Susan LeVan
Professional Title: Associate Professor, Chair of Illustration
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Illustration
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Illustration Department Chair
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Editorial Illustration; Senior Studio for Illustration; Junior Studio for Illustration; Illustration Internships
Education: MFA, Printmaking, Cranbrook Academy of Art (1977); BA, Anthropology, The University of Michigan (with Distinction) – Ann Arbor (1973)
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
Exhibitions:
- 2011, Susan LeVan and Diana Arcadipone, Roby King Galleries,
Bainbridge, WA - 2006-08 Yosemite: Art of an American Icon, The Museum of the American West, Los Angeles CA, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
I love coyotes, raccoons, crows, bears and most anything quadrupedal, furry or winged – and lots of other creatures too; I love to hike in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest where I call home and to read, mostly fiction – Haruki Murakami, Richard Ford, Carol Shields.
I am a well-traveled guide who wants to help you uncover your own passion and voice and to make work that comes out of those discoveries. The only criterion that matters: Does it work? The only way to get there? Make more work. The more you learn the more you learn, and the evolution of your work becomes more sophisticated, powerful, satisfying and speaks compellingly to others. This is true if you draw comics or build monumental installations.
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