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Illustration Program
Parsons the New School for Design
2 W. 13th, Room 806
New York, NY 10011
212.229.8944
illustration@newschool.edu
Steven Guarnaccia is Chair of the Illustration Program and an Associate Professor of Illustration. He is an internationally renowned illustrator and designer. He is a former art director od The New York Times Op-Ed page. His drawings appear regularly in The New York Times, Abitare and other publications. He has illustrated two collections of palindromes, Madam I’m Adam and If I Had A HI-FI, and the children’s books, Naming the Animals and Busy Busy City Street. His pop-up book, Skeleton Closet, was published by Hyperion in October, 1996, and his picture book, The Three Bears: A Tale Moderne, was awarded a prize at the 2000 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. He has designed a series of murals for Disney Cruise Lines, as well as products, including Box-O-Clox, a cardboard clock, and Roboboy and Lucky Pig, two watches for Swatch.
Contact Info
Room 806A, 2 W. 13th Street
212.229.8944 [ext. 4125]
guarnacs@newschool.edu
Ben Katchor is an Associate Professor of Illustration. His picture-stories and drawings appear in the English-language Forward, Metropolis Magazine, and The New Yorker. His weekly strips include: Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, The Jew of New York, The Cardboard Valise, Hotel & Farm and most recently Shoehorn Technique. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1995), a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2000), was a fellow at The American Academy in Berlin (2002) and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library (2007). He collaborated with musician Mark Mulcahy on two music-theater productions: The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island and The Rosenbach Company. The Carbon Copy Building, a collaboration with Bang on a Can and Ridge Theater premiered in 1999.
Contact Info
Walk-in Office Hours: Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Room 810A, 2 W. 13th Street
212.229.8944 [ext. 3897]
katchorb@newschool.edu
Nora Krug is an Associate Professor in the Illustration Program at Parsons The New School For Design. Her illustrations have been commissioned by clients including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and Comedy Central. Nora’s work has been recognized by the NY Art Director’s Club and American Illustration, among others. Her visual narratives have appeared in publications including Le Monde Diplomatique and A Public Space, and have received two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators. Her animations have been featured at the Ars Electronica and the Sundance Film Festival. Nora recently illustrated ‘My Cold Went on Vaction’ for Putnam/Penguin, and her graphic novel ‘Red Riding Hood Redux’ was published by Bries.
Contact Info
Walk-in Office Hours: Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Room 807A, 2 W. 13th Street
212.229.8944 [ext. 2891]
krugn@newschool.edu
Paul Nicholson is the Academic Advisor for the Illustration Program. Paul earned his BFA from SUNY Fredonia, his MFA in from the University at Buffalo, and his MS in Student Personnel Administration from Buffalo State College. Paul’s past professional experiences include working in the Buffalo Public Schools, at Buffalo State College, and for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance. Paul is a practicing artist who has shown his art work at the Burchfield-Penny Art Center, CEPA Gallery, the Analytical Psychology Society of Western New York [The C.G. Jung Center], and the Collectors Gallery at the Albright-Knox in Buffalo New York.
Contact Info
Room 807B, 2 W. 13th Street
212.229.8944 [ext. 4128]
nicholpm@newschool.edu
Lauren Redniss is an Associate Professor of Illustration at Parsons the New School for Design. She graduated from Brown University and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts. She is a frequent contributor to the Op-Ed page of the New York Times, which nominated her work for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies and the forthcoming Radioactive.
