As part of Carnegie Hall’s citywide festival Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, the Society of Illustrators is hosting a Costumed Sketch Night that will transport you back to Berlin during the Golden Twenties. Artists of all skill levels are invited. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come…
The Society of Illustrators welcomes award winning illustrator Hyewon Yum for a fun look at how she creates her illustrations, a book reading and workshop featuring her book Not Perfect written by Maya Myers! This is their second book starring Dot, and is an endearing story about embracing the mistakes that let us build new…
Meet New Yorker Cartoonist Yinfan Huang for a 2-hour Comic Arts Workshop. Students will learn about different comics genres and formats and how to create a quick and easy-to-read 4-panel comic from start to finish. Exercises range from making simple yet sophisticated 4-panel comics based on a prompt or theme to coloring techniques using watercolor…
Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Model will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Ticketed guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors…
Celebrating the year's best illustrations and animations created by college-level students!
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 their favorite cocktail at our bar. Please note, doors for this event will…
Join us on Thursday, April 16 for Happy Hour at The 128 Bar and the opening reception for The Art and Story of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Selections from the Vinson Family Collection. Enjoy free admission to the museum from 5-9pm. There will be drink specials all night, including $9 cocktails during Golden Hour (5-6 pm) and…
Presented monthly, Saturday Stories invites guest illustrators to lead children and their adult companions in a read-aloud workshop related to the wide range of materials and processes that illustrators use to create their picture books. Meet Taiwanese author and illustrator X.Fang from her studio in Maine where she will share a behind the scenes look…
Light Brunch, Bottomless Mimosas, Longer Poses! Artists of all skill levels are invited for Saturday figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators, hosted by Johnny Dombrowski. Model will be Dayna O., an art and fashion model of long and varied experience. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their…
Artists of all skill levels are invited for figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators. Model will be nude. Chairs and sketch boards will be provided, but artists should come prepared with their own art materials. Ticketed guests are also invited to enjoy their favorite cocktail at our 128 Bar & Bistro. Please note, doors…
The long-running live comics series returns to the Society with six exciting guest cartoonists! Featuring presentations of graphic novels and comics as performed and read by the artists: Juliette Collet Emily Flake Hyesu Lee Jonah Newman Daisy Ruiz Bishakh Som Hosted by: R. Sikoryak The event will be followed by a book signing. Artist bios: Juliette Collet is…
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 their favorite cocktail at our bar. Please note, doors for this event will…
The Puerto Rican War is a performance of puppet’s marionettes and costumes based on the woodcut novelette by artist John Vasquez Mejias. It tells the true story of Puerto Rican revolutionaries fighting colonialism in 1950. John originally self-published The Puerto Rican War and it is being published in a new hardcover edition from Union Square…