ILLUS-3016

NEW YORK, NEW YORK(ER)

Faculty: Kim DeMarco

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

CONCEPTS ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT: This course fulfills the additional concepts elective requirement for Illustration majors.

The New Yorker is one of the most respected periodicals in America, if not the English-speaking world. Its commentary, analysis and contribution to the broadest spectrum of cultural concern are almost always articulate and influential. Its readership is probably the best-educated and most sophisticated of any general-circulation magazine. More importantly... its cover is invariably illustrated. It is seen by almost everyone of consequence in the world of visual communication.

The cover of the New Yorker has, however, a much more limited view than do its contents. It is witty, it is light, it is playful, it is whimsical, it is wistful. While the cover’s reach and range have expanded notably over the past fifteen years, the world to which it alludes has no poverty, and until the last decades, no politics. The New Yorker cover invites perception and play, but not passion.

Students in this course develop a portfolio of cover solutions to different requirements defined by world events, the passing seasons and areas of cultural interest. A light touch, a strong grasp and cultural reach are helpful.