Tag: Leslie Cober-Gentry

  • Adirondack Mac is New York State’s latest celebrity

    New York State has a lovable new mascot moose, Adirondack Mac, designed by Illustration sophomore Kristina Ingerowski. Her plush, blue-scarfed contest entry bested nearly 150 other competitors from 35 New York State counties. The contest, established last March, challenged contestants to design a mascot for the World University Games scheduled for winter 2023 in Lake…

  • Designer boxes are refashioned in “Thinking Outside The Box” exhibit

    Designer boxes are refashioned in “Thinking Outside The Box” exhibit

    More than 20 repurposed designer boxes from Gucci to Prada and Tiffany are transformed into a mix of fashion, style, and art by Illustration professor Leslie Cober-Gentry.  The canvases were created in several mixed mediums. Uplifting messages within the works heighten the vibes of the original packaging. Her series is now on exhibit at the…

  • Dean Arbuckle’s Advice for a “Hot Town” — August in the City

    Dear Art and Design Students, It is indeed “Hot Town. Summer in the City,” as the 60s song goes! But if you pace yourself you’ll be able to take advantage of much that New York City has to offer in the weeks before the start of fall classes. The City’s cultural events and other resources…

  • Illustration students go 3D with Kidrobot Munnys

    What are they doing there and how did they get there? That group of intriguingly weird, artistically cartoonist, sometimes beautiful and occasionally ghastly little Kidrobot Munny figures huddled under the display case in Pomerantz D3.  They sprang from illustration Professor Leslie Cober-Gentry’s off-the-2D-beat-and-path class assignment. Kidrobot is a retail store that carries toys created initially by well-known artists.  When Munny is heated…