Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Models will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors for this…
Join us for a special Creative Dance Sketch Night where dance inspires visual art to create new work. The SOI is pleased to collaborate again with Creative Performances on February 8 to create a venue that salutes the art of dance and captures that art through drawing. Dancers will dance very slowly with intermittent poses…
Join us for Sweet Hearts (and Sour Flowers), a specially curated screening of early animated cartoons featuring all sorts of fun and strange Cartoonland happenings. This program anticipates Valentine's Day, and includes an even-keeled assortment of romantic and antiromantic scenarios. As you'll see, not every lovey-dovey cartoon cloud has a silver lining—flirting, dating, courting, and…
Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Models will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors for this…
Meet award winning debut picture book illustrator Briana Mukoduri Uchendu. Discover how she created her evocative and engaging illustrations for The Talk, written by Newbery Honor winner Alicia D. Williams. Briana will be joining from her art studio in Texas for a behind the scenes look at how she works, read The Talk and then lead participants in a hands…
Light Brunch, Bottomless Mimosas, Longer Poses! Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Model will be costumed. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Guests are also invited to enjoy a light brunch and bottomless mimosas provided…
Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Models will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors for this…
The Society of Illustrators invites you to celebrate The Art of Robert Hunt on Thursday, February 23. There will be a cash bar. Free to attend.
The Society of Illustrators is thrilled to host the Illustrators 65 Awards Gala and Reception for the Editorial and Book categories. 6:00 PM: Doors open. 7:00 PM: Ceremony begins 8:00 PM – closing: Celebration! The third floor 128 Bar & Bistro will be open. Cash bar. Location: This is an in-person event. The event is located at the…
Using a limited color palette, illustrator Robert Hunt will guide participants through a portrait painting workshop from a live model. Robert will do a demonstration and share his process for creating 3-dimensional portraits. Afterwards, he will guide participants through a paint-along. Robert will also give a short presentation. Participants will need to bring their own…
Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Models will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors for this…
Art Out Loud Online is an Instagram Live event. Illustrators and comic artists take over the Society's Instagram account and share art demos, provide studio tours and answer questions live. Follow @soi128 to watch! Join Elly MacKay on Friday, March 3 at 12pm (NYC time). About the artist: Elly MacKay is an award winning picture…
Join acclaimed illustrator Isabel Roxas as she reads chapters from her graphic novel The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens. She will then give you a behind-the-scenes look on how she wrote and illustrated this funny, madcap tale of friendship between Ruby, Roberta, Agnes and a lonely, bao-loving squid named Cyd. Did you know that…
Meet Jayme Brodie for a 2-hour workshop open to teens. Students will learn about the basics of how composition affects storytelling. Exercises range from making miniature picture book-esque zines to adapting prompts into single page comics. Students will gain a better understanding of sequential art and the comics medium, all with an emphasis on telling…