mica | Brown Paper Bag

Hey! If you live in Baltimore, you should mosey on over to MICA’s Studio Center in the Station North neighborhood this Saturday (March 30) between 2 and 4PM. I will be there with my pal Lisa hosting a workshop, Paper Fun for Everyone!

Together, Lisa and I form Píccolo, a collaborative illustration project. In January/February we launched a Kickstarter which got FUNDED thanks to so many of you wonderful people. So, Paper Fun for Everyone doubles as a bash for all of our local Baltimore backers, where they can pick up their rewards.

At the workshop, you’ll learn how to make a thaumatrope, a Victorian-era paper toy that mimics animation. You’ll get to make your own. Everyone who participates in the workshop will get their picture taken and be apart of our installation.

So, come to MICA’s Studio Center, located at 131 W. North Ave on Saturday, March 30 between 2 and 4PM for some paper fun and sweet treats!

My graduate program, MICA’s MFA Illustration Practice, has some super amazing illustrators visit. They critique our work, run workshops, and give lectures. The first year students have been working with Tomi Vollauschek, who is one half of FL@33, a multidisciplinary design studio run out of London.

Together with his partner Agathe Jacquillat, they work on a variety of projects. And when I say variety, I mean variety. They publish books, develop identities, illustrate, design clothing, and more. It’s really inspiring to see this type of range. When so many are focused on a specific style, I like to see those that aren’t — ones that utilize problem solving as the main medium in which they work.

If you like Tomi’s work and are local to Baltimore, why not come to his lecture tonight at MICA? He’ll be speaking at 7PM in Favley Hall in the Brown Center (the pointy glass building).

All images via Fl@33.