Ilene Winn-Lederer and Joe Morse participate in 2009 tapestry project

Recently, 44 artists from around the world created a New Bayeux Tapestry depicting events from each week in 2009. Ilene Winn-Lederer illustrated 3 weeks in April for the tapestry, and Joe Morse illustrated the week with July 4. The original Bayeux Tapestry was stitched together by unknown French women and showed current events from 1066. The new version is about 70 feet long, and is on exhibit at Steendrukkerij Amsterdam gallery until February 2. For more information, visit the website below.

http://www.newtapestry.org/HD300/

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Ilene Winn-Lederer finishes her illustrated Torah for Pomegranate

Ilene Winn-Lederer has finished working on a five-year book project for Pomegranate Books. Between Heaven and Earth: An Illustrated Torah Commentary will be published this summer. The project has been the biggest creative challenge of Ilene's career, and here's what she has to say about working on it:

"Since I had determined that Between Heaven & Earth: An Illustrated Torah Commentary would be primarily a work of art, I decided not to render the entire text of the Old Testament. Instead, I read extensively and repeatedly through the text in order to choose quotations that spoke to me as an artist. At that point, I requested and obtained permission to use portions of an authorized English translation in my book. I was then faced with designing the core of this project. Figuring out a visual language to express the complex codes for ethical living, the byzantine cast of characters, historical events, and codes for ethical living that is the Torah required nearly two years alone. The research, book design, and illustration became an integral part of my life, permeating even the most ordinary activities. The illustrations are rendered in what I like to call 'tradigital' media; an intuitive fusion of traditional pen and ink drawing with digital design.

Because I expected that my drawings might raise more questions than they answered, I kept detailed notes throughout the research and working process, organizing and shaping them into the cohesive, documented commentary that accompanies the illustrations. This in itself was a job equal in complexity to the visual portion of the project. The result, while completely labor-intensive, has also been a labor of love. It will, I hope, be a treasured inspirational and learning resource for generations to come."

Reviews from the following publications are available upon request:
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

The Baltimore Jewish Times

The Jewish Daily Forward
Hadassah Magazine

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Heflinreps American Illustration 27 Winners

Our artists Greg Clarke, Miguel Gallardo, Tatsuro Kiuchi, and Rutu Modan have artwork selected for the AI 27 annual book due out in February 2009. Joe Morse and Ilene Winn-Lederer also have pieces chosen for the website.

Greg Clarke has a series of six images he did for Real Simple Magazine selected called "You've Got Mice." He also has a New York Times Book Review cover chosen for the website only. Miguel Gallardo has a personal piece called "Barcelona Skyline" selected for the book and three other editorial images chosen for the website.

Tatsuro Kiuchi has three works selected: "Pass the Cheer," part of the 2007 Starbucks holiday campaign, "Ya-te-veo," an illustration for the book Beasts!, and "New Year Travel," an illustration of animals on a plane that also received the Bronze medal in the 3x3 Pro Show.

Rutu Modan will have "Stranger's Eyes" published in the annual, an image for a CD booklet. Chosen for the website are Joe Morse's illustration of "Snoop Dog" for Rolling Stone and two images by Ilene Winn-Lederer, "Betrayal & Rebellion," and "The Beast of Mass Destruction." They are both from her upcoming book, "Between Heaven & Earth," from Pomegranate.

You can see all the entries at the American Illustration website at http://www.ai-ap.com/. Click on AI27 and search for the artist by name.

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