Illustration

Kate Castelli is an artist living and working in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She earned her BFA in Illustration and Art History at the Art Institute of Boston, and her MFA in printmaking and book arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her studio practice exists at the intersection of books, works on paper, and collections that explore poetic and formal juxtapositions in order to connect what cannot be connected. She is rarely without a sketchbook, frequently haunts used bookstores, and is hopelessly addicted to coffee.

Leah Hayes is an illustrator, writer, producer, and graphic novelist. She has published several graphic novels with Fantagraphics Books, including Funeral of the Heart, Holy Moly, and her latest work, Not Funny Ha-Ha, which was voted one of the "Top Ten Graphic Novels Of The Year" by Forbes as well as being a New York Times Best-Seller. Hayes's editorial illustrations make regular appearances in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Newsweek, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and many other publications. She is working on her newest graphic novel, and has most recently begun a live-action adaptation of Not Funny Ha-Ha for network television.

After graduating from Parsons School of Design, Hayes returned as adjunct faculty in the Illustration Department, staying on for nearly ten years. After Parsons, she then went on to teach Illustration at Mass College of Art, Endicott College, and is now faculty at Lesley University. Hayes has also taught Graphic Novel Writing, Animation, Figure Drawing, and Typography at various times.

In addition to being an illustrator, Hayes is also a musician and producer, and has written many songs for pop, and hip-hop artists including Lil' Wayne, Dillion Francis, and others.

Diana Arcadipone is a maker who studied painting and printmaking at Western Michigan University, where she earned a BFA degree with honors. She earned an MFA degree from Ohio University with honors. She has been awarded artist residencies at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula, California as well as The Banff Centre and the Leighton Artists' Colony in Alberta, Canada.

She has exhibited work internationally and her work is held in many public and private collections in the US and Europe. She travels and researches art making techniques globally and lives in Maine. Diana Arcadipone creates artworks on and of paper.

Her passion for making art with natural materials, and mixed media emerged from an early devotion to craft techniques such as papermaking, book arts, basketry, embroidery and textiles. Arcadipone's work is informed by primitive art, folk art, traveling, and the natural environment; it is the intersection of these influences that defines her work.

Tom Barrett is an adjunct illustration faculty here at the College of Art and Design. His academic expertise includes transparent media, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Outside of class, many students have found Tom walking his dog around the Boston Commons. They have also seen her as a demonstration subject in class.

Diane Bigda is an adjunct faculty teaching in the Illustration department, focusing on drawing, transparent media, surface design, and printmaking. Diane also teaches Natural History Drawing in her home. She is an alumna of the Art Institute of Boston.

David Bondar is an illustration faculty member whose focus has been on Anatomy and Figure Drawing and Painting Techniques in Illustration. He holds a BFA and MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. In addition to his teaching he is also a Doctor of Optometry and has held a private practice for ten years.

Tim Finn is an Adjunct Animation Faculty and has been teaching at the College of Art and Design since 2005. He has recently taught Character Animation, Alternative Comix, Drawing for Animation, and History of Animation. Finn earned his BFA at Rhode Island School of Design and his MAT at School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He owns a comic book store, Hub Comics, 1.3 miles from the College of Art and Design. His teaching style balances personal expression with industry expectations. He provides copious examples from films, props, handouts, and anecdotes in class.

Sarah Hulsey teaches in the photography and illustration departments here at the College of Art and Design. She focuses on book arts and letterpress in her courses. Sarah holds an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts (2013), a PhD in Linguistics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008), and an AB in Linguistics from Harvard University (2001).

Doug is an adjunct faculty instructor in the Illustration department. He has taught Advanced Digital Illustration, Fantasy Illustration, and Opaque Mediums here at the College of Art and Design. He holds a BFA from the Art Institute of Boston and an MFA from Cal State Fullerton.

 

Mark Steele teaches in the Illustration department here at the College of Art and Design. He brings with him an expertise in illustration and has taught a range of courses, including 3-D Projects, Painting and Color Techniques, Experimental Illustration, Boston Sketchbook, and Drawing for Illustration. He holds a BFA from Boston University.