American Illustration 43, Chosen Winners!

We are pleased to share that the following pieces that were submitted to the American Illustration 43 Call For Entries have been chosen to appear online in The ARCHIVE curated collection. Although these pieces were not selected to appear in the AI43 award book, they have the distinction of being 5 pieces selected out of only 366 that will appear in The ARCHIVE, receiving at least four votes from the AI43 Jury from over 8,000 submissions.

The ARCHIVE collection will launch in November after the annual launch event in NYC. This work will also be presented in the winners announcement in May and shared through the American Illustration social media channels.

Please join us in congratulating the following students! Congratulations everyone!!

Taylor Sims, ‘24 • Desert Biome, 5x7 inches, gouache. Instructor: David Terrill

Katie Mellick, ‘26 • Self Portrait, 36x36 inches, oil on canvas. Instructor: John Ferry

Eku Uresti, ‘26 • She is Me, 36x36 inches, oil on canvas. Instructor: Frank Norfleet

Amy Longo, ‘ 26 • Wandering the Woods, digital. Instructor: Frank Norfleet

Amy Longo, ‘26 • Redwood, digital. Instructor: Brett Watkinson

American Illustration 42 Selected and Chosen winners

Just a few days after receiving our copy of American Illustration 41, we found out that we had a few faculty selected to be included in American Illustration 42 as well as a few students and faculty who were chosen to be part of the American Illustration online archive. We are so excited for our students and faculty. Congratulations everyone!!

Assistant Professor Il Sung Na, 2022 • Selected Winner, American Illustration 42

Assistant Professor Il Sung Na, 2022 • Selected Winner, American Illustration 42

Professor David Terrill, 2022 • Selected Winner, American Illustration 42

Callie Catchpole, ‘25 • Chosen Winner, American Illustration Archive

Olivia Tucker, ‘23 • Chosen Winner, American Illustration Archive

Professor John Ferry, 2022 • Chosen Winner, American Illustration Archive

Associate Professor + Chair Maura Cluthe, 2022 • Chosen Winner, American Illustration Archive

American Illustration 41 winners

We are thrilled to announce that junior Isabel Thoroughman (‘24) is an American Illustration winner and as such, recently had work published in American Illustration 41. Isabel is the first student since the relaunch of the Illustration program in 2010 to receive this honor.

“From over 7000 images submitted by illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers and schools, only 429 professional and 14 student images were selected by a majority vote or better to appear in the book, representing the best images from 2021.” - taken from American Illustration 41

Professor David Terrill and Associate Professor & Chair Maura Cluthe also had work published in American Illustration 41. Congratulations all!

Isabel Thoroughman • A Catalog of Librarians, digital

We’re so proud of you, Isabel!

David Terrill • Psychopomp, ink and digital

Psychpomp was inspired by reading Neil Gaiman’s book American Gods.

Maura Cluthe • Pattern Play 2021, acrylic, collage and posca on canvas

Pattern Play 2021 was inspired by Maura’s love of shapes and pattern.

The Kansas City Art Institute was one of nine schools (!) represented in American Illustration 41.

American Illustration 40!

This spring, four of our full time faculty received word that they had work selected to appear in the American Illustration 40th anniversary book. From over 7,000 entries from 1,342 artists, art directors, publishers, agencies and schools, the jury selected 425 images by a majority vote or better to appear in the book and represent the best illustrations from 2020. The American Illustration 40 winning collection, with 285 of the industry's best illustrators, will be presented in print, online and, with a little luck, in person this November in New York City, where American Illustration-American Photography is based. Congratulations to the following faculty!

Maura Cluthe, Associate Professor/Associate Chair

John Ferry, Professor

Il Sung Na, Assistant Professor (Il Sung Na had 2 pieces selected!)

David Terrill, Associate Professor

Maura Cluthe • Pattern Play 01

John Ferry • Detroit 3

Il Sung Na • spread from My Tree

Il Sung Na • spread from My Tree

David Terrill • Beasts of the Field

Spring 2021 competition winners

This spring, unbeknownst to our students, we entered a handful of faculty-selected pieces of student work into American Illustration 40 and the 3x3 Illustration Annual. Students from all over the country enter both competitions; thousands of pieces are entered but only a few hundred end up being featured. We are proud to announce that the following students received Honorable Mention and will have their work featured online. Congratulations all!!

Althea Flores, ‘22 — Honorable Mention, American Illustration 40

Kali Brock, ‘21 — Honorable Mention, 3x3 Magazine

Jessi Macko, ‘21 — Honorable Mention, 3x3 Magazine

Avery Istwan, ‘22 — Honorable Mention, 3x3 Magazine

Althea Flores, ‘22 / @altheaflores_art / altheaflores.com

Kali Brock, ‘21 / @kalibrockart

Jessi Macko, ‘21 / @jessimackoart

Avery Istwan, ‘22 / @averyillustration