I think one of the most interesting aspects of our trip to New York was our visit to the Society of Illustrators. Because we spent the entire day there, there are a lot of topics I could discuss, but I think the must special was getting to meet Murray Tinkelman and Joe Ciardiello. We were all so nervous at lunch, which we ate at the Society, that barely anyone spoke. It was just exciting to be in the presence of such wonderful illustrations and illustrators at the same time - and we were eating our lunch only one table away from them.
After lunch we were treated to lectures from both Mr. Tinkelman and Mr. Ciardiello. Tinkelman talked about the history of illustration, which seemed fitting considering the show that was hanging in the gallery of the Society was called "Americans Abroad." This was a show that explored the work of famous illustrators in history, like J.C. Leyendecker. It was great to hear about the history of illustration from Mr. Tinkelman having just seen some of the original work, that he was discussing, in the gallery. For me it was a crash course in the history of illustration, something that I am always trying to learn more about, and now I am glad to have a list of illustrators, both past and present, to research and learn from. Some of the illustrators he talked about were Winslow Homer, Frederick Remington, J.C. Leyendecker, and James Montgomery Flagg to name a few.
The lecture from Joe Ciardiello was very exciting because we go to see a lot of his work and he spoke about his illustration process. It is amazing how much work Ciardiello completes in just one week. We learned that we can see an illustration of his every week in the first few pages of "U.S. News and World Report." It was also great to hear about how he started out in the business and some of the decisions, both bad and good, that he has made which have brought him to where he is in his career. It was very exciting to hear about what artists Joe Ciardiello is looking at and what different things inspire him in his work - for example he is looking at the work of Nathan Fox, Tomer Hanuka, and Yuko Shimizu.
Overall it was an extremely informative and exciting day. After the lectures we were treated to an excellent Indian meal where I was the most lucky because I got to sit right next to Murray Tinkelman and across the table from Joe Ciardiello. They were both extremely nice and they had such great information for us all. It could not have been a more exciting day. After dinner we returned to the Society of Illustrators for a night of music and life drawing. And although we had our first run-in with some true New Yorker personalities, it was an extremely fun night!
For more information on these two artists or the Society of Illustrators:
www.tinkelmanstudio.com
www.joeciardiello.com
www.societyofillustrators.org
- Kristy Orr
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