New exhibits opening at Pomerene Center
Artist: Coshocton High School graduate Andy Scott will have his work on display at the Pomerene Center for the Arts. Photo contributed to The Beacon
COSHOCTON – The Pomerene Center for the Arts is opening a show of the work of two cartoon artists, Friday evening, Feb. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The first show is, “Banned to Obscurity,” by 2006 Coshocton High School graduate Andy Scott.
Scott left his hometown to study graphic design and advertising at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. It was there in Pittsburgh where a heavy comics influence, as well as other independent media, made an emergence in Scott’s work. From this newfound knowledge of independent media he began to craft this new language with a pre-existing language based in both fine art and advertising.
Scott is the founder of Little Tired Press, a small independent publisher focused on creative endeavors in the Rustbelt region of the United States. Scott is also the founder and editor of Andromeda, Pittsburgh’s only regularly published comics anthology that started as a monthly publication and more recently has transferred into a quarterly format. In addition to managing operations at Little Tired Press and Andromeda, Scott creates the design and illustration for promotional and branding materials. As the 2011-12 Marilyn G. Rabb Foundation Teaching Artist, Scott developed curriculum and taught for an after school arts program.
Scott has always had an interest in making things from an early age and there is really nothing else that he could see himself doing for a living. His strongest passions lie in painting, cartooning and printmaking, but he also finds himself indulging in alternative activities such as organizing events, public art-making, record collecting and music.
Art: This is a self portrait done by Julian Dassai, who will have his work on display at the Pomerene Center for the Arts. Photo contributed to The Beacon
The second show is called, “Illustrated Personal Stories,” by Julian Dassai.
Dassai is a cartoonist, illustrator and musician who was raised in Athens, Greece. He currently writes and draws The Columbusonian, an interview comic featured in 614 Magazine, a local Columbus, Ohio publication. Since 2008, Dassai has taught workshops in comic book writing and drawing for the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library, Otterbein University, and Columbus Public Schools. He has worked in magazine illustration, album design, and as guitarist for the band Nick Tolford & Company, has shared stages with the Flaming Lips, Mavis Staples, and Booker T., amongst others. Dassai currently lives in Columbus.
The work that will be shown is five original ink pages of the Columbusonian and matching full-color print pages.
Dassai will be staying through the weekend to lead a cartooning workshop called Little Social Histories.
Category: Arts & Entertainment
