Illustration Week 2015
If you're wondering what to wear for Halloween, that means it's time to scuff up your kicks for The Big Talk, The Party, and Illustration Week. Here's the lineup, perfectly scaled to your iPhone.
Tuesday, November
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Sketch Night at the Society
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Society of illustrators, 128 East 63 Street
Models will be nude with an occasional accessory. Live music featuring the half tones. Cash bar and food. Get info
NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium
7:00 pm
Parsons the New School, 2 west 13th street, Bark Room
Join Marvin Sackner and Ruth Sackner for a celebration of the publication of their new book, The art of Typewriting (Thames and Hudson). Free and open to the public. Get info
The panel of
artists for POW: Illustration that Kills!, left to right: Steve "Hartfield" Brodner; Francis "Kollwitz" Jetter; Peter "Grosz" Kuper; Thomas "Goya" Woodruff. © Steve Brodner; courtesy the
artist.
POW: Illustration that Kills!
6:30pm
SVA, 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd floor amphitheater
Peter Kuper, Frances Jetter, Thomas Woodruff and Steve Brodner present the best of illustration that carries the biggest punch. Free to attend. Get info
James McMullan: Leaving China
Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street
Artwork from James McMullan's memoir Leaving China on view. Get info
Wednesday, November 4
AI-AP's Big Talk Symposium
1:00-5:00 pm
SVA Theater, 333 west 23rd street, between 8-9th avenues
AP31, AI34 jurors - and special guest speakers - in a series of panels. Includes the presentation of the Latin American “Los Diez” winners, and a screening of the international Motion Art Awards 4 winners. Get info
Also check out our BIG TALK event in Los Angeles on Nov. 10th. Get info and register here!
Locust Moon’s Prometheus Eternal
6:30 - 8:00pm
Society of illustrators, 128 east 63 street
Locust Moon publisher Josh O’Neill will discuss the book and collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He will be joined by special guests. Get info
Forgotten Caricaturists Remembered
6:30-8:30pm
SVA Theatre, 333 w 23rd street
Join illustrators Drew Friedman and Stephen Kroninger for a talk and visual presentation profiling a dozen once legendary caricaturists who are now largely forgotten. Free event open to the public. Get info
Right: The Party at Angel Orensanz Foundation, 2013. Photo: Frank Rocco, courtesy AI-AP.
Thursday, November 5
The Party
AI-AP’s premiere event
7:00-11:00 pm
Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk Street.
Celebrating AP31, AI34, Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 4 “Los Diez”, and the International Motion Art Awards 4 winners. Get info
NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Comics on the Northern Edge of Europe
7:00pm
Parsons the New School, 2 west 13th street, in the Bark Room
Bill Kartalopoulos in conversation with Tom Oldham, Patrick Crotty, Tommi Musturi and David Schilter discussing the alternative small
press comics in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Latvia. Get info
Book launch event: Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
7:00pm
Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn
A presentation by author and artist Kate Evans, followed by a conversation with Molly Crabapple about what it means to be a political feminist graphic artists. Get info
Friday, November 6
Seth: Nothing Lasts
Opening reception, 6-8 pm
Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66th Street. Get Info
SI and SPD toast the final evening of Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers
6:00 - 10:00pm
Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street
No cover charge, cash bar. Get info
Panels from Nothing Lasts by Seth, courtesy Drawn&Quarterly.
Saturday, November 7
Lecture series: Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith
1:00 - 3:00pm
Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street
The renowned underground cartoonist and creator of the Zippy Newspaper Strip has written and drawn his first long-form graphic story — a 200-page memoir that poignantly recounts his mother’s secret life in the 1950s and ’60s. Get info
Brunch at the Society
11:00 - 3:00 pm
Society of Illustrators, 128 east 63 street
Join the Society before Bill Griffith's lecture for an elegant brunch buffet complete with savory and sweet selections prepared by executive chef q. Enjoy our banana brulee french toast or amazing omelettes while surrounded by work from the exhibit Jim McMullan: Leaving China. Get info
Comic Arts Brooklyn
With special guest: Daniel Clowes and 100 exhibiting artists
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Gymnasium, 12 havemeyer st., brooklyn. Get info
Indie-comic fest.
Book sales and
signings November 7th.
Talks and interviews November 8th at 80 Wythe Ave. Presented by Desert Island Books. Free to attend. Get
info
Also of Interest
November 4-8
The IFPDA Print Fair
Park Avenue Armory, 67th and Park. Get info
November 5-8
Editions/Artists' Books Fair
The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue. Get info
Friday, November 6, 7 pm
Explosive Coming-of-Age Graphic Novels
with Phoebe Gloeckner, Francoise Mouly, and Riad Sattouf
The Albertine, 972 Fifth Avenue. Get info
CORRECTION
In yesterday's post, the curator of Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts, at the Morgan
Library & Museum, was incorrectly identified. The curator is John Bidwell. Colin B. Bailey is the director of the Morgan.