Illustration

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The illustration program teaches students how to create pictorial interpretations of ideas or narratives for reproduction in print, electronic, and time-based media. Students research and develop ideas, characters, stories, and settings.

As a result of the program’s emphasis on drawing from observation, students learn to render images in a range of media and acquire skills in developing a variety of visual concepts. They also learn to use electronic media to explore compositional elements of time, movement, and sound.

Coursework culminates in a degree project consisting of a body of images revealing the student’s emerging style and personal point of view. Graduating seniors exhibit their project work and present their portfolio to invited professionals from publishing, editorial, advertising, institutional, and corporate markets.

All faculty members either work as freelance illustrators or run their own illustration businesses.

Illustration Faculty

Jordan Awan, Assistant Professor
BFA, Pratt Institute

Scott Bakal, Professor
BFA, School of the Visual Arts
MFA, University of Hartford
MA, Syracuse University

Irena Roman, Professor
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art
MFA, Syracuse University

Abraham Evensen Tena, Assistant Professor
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
MFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Malgorzata Zurakowska, Professor
MFA, Academy of Fine Arts - Cracow, Poland

Programs

• Illustration

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