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Louisa Bertman is an activist, illustrator, [1] GIF artist and filmmaker [2] living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] She primarily creates digital art focused on sex, race, age, and cultural identity. [4] [5] Bertman utilizes the power of visual narratives to enable activism and change. Her art often includes graphic imagery.
Louisa Bertman is from Newton, Massachusetts. [3] Her parents are Richard Bertman, a sculptor, [6] and architect, [7] and Sandra Bertman, a thanatologist [8] and founding director of University of Massachusetts Medical School's Medical Humanities program. Her brothers are David Bertman, a television director and editor, [9] and Jonathan Bertman.
Bertman is currently Assistant Professor of Illustration and Visual Narrative at the Lesley University College of Art and Design. [10] She is an active illustrator, GIF artist, animator, [11] filmmaker, [12] [13] and NFT artist. [14]
Bertman has created work for The New York Times, [15] The Wall Street Journal, [16] Los Angeles Times , [17] ESPN's The Undefeated , [18] GQ , [17] The Root , [19] and The Nation . [20]
Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. It can also refer to computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various names have been used to describe digital art, including computer art, electronic art, multimedia art, and new media art.
The High School of Art and Design is a career and technical education high school in Manhattan, New York City, New York State, United States. Founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, the school moved to 1075 Second Avenue in 1960 and more recently, its Midtown Manhattan location on 56th Street, between Second and Third Avenues, in September 2012. High School of Art and Design is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation's oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art school in the United States. It was the first art college in the United States to grant an artistic degree.
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Andy Fish is a graphic novelist, born Andrew Tiberius Fish, is a comic book artist, illustrator, painter, and educator. He is known for his graphic novels and his series of books on how to illustrate in certain styles.
Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They are generally meant to be scientifically descriptive about subjects depicted and are often found printed alongside a botanical description in books, magazines, and other media. Some are sold as artworks. Often composed by a botanical illustrator in consultation with a scientific author, their creation requires an understanding of plant morphology and access to specimens and references.
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