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

2024 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition and Catalog

We recently found out that 6 of our Illustration students had work accepted into the 2024 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibit and Catalog. Two of those students, senior Erica Hoelting, ‘24 and senior Robin Miller, ‘24, each had two pieces accepted!

Every year since 1981 the Society has held the Student Scholarship Competition. Over three hundred works are chosen from more than 8,700 entries submitted by professors of college-level students nationwide. In a competition which can kick start a career, students bring their most sophisticated, well-crafted and original work to be tested. A jury of professional peers, including illustrators and art directors, selects the most outstanding works created throughout the year. Pieces are accepted based on the quality of technique, concept and skill of medium used (taken from societyofillustrators.org).

We are so proud of the students whose work was selected this year and proud of all of the students who submitted work. Congratulations to the winners!! Well done, everyone!

Kyra Correa, ‘24 • Native Plant Triptych • Instructor: Steve Mayse

Erica Hoelting, ‘24 • Louie the Dachshund • Instructor: Héctor Casanova

Erica Hoelting, ‘24 • Harvest Mystiques • Instructor: Il Sung Na

YeonGyu Kang, ‘24 • My Daily Schedule: 2024 • Instructor: David Terrill

Katie Mellick, ‘26 • Self Portrait • Instructor: John Ferry

Robin Miller, ‘24 • Eggs on Toast • Instructor: Kate Clements

Robin Miller, ‘24 • The Cat's Garden Party • Instructor: Michael Wickerson

Zso Nemeth, ‘24 • Lyra • Instructor: Rahele Jomepour Bell

STUDENT COMPETITIONS FOR FALL 2023

Thanks to the information provided by Assistant Professor Rahele Jomepour Bell, we are pleased to announce that there are multiple competitions for our Illustration students to take part in for this upcoming fall semester. Both of the competitions are listed below. Check it out!

SILENT BOOK CONTEST 2024 - GIANNI DE CONNO AWARD

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKS WITHOUT WORDS

Illustration by Gianni De Conno

The Silent Book Contest will give a prize money and publication to an original illustrated and unpublished book project that has been created and produced exclusively through narration by illustrated images. Given that the illustrated book and the visual language of illustrations and pictures is in no way secondary to written language, with a universal power and potential that supersedes any barrier of language or genre, the Silent Book Contest competition invites authors and illustrators to think up and design a book conceived exclusively for the telling of a story through illustrated images, on any subject and intended for a wide and diverse section of the reading public, regardless of genre or age. Among the books sent to the competition, an International Jury will select the finalists to be announced and exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and at the Salone Internazionale del Libro of Turin. The author of the book project selected as the winner by the International Jury will receive a monetary prize of Euro 4,000 as advance for copyright with publishing agreement. The winning book project will be published by Carthusia Edizioni. 

For more information visit their website here: https://silentbookcontest.com/about/

Narrative Art Award For The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

The 2022 SCBWI competition winner Annie Herzig

Each year, a rotating panel of judges will provide an assignment and will judge the submissions. The theme and specific assignment will change year to year, but the general goal will be to show sequence and narrative. The prize is an all-expense-paid trip to the SCBWI New York Winter Conference. The winning illustrations will be displayed during the New York Portfolio Showcase (in conjunction with the conference). We will also have an online gallery displaying the submissions to the award for any member who submitted to the award and wants to participate.

Submissions for 2023 will reopen from October 1 through October 31, 2023. The prompt will be announced soon.

Student Membership for SCBWI is $25 a year.

For more information, visit their website, here: https://www.scbwi.org/awards-and-grants/for-illustrators/narrative-art-award