SIA International Art Education
Beijing & Shenzhen, China
In this two week workshop, undergraduate students were challenged to enhance their image-making and material-use skills using exercises from my book Playing With Sketches, handletttering exercises, gif making, rubber stamps and more!
Beihang University
School of New Media Art and Design
Beijing, China
My 10-day residency at Beihang University included a lecture and week-long workshop co-taught with Rebecca Bradley. The Speaking with Pictures residency was part of the month-long International Art Exchange and ended with a student exhibition on our last day.
The Illustration Conference : ICON9 : Playing with Silhouettes
Austin, Texas USA
This workshop included a short talk and hands-on making. Using their personal sketchbooks, illustrator attendees completed interview portraits, silhouette challenges and dynamic action drawing with scissors, paper and ink. By the end of this workshop, everyone had illustrated a new sketchbook cover.
Escuela de Artes Visuales Rubén Herrera
Autonomous University of Coahuila
Saltillo, Mexico
Illustrator and educator Federico Jordan invited me to conduct workshops for a number of illustration undergraduate students during the Semana de Arte Diseño [Art Design Week].
Howard County Art Teachers Conference : Playing with Sketches
Ellicott City, Maryland USA
As part of their professional development, this group of art teachers invited me to conduct a day-long workshop based on exercises found in Playing With Sketches. They created artwork using examples concentrating on collage, silhouette and collaborative Post-It note quilt exercises.
Norman Rockwell Museum
Summer Art Workshops
Stockbridge, Massachusetts USA
Invited by the Norman Rockwell Museum to conduct two workshops based on exercises from my book, Playing With Sketches.
The first workshop was a week-long daytime class. Each day began with a short talk to prompt the exercises that day. Attendees with various skill levels were challenged to create artwork using traditional and digital lessons including a collaborative Post-It note quilt, used book sketchbooks, drawing with an iPad, collage, blogging, and Photoshop manipulation.
The second event included an evening public lecture followed by a Drink-and-Draw using quick exercises from the book.
Miami Ad School
Miami, Florida USA
Because of my training in photography and varied career as a graphic designer, creative director, illustrator, educator, and entrepreneur, I was invited to the Miami Ad School to be in residence with their Art Direction majors.
A retrospective lecture and concept-building workshops were part of this
three-day residency.
China Academy of Fine Art
9th China International Cartooning and Animation Festival
Hangzhou, China
As part of a week’s worth of events, I joined a number of visiting artist from around the world to give workshops or lecture students about Western illustration processes. This lecture gave attendees an advanced look at my then -upcoming book, Playing With Sketches.