On Friday evening Feb 4th, the Annual Editorial and Book Preview and Award Ceremony took place at the SOI. My staff and I attended and as always had a wonderful time mingling, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. I thought that the show was an honest reflection of where illustration is today. [...]
Every year, in conjunction with the Society of Illustrators Book and Editorial show, I throw a party in honor of my artists. This year was no exception and we gathered at my office on Saturday afternoon around 1:00 pm to eat, drink, and schmooze. We always have a good time, get to know each other [...]
Tweet “The paintings and drawings of Marshall Arisman have been widely exhibited, both internationally and nationally. His work may be seen in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, at the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as in many private and corporate collections.”(http://sacredgallerynyc.com/marshall-arisman-alternative-surfaces) On the evening of Thursday Jan [...]
On the evening of Friday January 7th, my staff and I attended the opening of the Illustrators 53: Sequential and Uncommisioned Categories at the Society of Illustrators. As always, we had a good time, had good food, a couple of drinks, met old friends, and made some new ones. Sequential is a relatively new category [...]
Isn’t it grand when you can combine great food and a cool art opening? Well, that’s exactly what happened when I recently went down to Art Basel Miami. My artist Mark T. Smith had many of his paintings and a few of his new sculptures on view at Soyka’s Restaurant. The mood was festive and [...]
The first week in December brings a unique crowd to Miami. Art folks from all over the world descend for a few days of schmoozing, pontificating, telling tall tales, telling tales out of school, and actually looking at and buying art. It is a one of a kind get together in the art world. One [...]
On November 11th, the annual American Illustration Party took place at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on New York’s legendary Lower East Side. This is the one party related to our business that I look forward to the most. It takes place in what used to be an ornate, historic synagogue, but is no longer a [...]
This week, I had a group of grad students from Marywood Universities in my office. I had received a phone call weeks before from a long time friend, Lynne Foster, asking me if she could bring her class in for a visit. I was happy to accommodate her. My staff and I chatted with the [...]
On the evening of October 14th, my staff and I attended the inaugural exhibition of the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in their new home on West 57th Street NYC. Mark English (who I represent in Art On A Grand Scale) was the featured artist. To say that Mark is great is an understatement. He is a [...]
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This weeks' Featured Illustrator is James Bennett
