The art on this postcard is by Becca Haushalter Klein, an exceptional illustrator in our area, a huge Disney fan (perhaps you could tell) with a Belle (of Beauty and the Beast) personality. The illustrators…
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The National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, R.I., reports on a proposal by George Lucas for a $1 billion West Coast American Illustration Museum: THE RECENT LUCAS MUSEUM PROPOSAL HERALDS A NEW and GROWING…
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Wilmington’s beautiful Delaware Art Museum houses a treasure chest of piratical paintings by American master Howard Pyle, most of them published in magazines during the golden age of illustration — around the turn of the…
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WHYY’s NewsWorks.org will host Drawing Strength: The Rise of the Digital Cartoon, An Evening with Tony Auth and Rob Tornoe on Tuesday, May 14th. The evening will provide an in-depth conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth and Philly.com cartoonist and NewsWorks.org…
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A new book and documentary film called “Sign Painters,” written and directed by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, looks like an intriguing dip into a time-honored and increasingly specialized niche of design and illustration, the hand-painted…
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BCIS had the good fortune to have studio oil painter Dot Bunn drop in on our monthly meeting this week, and she shared some details of a fascinating project she has begun in Philadelphia. Dot…
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It’s a sad day for fans of traditional animation: Disney has let go most of its hand-drawn animators, the Disney Blog says. Nine animators from the hand drawn team were laid off, among them some…
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