Q: Originally from the Eternal City, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Spain? A: I’m from Rome but now I live in Barcelona, in the Gracia neighborhood. I relly like it here because there are a lot of small plazas and every weekend there is a festival of some kind, such as food fairs, concerts, street markets, etc. … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: When did you know that you would become an illustrator? Davide Bonazzi: I’ve had an interest in drawing since I was a kid, so I can say I’ve wanted to become an illustrator my entire life! More specifically, I got interested in illustration around age 24, while attending a postgraduate course in illustration at the European Institute of Design, in Milan. At … Read the full Story >>
November looms large in the New York art world and the first night of the month is tagged for Aperture Foundation's annual benefit and auction. This year's installment is bigger than ever -- with two new features tailored to young collectors. First, an emerging artist category has been added to the auction for the first time to acknowledge Aperture's commitment to supporting the artistic … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Great Plains, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the East? A: This always feels like a complicated question for me. Obviously, I know that I was raised in rural Nebraska, but since then I have moved around and felt at home in a lot of different places. I lived in LA for two years … Read the full Story >>
On a crystal-blue Wednesday morning in June I caught the 10am Governors Island ferry to visit Jeanne Verdoux’s studio at Building 110. This Brooklyn-based artist/illustrator/graphic designer is among the 20 selected by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Commission for the Spring-Summer Artist-in-Residency program, which offers artists daily access to the island for a five-month period. This weekend, the public is invited to the last Open House on … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Motor City, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in our favorite 51st State? A: Originally from Detroit, [for me] the best things about Brooklyn are all of the cool bands and shows to see, the other artists who live here, and of course the super cheap rents. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is … Read the full Story >>
Mapping Color By Robert Meganck, Chair Communication Arts, VCU, Matt Wallin, Associate Professor, Communication Art, VCU and Peter Martin, Affiliate Faculty, Physics, VCU Although color is a concern of disciplines as diverse as art, science, business and medicine and has experts in disciplines as diverse as the breakfast cereal industry and the Pentagon, it is arguably one of the most widely misunderstood yet most … Read the full Story >>
The 2015 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbooks, continues with Jonathan Twingley, who lives and works in New York City. My Mom is a retired college librarian. My Dad is a retired high school art instructor. Maybe that’s why sketchbooks have always made a lot of sense to me. Making a drawing in a sketchbook is like going to the movies, waiting in suspense, wondering what … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from a Medieval city in Cambridgeshire, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in London? A: I am originally from a small city called Peterborough and, having lived and worked in London for the past 6 years, I am now temporarily back in Peterborough working on a residency. I enjoy Peterborough a lot and I find it makes … Read the full Story >>
The DART Summer Invitational, Pimp Your Sketchbook, continues with West Coast artist Malado Baldwin’s epic sketchbook projects. Grenoble self-portrait with African masks, Modigliani, 1995 / 2015. On view at Hackett Mill Gallery, San Francisco: August 23rd- October 19th 2018. Looking back, I’ve been working with the sketchbook format for more than twenty-five years. As a teenager, sketchbooks were a sacred, private place to reflect … Read the full Story >>
Since 1969, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has been the leading provider of educational and legal services, advocacy and mediation to the arts community. Some of the artists/groups who have benefited from early VLA programs are Twyla Tharp, Tony Kushner, Wooster Group and Mark Morris, to name a few. VLA serves artists and arts organizations in every discipline, including: acting, animation, architecture, book … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference just three weeks away—four days of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the current roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Work by Brooklyn-based artist/illustrator Lauren Simkin Berke will be included in the one-night pop-up Roadshow marketplace on Thursday, July 7th. Info Q: Originally from Manhattan what … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference on the horizon—a weekend of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the new roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Reminder: if you were thinking of submitting work for the animation / motion graphics screening, the deadline is tonight at midnight! Q: Originally from … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Daniel Baxter: I've always gravitated towards working with lines, and still do today. When painting, I am in currently in love with dry-brush technique. PR: How did you decide on art as your métier? DB: As a teenager, I was a dreamer by nature, and felt comfortable with the idea of being an artist. But this was a … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: Originally, I’m from the Bronx, NY but I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Today I call Brooklyn home. I miss the beaches, but one of my favorite things about living in the city is that history is everywhere, and that you … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Cambodia and China, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Barcelona? A: Both my parents are refugees from Cambodia and China. I was born in Barcelona, the city where I live now. It’s a comfortable city, a place where you have everything you could possibly need. But I like to travel to other places from time … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]?A: I'm originally from the middle of Long Island, I then moved to Baltimore for art school [MICA], and I've been living in Brooklyn since 2013. I love that there's somehow an endless supply of activities here and you can get ice cream … Read the full Story >>
The 2017 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbook, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their creative process, continues with Matt Rota, who lives and works in Brooklyn, and enjoys drawing in the city parks. I usually have a number of sketchbooks I’m working in at any given moment. I have one or two that are for anything, working … Read the full Story >>
DART launches the New Year with a celebration of sketchbook art and artists. Jonathan Twingley, whose sketchbook habit was explored during the 2015 Summer Invitational, emailed to tell about a recent project for Amtrak that originated in his sketchbooks. This is what he wrote: We seem to be in the midst of some kind of Global Sketchbook Craze. Everybody from stay-at-home-dads in Des … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Sydney what are some of your favorite things about living and working in New York City? A: I hadn't shared a studio before moving to NYC but made sure it was one of the first things I did upon arriving so that I could be exposed to the unique community of artists, writers and illustrators. I can perform comfortably in isolation, … Read the full Story >>
