Smithtown Art Alumni visit: Heidi Younger

This Wednesday we will host a visit from illustrator and educator Heidi Younger who is a Smithtown alum who has gone on to a great deal of success in the arts. She currently teaches at F.I.T. in New York and has worked with companies ranging from The New York Times to Nestle, above is an example if one of her illustrations on Cricket magazine. Take a look at some of Heidi's fantastic work on her website and see what recent things she's been working on on her blog before her visit.

Smithtown Alumni Art Shows

Over the February break I had a chance to check out Smithtown alumn Andrew Brischler's work at Maurizio Cattelan's new Family Business Gallery. Andrew has three paintings included in the "The Virgins Show" which was curated by my former painting professor Marilyn Minter. It was so cool to see the work of a former student in a Chelsea show and I was excited to hear that he has his first solo show on the way, amazing!

Another former student, Jess Brett, who recently spoke to our AP Art class has a show opening Thursday at 7pm this week as well in Toast Coffeehouse in Port Jefferson. Jess recently graduated from the Hartford Art School and the show, which will run throughout March, will showcase some of her new work.