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Rob Dunlavey Visits us @ AIB

Illustrator Rob Dunlavey stopped by AIB's Illustration Junior/Senior studio last Friday! He gave a great talk, and showed off his process! Check it out :

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AIB Senior Illustration Exhibition

On Friday April 27th, in AIB's Main Gallery, the Illustration Department proudly opened the exhibition that featured the work of 21 graduating Illustration Seniors. The show was well attended due in part to the standing room only crowd exiting the PIXAR event hosted by both the Animation and Illustration Departments, that preceded the senior opening.

To See more photos of opening night please visit:

http://www.flickr.com//photos/aiboston/sets/72157629987349985/show/

 

Shown Above: Mimi Alves

Shown above: Aaron Pino

LARRY HAMA : A Multi-Talented Storyteller

Larry Hama the multi-talented storyteller is comming to AIB!

Artist talk is Friday April 6, from 6pm-730pm
at AIB 700 Beacon St - Room 215.

Hama is a: Comics writer (14-years on G.I. Joe and 7 years on Wolverine), comics editor (8 years at Marvel Comics), comics artist (Marvel Premiere, G.I. Joe, and Daredevil), freelance illustrator (Esquire, National Lampoon), storyboard artist (Activision’s X2: Wolverine’s Revenge video game and HBO’s The Sopranos), and currently, NYU’s 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence.

Students and alumni are invited to an informative artist’s talk on visual storytelling. This is a great experience for students and alumni to hear about first hand experience in a wide variety of formats dealing with the world of comics! 

Come check it out!

Year of the Dragon Group Show @ FOE Gallery

Year of the Dragon Group Show
March 9-April 8. Opening reception Friday, March 9th 6-9pm. 

FOE celebrates the first of their second year of art openings with the “Year of the Dragon” group show.  Dragons and dragon mythology have inspired artists for over 2000 years.  Come out to see works by local and international artists, including AIB's Illustration faculty Ryan Maguire (shown below), as they interpret the legendary, mythical creature.  Eastern dragons are characterized as a benevolent force bringing good fortune and prosperity.  They adorn temples and are depicted in artwork, literature and film.  In the 2012 year of the dragon we should all try to channel our positive power to radiate goodwill and blessings, or at least, look at some cool dragon art.  The show will remain up through Sunday, April 8th.

Shown Above: AIB Illustration Faculty Ryan Maguire,
New York Knicks Jeremy Lin 'Year of the Dragon', digital collage, 2012

FOE Store & Gallery
28 Pleasant St 
Northampton MA 01060
www.shopfoe.com

 
ARTISTS: William Schaff, Toby Barnes, Spencer van der Zee, Sloan Tomlinson, Ryan H. Maguire of DYCO, Rin Ascher, Rick Beaupre, Ramiro Davaro-Comas, Nate Duval, Mister Ruesch, MCA of DYCO, Mat Matera, Martin Ontiveros, Maeg Yosef/Edison Rex, Luke Cavagnac,  Koji Harmon, John Hung Ha, ThEm DoLLz, Erik Wayne Patterson, Erik Johannessen, Eric Talbot, Eben Kling, Dana Ellyn, Coby Ellison, Christopher Gendron, Chris Piascik, Bob Eggleton,  Alex Zirrit, Adam Connor 

Tim Finn's Interview with Somerville Community Access!

Rachel Strutt of Somerville Community Access (SCATV)  and the Somerville Arts Council interveiws AIB's very own Tim Finn, as well as: cartoonist Liz Prince, and children's book author Jef Czekaj! During the episode of "Culture Club", Tims new comic store, Hub Comics, is discussed, as well as Tim's new book, featurinng G.I Joe.

  

Check it out!- the end of the video also features the three artists collaborative "jam" comic that they started during the interveiw. 

For more info on Tim's "A Real American Book!" - check out the Blog

Also, be sure to check out Tim's website for updates!

                

For more info on cartoonist Liz Prince and children's book author Jef Czekaj, check out the links below!

Liz Prince: http://lizprincepower.com/

Jef Czekaj:  http://www.czekaj.com/

Swarm Intelligence Project 2012

The Swam Intelligence is a great collaborative drawing project between seven AIB MFA Alums: Alison Williams, Michael Finnegan, Keith MacLelland, Jeffrey Ellse, Lynda Schlosberg, Denise Driscoll, and Carol Myers. 

The show will run from February 24th to March 16th and will be held at NHIA: Amherst Street Gallery. The opening will be on February 29th from 5 - 7pm.

Come see for yourself, don't miss out on a chance to experience this unique collaborative effort!

For more information about Swarm Intelligence, check out their blog.

Hub Comics featured in DigBoston

AIB's Tim Finn was recently interviewed in DigBoston (the new name for The Weekly Dig), with a special shout out to AIB. DigBoston covered his re-boot party for Hub Comics, a beloved comic store in Somerville that closed down but was bought and reopened by Finn this year. 

Read more here...
http://digboston.com/spend/2012/01/earthprimetimehubcomics2012/

War Machine attacks Dig Boston

Ryan Maguire's, AIB Illustration and Foundation Faculty, digital illustration Tom Brady is War Machine was attacks the cover of digboston this week. Free on the Boston streets now! From 1.4.2012 – 1.11.12

digboston is Boston's free alt-weekly guide to nightlife, opinions and events.

The image is downloadable for your iPad or desktop wallpaper.

Flag Points Podcast: AIB's Tim Finn

Flag Points is a Blog and Podcast devoted solely to anything related to the pop culture phenomenon G.I. Joe.  Anyone who knows AIB Animation professor Tim Finn  can assure you that if you had any questions on G.I. Joe he is the man to talk to.  Considering his ongoing book project detailed at A Real American Book!, he could be considered an aficionado on the subject.  Recently these two encyclopedias collided in a podcast at the Flag Points Blog where Tim was interviewed about his Book and all things G.I. Joe.  In the Podcast Tim talks about his his obsession with collecting and how that has unexpectedly formed into a large project and Book, all the while referencing Comics and Pop Culture.

Listen now:

 

Posted by: James Swart, Student Blog Editor for the Art Institute of Boston

Dissolving Destinies

AIB Faculty Brandon Strathmann's current film, "Dissolving Destinies", has been accepted into eight film festivals so far, including a touring festival, Scinema Film Festival, that will service over 400 locations in Australia. It will also tour in India as part of the WorldKids Film Festival. It was made with Maya and Aftereffects software.

Dissolving Destinies made its premiere festival screening in the Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival in Texas. It also screened at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival this past September, marking my first repeat film festival acceptance. Additional screenings include the 2011 DigiFest online between October 15 and November 15, and the Orlando International Animation Film Festival October 19-23.





Dissolving Destinies focuses on the universal problem of ocean acidification, often called global climate change’s “evil twin” by some in the scientific community. The topic was suggested to me by Jerry Schubel, the head of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. He explained that this is an issue that very few people know about, yet it is the most important to the future health of the oceans and our planet.  Because scientists have only recently begun to study and understand the effect of Ocean Acidification, the scientific data is not readily available and has not yet spread to the general public. I hope to speed the spread of the information through this film.

Brandon will be part of a panel discussing the film at the Aquarium of the Pacific early next year. This will include artists and scientists who worked on the film and is aimed at introducing the issues of pollution and carbon emissions effect on the oceans to the public.