Classroom integration of research
Roselyn Tejada – illustrated double-page feature on theme of “Rituals”Elena Leung – final illustrationRoselyn Tejada – In-class “Day in the Life” diary entry exercise, written from another character’s point of viewElena Leung – In-class “Mapping the World” exerciseRoselyn Tejada – Artifact from in-class active imagination sessionElena Leung – Artifact from in-class active imagination sessionImagination in Practice: Using Creative Visualization as a Research Method in the Classroom, 2026
I use creative visualization exercises to encourage students to approach imagination as an active process that supports the development of a personal language. Selected student work was featured in a peer-reviewed presentation in July 2026 at the national ICON13 Illustration Conference.
1. Home Is the Walk Back, Bonnie Chen 2026 2. Home Is a Shrine, Jigdrel Dhendup 2026 3. Home Is a Taza de Barro, Randy Vilchis 2026 4. Home Is a Found Family, Trisha Roy 2026 5. Home Is the Ackee in Ackee & Salt-fish, Abigail Radway 2025 / 6. Home Is a Filled Vase, Nisa Philippou 2025 / 7. Home Is Blooming with Marigolds, Aryan Manas 2025 / 8. Home Is a Warm Scarf, Joseph McCoy 2025 / 9. Home Is a Hibiscus in Summer, Scarlet Hernandez 2024 / 10. Home Is a Silent Plate of Fruit, Vivian Luo 2024 / 11 Home Is a Basketball, Jeremiah Rorie 2024 / 12. Home Is a Garden, Jenny Mao 2024
Home Is: Illustrating Objects of Memory, 2024/25/26
A cumulative exhibit of more than 50 student illustrations exploring the question ‘What is home?’ through layers of meaning embedded in a single “memory object.” Students practice storytelling within a nonlinear compositional structure. A collaboration with the Queens College Linguistics Department. On long-term public display in Queens Hall. Images © the individual artists.
1. Jia Qin Lin / 2. Jiahao Yu / 3. Farhin Puspita / 4. Thais Mendez / 5. Altish Jawaid / 6. Hayko Reyes
Portrait: Person and Place, 2024
Nineteen portraits exploring identity through connections to place, created by undergraduate illustration students. This project asks students to construct a narrative through organized compositional arrangement. Scheduled for long-term public display in Queens Hall. Images © the individual artists.