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Anita Kunz's COVID-Induced Creative Outburst


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“I was locked up for fifteen months,” the artist and illustrator Anita Kunz said, when reached in her native Toronto. “What else could I do but a painting a day?” When the coronavirus pandemic started, Kunz dug into a series of portraits of unsung women. “It was easy to research. There are so many in every field,” she joked. She presented some of the finished drawings to the graphic designer Chip Kidd, who responded enthusiastically, helping her secure a book contract. By September of 2020, she had reached the number of drawings that the publisher, Pantheon, had set as the upper limit: a hundred and fifty. Since then, Kunz has painted “at least another hundred.” “They’re small, sixteen inches high at the most, and all the same size. They’re easy to pack in a box. I now have boxes of them,” she said. The compilation, “Original Sisters,” will be published in November, with a foreword ....

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Production Company Undivided Launches


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Scott Houghton and Nikki Ormerod launch new company with focus on creating opportunities for new talent
Partners Scott Houghton and Nikki Ormerod have launched
Undivided, a production company dedicated to building a roster of young and diverse artists. The decision for the husband-and-wife duo to combine their professional lives came from the upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as heightened awareness around racial and gender inequality.
Having worked in the film industry for 22 years, Houghton’s experience includes head of production roles at Steam Films and Spy Films. He also helped found and served as executive producer at Westside Films, the film production division of leading photography shop Westside Studio. Most recently, he teamed up with the Mile Inn group, heading its commercial company Morrison Films and Studio Monroe, a position he resigned in early July 2020 after learning of the noxious sen ....

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The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces online symposium


The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces online symposium
R. Sikoryak, Cover illustration for Constitution Illustrated published by Drawn % Quarterly, 2020.
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.-The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, the scholarly arm of Norman Rockwell Museum, announced a slate of speakers and topics for its annual symposium, Picturing Freedom: A Century of Illustration. For the second year in a row this event will happen virtually on Zoom over two days – Friday, January 15 and Saturday, January 16. This timely symposium will explore historical and contemporary notions of freedom as well as the role of illustration as a force in shaping public perception. How has published imagery affected decision-making, public policy, and cultural understanding? Prominent authors, illustrators, and scholars will offer perspectives. The symposium is organized by The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, and co-presented with the D.B. Dowd Modern G ....

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