{"id":7805,"date":"2009-08-01T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T14:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2009-08-01T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T18:54:47","slug":"jet-alums-in-the-art-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/01\/jet-alums-in-the-art-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alums in the art world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zmongoose\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7808\" title=\"zandra\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zandra.jpg\" alt=\"zandra\" width=\"93\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zandra.jpg 270w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zandra-162x300.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a>JetWit has become increasingly aware of JET alum artists doing interesting work and making names for themselves in the art world.\u00a0 Below is a little background on a few of them (though there are many more out there).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for more JetWit posts on art and JET alumni.\u00a0 You can also see a more <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/art\/\">complete list of JET alums in the art world<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/art\/\">Art section<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/\">Library<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.flickr.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zmongoose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zandra Ellis<\/a> (Nagasaki-ken, 2005-09) \u2013 Bronx, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Painter and writer &#8211;<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.flickr.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zmongoose\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1248876857_2\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zmongoose\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Born in the Bronx to Jamaican immigrants, Zandra Ellis cut her milkteeth on Marley, manga and museums; 17 years later, she emerged blinking in the sunlight, from <span id=\"lw_1249134754_0\">LaGuardia High School<\/span> with a diploma stamped &#8220;Art.&#8221;\u00a0 Somehow she ended up studying <span id=\"lw_1249134754_1\">English Literature<\/span> in college. Nagasaki Prefecture&#8217;s Emukae Town (pop. 6,700,) warmly embraced Zandra as an ALT who loved drawing on the board and attending the local pottery class (&#8217;05-&#8217;09).\u00a0 Currently working on: freelance gigs\/portraits for hire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"..\/library\/art\/www.MANYAandROUMEN.com\" target=\"_blank\">Manya Tessler<\/a> (Wakayama-ken, 1998-2000) \u2013 Brooklyn, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manyaandroumen.com\/collections.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7807\" title=\"big_owlandpussycat_doorway\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/big_owlandpussycat_doorway.jpg\" alt=\"big_owlandpussycat_doorway\" width=\"130\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/big_owlandpussycat_doorway.jpg 459w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/big_owlandpussycat_doorway-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Jewelry \u2013 <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.manyaandroumen.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manyaandroumen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1248877765_0\">www.MANYAandROUMEN.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"lw_1248877765_0\">Children\u2019s book illustrations \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yukis-Ride-Home-Manya-Tessler\/dp\/1599900238\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1249012794&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yuki\u2019s Ride Home<\/em><\/a> (See interview with her from JETAA NY Newsletter at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/profiles\/tessler-manya\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/profiles\/tessler-manya<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manyaandroumen.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;engaging&#8221; story<\/a> of how she and her husband met and began designing jewelry together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Manya&#8217;s children&#8217;s book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yukis-Ride-Home-Manya-Tessler\/dp\/1599900238\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1249012794&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yuki&#8217;s Ride Home<\/em><\/a>&#8221; was published by Bloomsbury in 2008. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yukis-Ride-Home-Manya-Tessler\/dp\/1599900238\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1249012794&amp;sr=8-1\">Read more<\/a>)\u00a0 She received an Honorable mention in Category 1 of the Women&#8217;s Jewelry Association 2009 DIVA Design Competition. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensjewelry.org\/DIVAAwards\">Read more)<\/a> She and her husband, Rouman, received the Mort Abelson New Designer of the Year Award at the JA NY Summer Show. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljewelernetwork.com\/njn\/content_display\/fashion\/e3id6fb87e6d7096776ae3dbaff253755ac\">Read more<\/a>)\u00a0 And the independent film &#8220;Adam&#8221; being shown at the 2009 Sundance Festival features several of Manya&#8217;s illustrations. (<a href=\"http:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/2009\/film_events\/films\/adam\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/leesean.net');\" href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lee-Sean Huang<\/a> (Oita-ken, 2003-06) \u2013 New York, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lee-Sean Huang is New York-base <span id=\"lw_1249134760_0\">multimedia artist<\/span> who <span id=\"high_2\">explores<\/span> the creative and social possibilities found in the junction of technology, design and art.\u00a0 Recent works include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A computer-generated <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/2008\/10\/29\/icm-midterm-portrait-of-mao\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1249134760_1\">portrait of Mao<\/span><\/a> constructed from the text of the <span id=\"lw_1249134760_2\">Little Red Book<\/span><\/li>\n<li>An <span id=\"lw_1249134760_3\">interactive music installation<\/span> consisting of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/2008\/12\/18\/headbangerphones-itp-winter-show-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1249134760_4\">headphones<\/span><\/a> that create a unique listening experience based on the wearer&#8217;s movements<\/li>\n<li>And a Japan-inspired <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/2009\/04\/20\/odi-et-amo-the-music-video\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1249134760_5\">animation and performance piece<\/span><\/a> based on a poem by Catullus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lee-Sean is a co-founder of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/hepnova.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1249134760_6\">Hepnova Multimedia<\/span><\/a>, an interdisciplinary design collective and genre-defying band, and is currently a masters student at ITP, the Interactive Telecommunications Program at <span id=\"lw_1249134760_7\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\">NYU Tisch School of the Arts<\/span>.\u00a0 Catch up with Lee-Sean at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1249134760_8\">leesean.net<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>JetWit Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/em><\/span><em> Lee-Sean is also the JETAA NY webmaster, helped me get the JetWit site set up and is the one I call whenever there&#8217;s a &#8220;JetWit emergency.&#8221;)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"477\" height=\"380\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AfujRIThGA\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JetWit has become increasingly aware of JET alum artists doing interesting work and making names for themselves in the art world.\u00a0 Below is a little background on a few of them (though there are many more out there).\u00a0 Click here for more JetWit posts on art and JET alumni.\u00a0 You can also see a more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[75,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-website"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-21T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7805"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7812,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions\/7812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}