A presentation by Jeff Pike, Tuesday February 21st at 6:30 at the VABCIllustrated with examples from recent work, Pike will discuss various methods used in making pictures inspired by texts. The texts will include a piece of short story fiction, a script for a play, and different types of poetry. The goal is not to provide recipes for success, rather to encourage more thoughtful engagement with source materials.
Jeff Pike joined the faculty of the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis in 1983. Pike was the Dean of the School of Art from 1999 – 2008.
Pike’s professional work has been recognized in Print, Art Direction, Creativity, and Adweek magazines. He has also won Addy’s and Flair awards. In 2010, Pike published a boxed, letterpress book of illustrations and works of fiction based upon the letters of Heloise and Abelard titled, From Letters to Fictions: Heloise & Abelard. Most recently, Pike’s work from After Love, published by the Virginia Arts of the Book Center was accepted into the 53rd Annual New York Society of Illustrators exhibition.