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Mia Murphy’s photography soars on Times Square
Photographic skill, an overwhelming attention to detail, and persistent desire combined to land a dream assignment for recent Photography grad Mia Murphy. Her art appeared on a digital billboard installation at Times Square during New York Fashion Week 2022. It is a peak moment in her young career and the realization of a tenacious vision.…
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Prof. Jake Friedman and the Mouse Animators Who Roared: The Great Disney Strike of 1941
There’s a technical and conceptual revolution – in fact, multiple revolutions – taking place in the animation industry today. In an age that has fostered unique national styles, content ranging from shorts and feature-length narratives to games, animation almost indistinguishable from reality and reality overlaid with computer-generated effects, the industry’s creative workers would do well…
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Carnaval, Culebra, Encanto: Alexa Rivera Explores Puerto Rican Culture in Textiles
Alexa Rivera, a recent Textile/Surface Design graduate who took Prof. Susanne Goetz’s advanced screen printing class last semester, created a collection of designs inspired by Puerto Rico. The collection combines the island’s Taino culture dating back to before Columbus arrived, local architecture, and florals, to beautifully merge history and textile design. Rivera (’22 AAS) says…
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Pastry Shops, Book Stores and The New Yorker: Welcome to Prof. Jenny Kroik
This fall, incoming Illustration professor Jenny Kroik will bring not only her ongoing successful career to the core IL-264 course in visual interpretation. She also brings significant teaching experience. Working mainly in watercolor, she has three New Yorker covers published. Prof. Kroik’s credits also include the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Town & Country, Time,…