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Uncle Sy Barry('43) "The greatest of "Phantom" artists"!

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Alumnus Harvey Barry (’67) shares family memories on Facebook of his inspirational Uncle Sy Barry (’43):

Sy Barry "the Phantom"My uncle Sy Barry (accepted to the School of Industrial Art in 1943) is, in the eyes of many, the greatest of “Phantom” artists. He is certainly the yardstick by which subsequent Phantom artists are judged. Owning an original Sy Barry Phantom drawing or comic page is, one would suspect, an ambition of any serious Phantom collector.

Good news! Sy has a website which is focused on selling some of his original artwork on a limited basis. Items include artwork going back to the 1960’s.

It was Uncle Sy and Uncle Dan (famous for the comic strip Flash Gordon) who inspired my brother Rick (A&D Class of ’65) and me (A&D Class of ’67) to try our hands at art. Rick is a professor at Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. I run a one-man graphic design business from my home in New Jersey.

Website : sybarry.com

 

 

 

Sy Barry the Phantom

 

 

Sy Barry the Phantom

Art & Design Alumni 40th Reunion ~ Class of '75

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SAVE THE DATE: April 25, 2015

Art & Design Alumni 40th Reunion ~ Class of ’75 Dinner plans are being made for our 40th High School Reunion at the Society of Illustrators ~ Ticket price for our Dinner Buffet is $150 per person; which includes Cocktail Hour from 7:00-8:00 p.m., Cash Bar from 8:00-10:30 p.m., Dinner Buffet, Dessert, Soft Drinks, Coffee/Tea, Tax and Gratuity. Ticket prices go up after February 15th to $160 per person. Please make checks payable to: Rosemarie Moreno and mail to 2834 Philip Avenue Bronx, NY 10465. R.S.V.P. for Guest List.

R.T. Moreno & Company : Rosemarie Traina-Moreno

The A&D Artists Meet and Mingle

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Art and Design Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend

 The A&D Artists Meet and Mingle

Over 75 years of creative talent has emerged from the halls of A&D and SIA. Come celebrate the talent as we feature a slide show of alumni artwork in an evening of casual networking and mingling. Cultivate and inspire priceless connections as you chat with fellow artists and classmates, while sipping wine and enjoying hors d’oeuvres.
Highlights include:
– An overview of the 2014 Alumni calendar of events
– A digital display of artwork by A&D and SIA Alumni
– Business card raffle and door prizes
The ticket price is $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Please RSVP by Friday, February 14th. 

Click Here to Purchase Tickets

 
We look forward to seeing you there!
Artwork Submission Guidelines
All alumni and faculty attending the event are welcome to submit 2 to 3 pieces of their artwork which will be exhibited in the event slide show. Please include the following information:

  • Full Name (last, first)
  • Class Year
  • Profession or Title
  • Title of Piece
  • Size
  • Medium/Media
  • Bio Photo
Please submit a high quality image/jpeg of your work. All work must be submitted by email. The email address is alumniartdesign@gmail.com.
The deadline to submit your work is February 10, 2014. 
Please visit our website https://www.artdesignalumni.com//

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A&D Alumnus Puts A New Spin On Telling Time With 3D Printing!

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3D printed timepieces by NOOKA + 3D systems

Check out the full interview with artist and A&D Alumnus Matthew Waldman (Class of 1983), also the president and chief creative officer of NOOKA, head over here… Read interview at Designboom.com

Related Links:

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Nooka is a New York Fashion design
Company founded by artist/designer, and A&D Alumnus Matthew Waldman.

Once Lost, Now Found. 1973 Yearbook Now Available!

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In 1973, a group of students signed up to take a year-long class mysteriously titled, “Yearbook”. We represented every major taught at A&D, from advertising to silkscreen. The teacher that year was Mr. Korzaan, who had come to us from the advertising field and package design field. He announced that we were going to design a yearbook like no other, and that it would be a breakthrough in yearbook design that it would represent the creativity and spirited design work of A&D students. Mr. Korzaan said our yearbook wouldn’t be a book, but instead an envelope that captured the brilliance and innovation of our school.

The plan was to create a collection of nesting envelopes that collectively represented the school. Each envelope would represent a major, a club, or aspect of life at school, and each would contain multiple sheets of paper covered with examples of student work, candid photographs, poems, etc. The envelopes would flatten out into a cruciform sheet, on which there would be class photographs of students and teachers. Finally, all the envelopes would fit into a master envelope, and the whole set would be our yearbook. It would be spectacularly unconventional and expensive. The cruciform die-cutting would push the price way up, but for creativity’s sake, the school administration was willing to give it a shot. By the end of the year, we had created all the envelopes, collected the artwork, photos and poems, produced layouts and production boards complete with color separations, friskets, and hand-drawn crop marks, etc. (ah, yes, life before Quark and Illustrator). Mr. Korzaan was taking them to a printer. All we had to do was wait. So we waited and waited. And waited.

Then we got the bad news. A printing contract had never been signed and the project had been resting on a handshake. The cost of die-cutting had pushed it over the edge. There would be no yearbook.

The yearbook was a real “love project” for us. We had all grown very close to each other, sometimes we worked after school and sent someone around the corner to bring back pizza. We were crushed when the yearbook that we all worked so hard for was left where it began, an idea. Mr. Korzaan taught us a hard lesson in contract law.

Our class had a “reunion” of sorts one year after we graduated. Most people would say that it was pretty ridiculous, but looking back it went to a deeper issue because we were an extraordinary group of students who had been brought together by virtue of not having our existence acknowledged. The principal’s office had a shelf filled with A&D yearbooks, minus one…ours. The top question at the reunion was, “Can we still get the yearbook printed?”

Over the years, I tried to keep in touch with anyone who knew anything about it. The boards were stored in a closet at school, and for a period of time they lay wrapped up under Eddie Perten’s bed in Washington Heights. There were periodic rumors about him shopping it around to get it printed. Life intervened and I lost track of it. Thirty-something years later, members of the Class of ’73 started to track each other down. The first “real” reunion happened in 2007, and again the key question was, “Can we get the yearbook printed?” It wasn’t until the next reunion that we truly started to wonder if we could actually get our yearbook printed and it was then that the Class of ’73 came together to make it happen.

Joe Notovitz got his hands on the boards. He and Laurie “Missy Moss” Fried took on the task. Lori Halpern-Miroddi, Jackie Hoffman-Chin, and others joined in. A renewed collection of images from alumni started pouring in. A website/blog for the Class of ’73 appeared. I got calls about identifying people, and if I could provide input on the original plans. Suddenly, the Lost Yearbook seemed as though it might actually become a reality.

This resurrection is important. It validates us, it records us, and like the handprints on the cave walls at Lascaux (I guess I DID pay attention in Art History.), it tells people that we were here. It came at a time in our lives when people started to seek out old school friends in an act of introspection because our children had begun to graduate and receive their high school yearbooks. It came at a time when we realized that there was no more High School of Art and Design.

To all who helped make our yearbook a reality, thank you. You didn’t just bring back the Lost Yearbook, but you brought back the spirit of the Class of ’73.

 

If you are interested in getting your own copy of the Class of 73 Yearbook Let us know! at contact@artdesignalumni.com

 

Annual Toy Drive such a success!

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Thank you very much to the wonderful staff and alumni of Art and Design High School and SIA for making this year’s Annual Toy Drive such a success. We were honored to have Ms. Gail Allouf and last year’s recipient, Brielle Nix, present the Minna Gordon Debel Memorial Award to Gustavo Aravjo. The Minna Gordon Debel award is in honor of Gail Allouf’s fiercely supportive and inspiring mother. Special thanks to Sally Lee, Yvonne Fitzner, Joel Gomez, and Vilma Alvarez for heading this special event and to our alumni Judy Wong, Juan Rodriguez, Margarette Ramsey, Vilma Alvarez, and our sponsors for their kind donations. We would also like to thank Burger Heaven for providing us with the space to hold our event. Happy holidays to all and we wish all of our A&D students and alumni much continued success.

Annual Holiday Party and Toy Drive Event on December 17th.  And although the weather outside may have been frightful, it didn’t deter our intrepid alumni from participating in the wonderful event.  We had a great turnout with some great raffle prizes, donated by several alumni. Additionally, a sophomore student, Gustavo Aravjo, was selected to receive the Minna Gordon Debel Memorial Award.  We raised over $1,200 and our story was  published in Our Town Newspaper Click Here: See Event photos

 

Happy New Year A&D & SIA Alumni!

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2014As we look forward to the New Year, we would like to begin by saying how very thankful we are for your ongoing support, and your participation in the life of the Art & Design Alumni Association. Simply put, our Alumni Association is stronger, and in a better place because of YOU. Our experience has been a very exciting and a positive one. The alumni directors have sought to forge closer, more meaningful connections with our members, the school, and the students of A&D. We are revitalizing our efforts to create new and exciting programs and events to help support the school, and the students, as well as reconnecting alumni. Here are some of the highlights from 2013:

  • Macy’s Shop for a Cause Fundraiser In June, we hosted the Macy’s Shop for a Cause Fundraiser.  By donating $5, Macy’s offered a 25% discount coupon on all purchases for that special day.  We raised $2,205.
  • Give With Target  In September, we participated in Give With Target’s $5 million campaign to help A&D receive funding.  Although we got off to a slow start, we quickly gained momentum, and within a week, we secured 4th place for the borough of Manhattan. With your help, A&D received $616.
  • Our new website was launched on November 8th as part of our goal to making improvements towards a better organization.  The new website offers more information and will help keep everyone up-to-date on meetings, events and news about what’s happening in the organization and the art world.
  • Faculty Meet and Greet On November 22nd, in conjunction with FAD, we co-hosted the Faculty Meet and Greet to introduce the new officers and board members. It was a great turnout with many FAD, alumni and faculty members attending. We were also very pleased to have students from the Architecture department and students who will be participating in the Skills USA program attend. A great night and a wonderful opportunity to discuss how we can all work together to help the students, teachers and school. We will be hosting another event soon.
  • Annual Holiday Party and Toy Drive Event on December 17th.  And although the weather outside may have been frightful, it didn’t deter our intrepid alumni from participating in the wonderful event.  We had a great turnout with some great raffle prizes, donated by several alumni. Additionally, a sophomore student, Gustavo Aravjo, was selected to receive the Minna Gordon Debel Memorial Award.  We raised over $1,200 and our story was  published in Our Town Newspaper.  Click Here: See Event photos

 

In the coming months, we have several events that are in the works, so please SAVE THE DATES.