{"id":383,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/fall-semester-artist-lecture-series\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","slug":"fall-semester-artist-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/fall-semester-artist-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 – Fall artist lecture series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Critically acclaimed illustrators whose works range from subway art to children\u2019s book drawings and painters whose works are shown in museums, galleries and private collections around the world will discuss their artistic vision and creative process during the Western Connecticut State University<\/a> fall semester Master of Fine Arts lecture series continuing from September through November, 2016.<\/p>\n

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The series also will feature the curator of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, who pioneered the movement to organize pop-up exhibitions in the vibrant art center of New York City. All lectures, sponsored by the WCSU Department of Art<\/a> M.F.A. in Visual Arts<\/a> program, will be at 11 a.m. in Room 144 of the Visual and Performing Arts Center<\/a> on the university\u2019s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Admission will be free and the public is invited.<\/p>\n

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The series will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14,<\/strong> with a lecture by illustrator Marcos Chin<\/a>, whose widely recognized popular art works include his 2013 piece \u201cGrand Central Catwalk\u201d shown in the New York City subway system as part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority\u2019s Art for Transit program. A graduate of Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada, Chin\u2019s illustrations have reached an international audience as art work for magazines and fashion catalogues, textile and surface designs, book and CD covers, and advertisements.<\/p>\n

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Chin has exhibited his works at galleries in New York, Mexico and the Netherlands and has published books with Harper Collins and Viking Books. He has earned international recognition as recipient of gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators in New York and a gold medal from the Society of Publication Designers. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York since 2006, and has presented lectures and workshops across the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n

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Other presentations featured in the fall 2016 M.FA. artist lecture series will include:<\/p>\n

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