Visual Arts Briefs

Animator and alumnus Tom Sito (BFA 1977 Animation) tells The Hollywood Reporter, “[Faculty member] Howard Beckerman not only taught me about animation, but also how to behave like a professional. His method of teaching though anecdote and example are techniques I use today in my own teaching.” Beckerman, who has been teaching at the College since the 1970s, was one of nine animation professors highlighted in the Friday, August 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

A recent Huffington Post profile calls BFA Fine Arts Department faculty member Farrell Brickhouse’s paintings “small, jewel-like emotion-objects, brimming with authentic, unmediated feeling.” In the article, Brickhouse shares his creative influences, which include the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History and Carl Jung’s book Man and His Symbols.

Image: Farrell Brickhouse, How It Goes II, 2010.

The New York Press profiled recent graduate Matt Barteluce (MFA 2010 Illustration as Visual Essay) for his poster designs for the Manhattan political group Tea Party 365. In addition to making signs for rallies, Barteluce also illustrates cartoons inspired by Tea Party issues under the pseudonym Slim Dodger.

For the cover story “What Is It About 20-Somethings?”, The New York Times Magazine asked 13 young photographers to take photos exploring the identity of their generation. Alumni Bon Duke (BFA 2009 Photography) and  Ina Jang (BFA 2010 Photography) were among the photographers whose images were featured on the cover page. Additionally, 12 of Jang’s images, mostly of young adults with their faces masked, appear on the the table of contents.

Click here to see the images on the Times Web site.

The Division of Continuing Education at SVA offers many courses to the general public that fall within the College’s best-known areas of study, from advertising and drawing to digital photography and filmmaking. In addition to these core courses, CE students can also try out more esoteric and surprising approaches to creativity, including classes in the ancient metal-bending art of blacksmithing.

CE faculty member Marsha Trattner teaches two blocks of Creative Blacksmithing courses, as well as classes in metal furniture fabrication, a weekend welding workshop and more. Trattner’s focus on metal media and the wide range of techniques used for sculpting with steel earned her Red Hook-based classes a feature in the New York Daily News and an online video.

Alongside her dogs Scruffy and Duff, MPS Branding Department Chair Debbie Millman was profiled in Core77 for their ongoing series, “Dogs on Design.” Explaining the parallel between dogs and brand loyalty, Millman tells the Web site, “On their best day, brands could aspire to be like dogs, evoking that sense of connectivity.”

MFA Interaction Design Department Chair Liz Danzico was also featured in the series in June.

For his upcoming solo exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery, alumnus Esao Andrews (BFA 2000 Illustration) is displaying intricate, figurative paintings of surreal and hybridized characters. The exhibition “Solid Void” runs September 11 – October 9, at 529 West 20th Street, 9th floor. Click here to read about the artist and his work in Juxtapoz.

MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department Chair Marshall Arisman talks about how he transitioned from a saxophone player to a graphic designer to an illustrator in Episode 47 of the Escape From Illustration Island podcast series. Arisman was a guest on the series and his interview will be divided into two podcasts. Click here to listen to part one.

From Goya’s The Duchess of Alba to Van Gogh’s The Mountains of Saint-Rémy, MFA Fine Arts faculty member Jerry Saltz identified his favorite paintings in New York for an article in New York magazine. Saltz’s picks are from the The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, The Hispanic Society of America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Click here to read the article and view the accompanying slide show.

Christmas light packaging designed by Kayla Jang, a current student in the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department, was featured on The Dieline.