Happy 2012

Happy 2012! Dalvero Academy is getting ready to head off to Washington DC for our annual mid-winter workshop. Will be posting pictures soon. Can’t wait!

 

Evan Turk featured in Varoom magazine!

Dalvero student Evan Turk is featured in the current issue of Varoom magazine! The magazine featured his reportage of the Gay Pride parade in Seattle, that he did while there with the Dalvero Academy last summer. Congratulations Evan!

From VAROOM: ”Depicting the celebratory nature of a Gay Pride march is always going to include the most flamboyant participants, and Evan Turk’s drawings from this year’s parade in Seattle capture the muscle guys and drag queens with rapid lines and streaks of colour. He expands the story by turning his eye to those watching the march and equally celebrates the older people and possible first timers sharing an empowering event such as this.” -Derek Brazell for Varoom!

Here is the full interview:

Brief:  I was in a reportage workshop with Dalvero Academy in Seattle, and I discovered that the trip intersected with the Gay Pride Parade. Since I was missing the parade in New York after the gay marriage bill had just passed there, I decided I needed to go and draw the parade in Seattle.

Materials:  China marker, fountain pen, pastel, gouache

Research:  I looked at the work of inspiring reportage artists like Feliks Topolski and Daumier before heading out. Looking at different artists helps to get me in the right mindset for each event and to see things differently. I also try to do a little reading about the event and its history to help pick up on important symbols while I’m there.

Process:  I created a plan of thumbnails before starting the reportage, to figure out what I want, to make sure I cover the entire event. Then I just draw things as they come by, and make sure I capture everything I need to tell the complete story. It helps to have a plan, but then be able to deviate when unexpected things come along.

Motivations:  I created a project called “A Picture For A Thousand Voices” (http://blog.picturefor1000voices.com) to collect stories and create illustration for the gay rights movement. Since starting the project, I’ve gone to reportage various events related to gay rights in different cities, including this parade in Seattle.

Distractions:  Public nudity, lots of glitter, and people firing squirt guns into the audience.

Great work Evan! See more of Evan Turk’s work at evanturk.blogspot.com.

 

Dalvero Academy Open House

Dalvero Academy Open House!

Please join us for an afternoon of drawing, music, food and friendship.

Saturday, April 30, from 1 – 5 pm at our Brooklyn Studio.

Friends, family, children and significant others welcome. The lovely Lynn will be modeling. We’ll supply the paper – bring materials to draw with.

Please email us for address and directions: dalveroinfo[at]mac.com

We hope to see you there!

[pictured: Dalvero Open House, 2010]

 

Dalvero Academy makes the New York Times!

Our Mystic Seaport project and the Dalvero artists are mentioned by Quentin Snediker, director of the Mystic Shipyard, in an August 17th New York Times article about the whaling ship Morgan!

Quote: “We get layer upon layer of information,” he said. The least technical of the methods centers on a group of young artists who are sketching the various stages of the Morgan’s disassembly and repair. “It’s great to see it through their eyes,” Mr. Snediker said.”

Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/science/17ship.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

 

Dalvero Academy

DALVERO ACADEMY: offering classes in drawing, illustration and graphic communication, from beginner to advanced levels. Studio classes in Brooklyn and location classes world-wide. For more information please email us at dalveroinfo@mac.com.

Please visit our Facebook page: Dalvero Academy.

Dalvero Academy is the dream of Margaret Hurst and Veronica Lawlor, educators and illustrators. Visit their website at www.studio1482.com.

 

Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

Dalvero students Julia Sverchuk, Danielle McManus, Rosa Lee, SiYeon Lee, Laura Vila and Todd Rawson are featured on the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund website. The Fallen Heroes Fund provides financial support for the dependents of US military personnel lost in performance of their duty.

The assignment Ronnie gave the digital class last fall at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum was to design a poster commemorating the Fallen Heroes Fund and highlighting the patriotism of the soldiers and their families. The poster above (by Julia Sverchuk) and the others featured on the website were the results of that day at the Intrepid. The work is also on the fund’s Facebook page.

From the website:

“The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund was established in 2000 to provide financial support for the dependents of United States military personnel lost in performance of their duty.This continued an effort begun in 1982 byZachary and Elizabeth Fisher, founders of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and the Fisher House Foundation.  Following the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1982, the Fishers sent contributions of $10,000 to every child who lost a parent in the attack.  Until Zachary’s passing in 1999, the Fishers made hundreds of similar contributions following military losses.  These gifts, usually of $25,000, were intended to assist military families through any financial hardships they might face following the loss of their loved ones. This tradition was carried on by Zachary’s nephews, Arnold, Richard and Tony Fisher, who quietly supported these efforts through the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the United States’ involvement in the war on terrorism, the need for this support greatly increased and this effort was expanded to the public to help generate the growing need for funds. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund was established officially as an independent not-for-profit organization in 2003.”

If you would like to contribute to the fund, please visit them at www.fallenheroesfund.org.

Beautiful work everyone – a wonderful contribution to a wonderful cause!

 

Danielle McManus featured!

Dalvero student Danielle McManus is featured on the Amistad America website! Check it out here: http://www.amistadamerica.org/content/view/1961/194/

Congratulations Danielle!

 

Evan Turk: A Picture For A Thousand Voices

Hello fellow illustrators!

I’d like to inform you about a project that I have been working on called “A Picture For A Thousand Voices.”  Through all the constant talk about the gay marriage amendments across the country, I feel like there has been very little conversation about WHY the LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) equal rights movement is important.  I’ve even had friends of mine who support gay rights ask me “If a civil union can afford all of the same rights as a marriage, then what’s the big deal if the name is different?”  The point that I would like to make is that marriage equality is not the end goal of the equal rights movement, it is merely a stepping stone.  The road to equality means something different to each individual across the country as part of a move towards acceptance and equal treatment within the community.

“A Picture For A Thousand Voices” is a project that seeks to help establish a dialogue between members of the LGBT community and the straight community about why the equal rights movement is a fight worth fighting.  Since words have often been falling on deaf ears, I would hope that perhaps through art and illustration, these ideas can be better understood by both the straight and LGBT communities.

That’s where you all come in!  I want to invite you all to participate in this project by asking someone you know who is gay or transgender (or yourself, if you are gay or transgender) what they hope to see achieved in the fight for equal rights, and creating a piece of illustration to convey this hope.  If you don’t know someone you can ask, send me an e-mail and I’ll help you find someone.  Also, if you don’t feel that this is a fight worth fighting, I ask you most of all to start this dialogue with someone.  Whether it changes your mind or not, at least you will understand someone else’s point of view.  I hope that this can be a way for you all to use your talent as visual communicators to help educate those who might not have heard these ideas in the past!

If you are interested in participating, please send me an e-mail at evan@evanturk.com or at turke970@newschool.edu.

The idea of equal rights is about understanding others, not just tolerating them. If we can show others, and remind ourselves, why this fight is important, it will be that much easier to win.

Thanks everyone!

Sincerely,
Evan Turk

Here is a link to the blog: http://picturefor1000voices.blogspot.com/

 

Dalvero Academy Members Launch Site!

Dalvero Academy members Danielle McManus, Rosa Lee and Sara Dilliplane (pictured, left to right) announce the launch of their professional website – the 1104 Studio!

Visit the site here: www.the1104studio.com. There you will see their illustrations, design, photography, fine arts and textile work – some terrific stuff!

Congratulations and we wish you much success with it!!

 

Cassandra Berger’s Books

Dalvero student Cassandra Berger has recently illustrated two books for Nick Jr. and Noggin. The cover above is for the book, “Let’s Find Colors”, the one below is for the book “Bengal Tiger”. She is currently working on a series called Wonder Pets and these books are just a part of her involvement.

Congratulations Cassandra – keep up the good work!!

(All artwork copyright 2008 by Cassandra Berger. Please do not use without permission.)