Mozart at the Beach from Christee Curran on Vimeo.
Oh, the Pratt Show . . . it’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since all the momentous graduation-related events were happening to me! It was great to be on the other side of things last week… browsing new artists, sipping champagne and catching up with old classmates, without the stress of having my own work in the show.
This year’s class certainly didn’t disappoint in talent! I was so proud to see many familiar faces represented at the show, from Sarah Mimo‘s swoonworthy clocks, to new textile prints from Alexa MacFarlane and new comics from our former Putnam intern, Kris Mukai. I’m also jumping for joy to showcase Christee Curran‘s video storyboard project (above). How adorable is that kid at the beach?!
In addition to old friends, there were also a few new faces at the show. Here were my favorite kids’/book related discoveries:
1. Alexandria Marie Compo / I loved her quirky animal characters, and combination of digital and hand-crafted work. In fact, we were all so taken with her 3-D figures that they almost “walked” away with us! Very well suited for the pages of a trade hardcover picture book.
2. Michelle Lynch / Michelle’s range of work is crazy &nd
Wow, I can’t believe I missed Erin’s work… I wish I had been doing cut-paper like that while still at Pratt!