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Yuwei Cao, my collaborator on the “Wondrous Tales” projections
Working with the young performers and techies of Williston Northampton on the Wondrous Tales of Old Japan was a great experience. One of the students I’m particularly grateful to have worked with is Yuwei Cao. I met her as she worked in Williston’s costume shop under the direction of Ilene Goldstein, designer of our show’s…
Wondrous Tales of Old Japan
The play I’ve been working on opens Monday! I’ve been assisting director Charles Raffetto, transforming American teenagers into heroes, princesses, and ogres for Willliston Northampton school’s production of The Wondrous Tales of Old Japan. Playwright David Furumoto retells four traditional Japanese stories in The Wondrous Tales, slathering these fairy tales in kabuki styling. Kabuki is…
Fire at Pratt!
I’m sad to see images of the beautiful 19th century Main Building at Pratt Institute in flames. It’s wonderful that no one was hurt, but the repairs will be costly and the students’ work that was destroyed is irreplaceable. This Daily News article calls it “suspicious,” but I hope that’s not true.
former student Zoe Norvell’s new site
A lot of beautiful work here (no surprise) on the new website of my former student Zoe Norvell, currently working at Simon & Schuster. If you’re lucky, she might be available for freelance.
Free Robot Art Lab Workshop
Our sister blog, Wandermonster, is hosting a free Robot Art Lab Workshop on Saturday, March 9th, at FOE Gallery, a bastion of middle brow epicness in Northampton, Massachusetts. For the past five years, my son and I have created collaborative comics we call Lunch Posts. With this free art workshop, we’ll bring the parent &…
South Africa’s Magnet Theatre
I’m not much of a fanboy or groupie, but I feel pretty honored to have been able to create the poster for the US premiere of South African theatre company Magnet‘s Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking. Three performers—two actor/dancers and a guitarist, who also composed the music for the show—craft an epic journey…
Wandermonster free kid art workshop
We are bringing Wandermonster to the physical world. We’re holding a free workshop of collaborative kid + adult art from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday, February 9th, at the awesome FOE Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts. We’ll be joined by two talented comic-making friends: Adam Connor, and Colin Panetta. This will be part of FOE’s February…
New logo for QED, Chicago’s Youth Mathematics Symposium
Last year, we designed a logo for the Payton Math Circle, run by Chicago’s much-lauded public high school, Walter Payton College Prep. Following the success of that mark, we were asked to create another logo for Payton Prep’s mathematics educator Paul Karafiol, recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. This…
Carl Gambrell of Projector designs amazing Thai noodle truck
My good friend Carl Gambrell, of Projector Design Works, designed the identity and truck wrap for the Mamu Thai Noodle Truck, which has released a really fun video to promote their Kickstarter. Check it out, but be warned: it’ll make you hungry for noodles.