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2019.12.03 13:21
미삽화협회 2019 오리지널아트상 전시회(11/13-1/4, 2020)
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The Original Art 2019 Exhibit
November 13, 2019 to January 04, 2020
Society of Illustrators
Founded in 1980 by illustrators’ agent and art director Dilys Evans, this exhibit showcases original art from the year’s best children’s books as determined by a jury of outstanding illustrators, art directors, and editors. The jury also selects Gold and Silver Medal recipients for the year’s exhibit.
This year's Silver Medal winners are Frank Morrison for The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop (Little Bee Books) and Sydney Smith for Small in the City (Holiday House/ Neal Porter Books). The Gold Medal is awarded to Melissa Castrillon for The Balcony (Simon & Schuster/ Paula Wiseman Books).
The Original Art honors exceptional children’s book artists with two other awards each year. The Dilys Evans Founder's Award celebrates the year’s most promising new talent in the field. The 2019 jury has selected Chris Sasaki for Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist (Random House Children's Books/ Schwartz & Wade Books).
The Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize artists whose body of work documents an innovative and pioneering contribution to the field. Nominees for the Lifetime Achievement Awards are put forward by past chairs of The Original Art, and the winners are selected by artists whose work has been juried into the show in the previous five years. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award winners are Nancy Ekholm Burkert and Mary Blair (posthumously).
Nancy Ekholm Burkert creates illustrations that are rich and realistic in detail, yet fanciful and timeless in content. Whether rendered in watercolor, or pencil and charcoal, or pen and ink, her work consistently demonstrates the meticulous research she brings to every endeavor, her ability to capture characters and settings, and her mastery of light, shadow, and depth. The first book she illustrated was James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (Knopf). She followed it with A Child’s Calendar by John Updike (also Knopf). Then she turned her attention to classics such as The Nightingale and The Fir Tree, by Hans Christian Anderson, and The Scroobious Pip by Edward Lear (all HarperCollins). Valentine and Orson, which she wrote as well as illustrated, received a Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, and her best-known, best-loved title, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm, was a New York Times Notable Book and a Caldecott Honor Book. (Both Farrar, Straus).
Mary Blair (1911–1978) was a trailblazing animator and designer for Disney and also worked as a graphic designer, set designer, muralist, and children’s books artist. Her modernist style, sharply defined figures, and passionate love of color are key elements in all of her work, and together they became a signature feature in the whimsical titles she illustrated for Little Golden Books. They include Baby’s House by Gelolo McHugh, The Up and Down Book, which she wrote as well as illustrated, The Golden Book of Little Verses by Miriam Clark Potter, The New Golden Song Book, compiled by Norman Lloyd, and I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss, still in print after sixty-eight years. Although the number of books she illustrated is small, critics agree that her influence on illustrators at work today is unmistakable. Her art was celebrated in exhibits at the Walt Disney Family Museum in 2014 and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in 2016.
Selected books, medal recipients, and award winners will be recognized and honored during the Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony, held at the Society of Illustrators (128 East 63rd Street, NYC), on Thursday, November 14, beginning at 6:00 pm. Tickets are on sale for $25 members/ $30 non-members.
Gold Medal
Melissa Castrillon, The Balcony
Simon & Schuster/ Paula Wiseman Books
Art Director: Lizzy Bromley, Editor: Paula Wiseman, Author: Melissa Castrillon, Medium: Pencil, then colored digitally
Silver Medal
Frank Morrison, The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop
Little Bee Books
Art Director: Rob Wall, Editor: Brett Duquette, Author: Carol Boston Weatherford, Medium: Oil paint and spray paint
Silver Medal
Sydney Smith, Small in the City, Holiday House
Neal Porter Books
Art Director: Jennifer Browne, Editor: Neal Porter, Author: Sydney Smith, Medium: Watercolor, ink, gouache
The Dilys Evans Founder's Award
Chris Sasaki, Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Random House Children's Books, Schwartz & Wade Books
Art Director: Rachael Cole, Editor: Anne Schwartz, Author: Julie Leung, Medium: Digital
THE ORIGINAL ART
The Original Art is an annual exhibit created to showcase illustrations from the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S. For editors and art directors, it’s an inspiration and a treasure trove of talent to draw upon. For art students, it’s a marvelous opportunity to examine—up close—the work of the best in the field. And for the public, it’s a chance to appreciate the enormous range of creativity in children’s books and to see the printed pages alongside the original paintings, drawings, prints, and collages they represent.
Founded by painter, art director, and artists’ representative Dilys Evans, The Original Art was first exhibited in 1980 at the Master Eagle Gallery in New York City. On display was the work of a wide variety of artists, some well-known and well-loved, some newcomers to the field. The show was an instant success, even receiving a proclamation of appreciation from the mayor’s office, and it has been popular ever since.
In 1990, The Original Art found a permanent home at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. It also became a juried event, with a committee of children's book artists, art directors, editors, and publishers selecting the best books from among hundreds of submissions and awarding Gold and Silver medals to the top pieces.
PAST WINNERS
2018 OA Award Winners: José Ramirez (Gold Medal) Blexbolex (Silver Medal) Jessica Love (Silver Medal) Luisa Uribe (Dilys Evans Founder's Award)
2017 OA Award Winners: Beatrice Alemagna (Gold Medal) Gilbert Ford (Silver Medal) Rafael López (Silver Medal) Victo Ngai (Dilys Evans Founder's Award)
2016 OA Award Winners: B. B. Cronin (Gold Medal) Beth Krommes (Silver Medal) Daniel Miyares (Silver Medal) The Fan Brothers (Dilys Evans Founder's Award)
2015 OA Award Winners: JiHyeon Lee (Gold Medal) Ekua Holmes (Silver Medal) Anton Van Hertbruggen (Silver Medal) Leo Espinosa (Dilys Evans Founder's Award)
2014 OA Award Winners: Benjamin Chaud (Gold Medal) Carson Ellis (Silver Medal) Gary Kelley (Silver Medal) Mike Curato (Founder's Award)
2013 OA Award Winners: Jennifer Yerkes (Gold Medal) Jon Klassen (Silver Medal) Simona Mulazzani (Silver Medal) Yuk Shimizu (Founder's Award)
2012 OA Award Winners: Laëtitia Devernay (Gold Medal) Steve Jenkins (Silver Medal) Jon Klassen (Silver Medal) The Brothers Hilts (Founders Award)
2011 OA Award Winners: Rosalyn Schanzer (Gold Medal) Kadir Nelson (Silver Medal) Lane Smith (Silver Medal) Zachariah Ohora (Founders Award)
2010 OA Award Winners: Renata Liwska (Gold Medal) Carson Ellis (Silver Medal) Dan Santat (Silver Medal) Hyewon Yum (Founders Award)
2009 OA Award Winners: Kadir Nelson (Gold Medal) Brian Floca (Silver Medal) Kevin Hawkes (Silver Medal) Lincoln Agnew (Founders Award)
2008 OA Award Winners: Suzy Lee (Gold Medal) Kadir Nelson (Silver Medal) Bill Mayer (Silver Medal)
2007 OA Award Winners: Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash (Gold Medal) Guy Billout (Silver Medal) Christopher Myers (Silver Medal)
2006 OA Award Winners: Elisha Cooper (Gold Medal) Craig Frazier (Silver Medal) Jeanette Winter (Silver Medal)
2005 OA Award Winners: Kadir Nelson (Gold Medal) Quentin Blake (Silver Medal) Nick Maland (Silver Medal)
2004 OA Award Winners: Gennadi Spirin (Gold Medal) Holly Berry (Silver Medal) Kevin Hawkes (Silver Medal)
2003 OA Award Winners: Peter Sís (Gold Medal) Greg Couch (Silver Medal) Andrea U’Ren (Silver Medal) Sandy Turner (Silver Medal)
2002 OA Award Winners: Peter McCarty (Gold Medal) Stephen Huneck (Silver Medal) Kadir Nelson (Silver Medal)
