Society of Illustrators of NY, 128 East 63rd Street (@ Lex). http://societyillustrators.org/upcoming/kunz.cms – Fernanda

About a month ago I got an email from Steve Brodner inviting me to a lecture he was organizing at SVA, where we both teach. He was asking me to participate by sending him images of alternative illustration jobs I’d done. I must confess I was a bit confused, although very flattered, because there was [...]

The work of vasco mourão: The work of Juanel van der Walt: Varoom 11 – Illustration, Culture, Society Published by the Association of Illustrators three times a year Legends from the Pantheon of illustration, an illustrator who makes his own newspaper, and Christmas cards from the very first, to post-Santa post-Christmas post-Capitalist festive cards (don’t [...]

From the inbox: 20/10 Vision Everyone knows that 20/20 vision is good, but 20/10 is even better. in January 2010, gallery hanahou is ringing in the new decade with a group show that doesn’t need to squint to see a better future. Participating artists include popular local artists like Mike Perry, Yunmee Kyong, and the [...]

The week before little Veda was due to arrive, Penny and I were discussing the fun stuff we’d like to do on Illustration Friday, plus the necessary upgrades that have been in the works for some time. A few hours later, she gave me a sparkling set of Photoshop files containing a new layout for [...]

So, the Canadian National Portrait Gallery has been indefinitely cancelled. Conan O’Brien even mentioned it on his late night show, saying that if we had such a gallery it would be filled with Gretzky portraits. While this made me giggle a little, I am feeling pretty blue that this project got silently scrapped by our [...]

I just completed two new interviews that I thought I’d share. One is with Spraygraphic (super cool site!) and is about illustration work in general, the other is over at Stephanie Levy’s site and it’s more about blogging. (Check out Stephanie’s other “artists who blog” series.) Enjoy!

Another good thing to catch if you’re in NY next week is the SI Lecture about Character Design, Animation and Toy Design with Kid Robot founder: Paul Budnitz and ILoveDust’s Mark Graham. Sounds fun, huh? Here’s the info: Next Wednesday, Nov 5th from 6:30-8:30pm. $15 non-members $10 members $7 students. The lecture is being moderated [...]