Our Sponsored Artist for Comic Con 2023 is...
Remember when you were a child, following along as a teacher had you fold paper, then cut shapes into it with scissors— unsure about exactly what you were doing— only to unfold it and discover that you’d created a wondrous, magical snowflake?
Now imagine increasing the degree of complexity a hundredfold, cutting the paper by hand with a scalpel, doing it in 3-D— and you’ll begin to understand what we’re about to unveil.
After much consideration and deliberation, it is with tremendous excitement that we present our San Diego Comic Con 2023 Sponsored Artist…
Daria Aksenova
From our inception, part of the mission of the Kevin Workman Foundation has been not only to try to cultivate the best and the brightest rising-star visual artists, but also to expose work that is fresh and unusual to a much wider audience that has very likely never seen anything quite like it before— we think you’ll agree that our selection fits the bill!
Daria uses ink as an unforgiving medium that precludes editing and demands precision. Individual elements are then hand-cut with a scalpel and suspended against each other, achieving the desired depth. Her technique demands a steady hand and unfailing commitment, often requiring over a hundred hours of dedication and intimacy with each piece to create her enchanting shadowboxes -- she even makes her own frames!
We encourage you to follow Daria on Instagram, and to visit her website to see more of her incredible work: https://www.instagram.com/dariaaksenovaart (@dariaaksenovaart)
https://dariaaksenova.com/
We look forward to seeing you all at Comic Con and to introducing you to Daria and her work— come visit us at booth #934!
2023 Sponsored Artist Selection
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Dear Friends and Followers:
In the interest of transparency and full disclosure, we wanted to update you on the status of our Sponsored Artist Search for SDCC 2023. Due to some scheduling issues, we're running a little behind. We've selected our finalists for this year, and we are in the process of interviewing them and reviewing their applications (again). Our sincere thanks to *everyone* who applied -- as usual, our selection committee is not having an easy time of selecting a winner! We anticipate being able to announce our selection before the end of March. In the meantime, follow us on Instagram for some awesome cosplay pix from WonderCon this weekend (March 24-26). |
AIRLOCK SECURE!
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The application period for our San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Sponsored Artist has closed, and our Selection Committee has really got its work cut out for it.
THANK YOU to all of the artists who applied! We’ll be posting updates in the coming weeks and letting you know where we are in the selection process. Best of luck to all applicants! |
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Launch Control...
WE HAVE LIFTOFF!
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The search for our SDCC 2023 Sponsored Artist begins NOW!
This will mark our 10th year (a decade!) in service to the art and fandom community, where we provide early-career artists a life-changing opportunity to attend and exhibit at San Diego Comic-Con International. Do you know a talented visual artist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, or videographer? Are YOU one? Inspire and be inspired -- APPLY TODAY! Click Here for more information and our application form! |
Our Sponsored Artist for Comic Con 2022 is...
It's not deja vu... it's not a glitch in the Matrix!
We originally made this announcement on March 11, 2020 -- about a week before the world went all Stranger Things and turned upside-down.
Here we are nearly 2.5 years later, and we're happy to announce that we'll be back at San Diego Comic Con for 2022, along with our Sponsored Artist originally selected for 2020!
It is with great excitement that we present our Comic Con 2022 Sponsored Artist...
Daniel Ibanez!
From our inception, part of the mission of the Kevin Workman Foundation has been not only to try to cultivate the best and the brightest rising-star visual artists, but also to expose work that is fresh and unusual to a much wider audience.
Daniel is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based husband, father, teacher, and artist who is as talented as he is prolific, and exhibiting at Comic Con will present him with an amazing opportunity to accomplish just that.
Excelling in a number of traditional mediums as well as digital, Daniel effortlessly transitions between myriad styles and subject matter: everything from neo-impressionist landscapes and still-lifes to otherworldly, Frazetta-inspired fantasy scenes.
We encourage you to follow Daniel on Instagram to see his latest updates, as well as visit his website to see more of his incredible art: https://www.instagram.com/mambobon (@mambobon)
https://www.danielibanez.net
We look forward to seeing you all again at Comic Con and to introducing you to Daniel and his work -- come visit us at booth #934!
We originally made this announcement on March 11, 2020 -- about a week before the world went all Stranger Things and turned upside-down.
Here we are nearly 2.5 years later, and we're happy to announce that we'll be back at San Diego Comic Con for 2022, along with our Sponsored Artist originally selected for 2020!
It is with great excitement that we present our Comic Con 2022 Sponsored Artist...
Daniel Ibanez!
From our inception, part of the mission of the Kevin Workman Foundation has been not only to try to cultivate the best and the brightest rising-star visual artists, but also to expose work that is fresh and unusual to a much wider audience.
Daniel is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based husband, father, teacher, and artist who is as talented as he is prolific, and exhibiting at Comic Con will present him with an amazing opportunity to accomplish just that.
Excelling in a number of traditional mediums as well as digital, Daniel effortlessly transitions between myriad styles and subject matter: everything from neo-impressionist landscapes and still-lifes to otherworldly, Frazetta-inspired fantasy scenes.
We encourage you to follow Daniel on Instagram to see his latest updates, as well as visit his website to see more of his incredible art: https://www.instagram.com/mambobon (@mambobon)
https://www.danielibanez.net
We look forward to seeing you all again at Comic Con and to introducing you to Daniel and his work -- come visit us at booth #934!
Sponsorship Program
Offered to promising artists or creative professionals who use technology in novel ways to inspire or advance the fields of popular arts, videography, photography, game design, writing, and social media.
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Educational Program
Provides skill development, tutoring, and mentoring for future generations of artists and creative professionals with the aim of maximizing each individual's opportunity to pursue work in or be inspired by the fields of popular arts.
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