Cross-disciplinary collaboration



1. Madison Saillant 2026 / 2. Patsy Escotto 2026 / 3. Ching Laam Lo 2026 / 4. Valeria Lugardo 2026 / Candace Anderson 2025 / Amanda Baez 2025 / Nisa Philippou 2025 / Divya Kayharee 2025

Student Choreography Showcase, 2025/26
Collaboration with Prof. Edisa Weeks (Dance) to integrate Illustration Portfolio students into the Student Choreography Showcase. Students developed posters promoting the individual performances of sonder (2025) and Perceptions (2026), which were exhibited at Goldstein Theatre. Images © the artists.


Inside the Godwin-Ternbach Museum: A Coloring Book for All Ages, 2025–2026
Collaboration with Maria Pio, co-director of the Godwin–Ternbach Museum, to develop an educational coloring book. Two recent alumni helped establish the visual direction and created sample illustrations. Illustration II and Illustration Portfolio students selected objects from the museum’s collection and created illustrations for inclusion in the final coloring book, published by the museum in Spring 2026. Images © the artists.

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1. Pentheus campaign by Jieun Lee / 2. Dionysus grafitti by Jieun Lee / 3. Pentheus campaign by Nikita Gaykov / 4. Diionysus grafitti by Nikita Gaykov / 5–6. Performance photos by Dominick Totino

The Bakkhai, 2025
Collaboration with Prof. Meghan Healey (Theatre) to integrate Design students into the Queens College production of The Bakkhai, where they developed in-world political graffiti used onstage as scenic elements and online as promotional materials. Images © the artists.


1. Gesture drawing / 2. Creating relationships from musical triggers / 3. Group work to develop live-action, three-panel comics

Theatrical Composition and Gesture for Illustrators, 2023–2024
In-class workshop developed with theatre director Kelly O‘Donnell, designed to connect the language of narrative across disciplines. Featuring actors Imani Pearl Williams and Kelly Letournou.


1. Hayko Reyes / 2. Thais Mendez / 3. JiaQin Lin / 4. Asma Fashimi

Fall Dance Concert, 2024
Collaboration with Prof. Edisa Weeks (Dance) to integrate Illustration Portfolio students into "Unfolding: Fall Dance Concert." Students developed posters promoting the individual performances, which were exhibited at Goldstein Theatre. Four illustrations were selected by the Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance as the official posters for the concert. Images © the artists.
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