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34<br />
WOMEN<br />
ILLUSTRATE<br />
THEIR 2021<br />
DREAMS<br />
AUTUMN 2020
a<br />
s we enter the last few months of 2020,<br />
there is an opportunity to hope for a better<br />
2021. We asked this group of creative<br />
women – from 9 countries – to do just that.<br />
What follows are their illustrated dreams<br />
for the next year.<br />
While the participants did not see each<br />
other's work before publication, a number<br />
of common themes emerge. On the eve of<br />
the U.S. election, some reference political<br />
change, others are focused on personal<br />
growth, family and friends.<br />
We encourage you to take time to study<br />
these illustrations carefully. Some<br />
surprises and subversions are in the details.<br />
Finally, we ask you, our readers, to<br />
imagine what you would illustrate if given<br />
this challenge.<br />
We wish you happy, healthy holidays and<br />
hope to see you again early next year.<br />
Suzette Moyer<br />
Sara Quinn<br />
Kris Viesselman<br />
Cover illustration by Erin Robinson
Jess Blanchard | Virginia
Jennifer Orkin Lewis | New York
Elena Montobbio | Italy
Amy Ning | California
Marta Sevilla | Spain
Anita L. Arambula | California
Carrie Mifsud | New York
Gayle Kabaker | Massachusetts
Be Boggs | California
Dian Holton | Washington, D.C.
Arinda Craciun | Germany
Tiffany Jan | California
Ellen Weinstein | New York
Monica Edwards | California
Gabriela Salem | Argentina
Sara Gironi Carnevale | Italy
Natasha Padhiar | New York<br />
Hope gives us a reason to dream, and<br />
dreams motivate us to act. We have<br />
seen how the magic of hope--the power<br />
within--has made us resilient during<br />
these uncertain times.<br />
Hope has shown us how love and<br />
humanity can work to erase hate. We’ve<br />
seen the kindness of community, the care<br />
of helping hands, and the appreciation<br />
for those we may have taken for granted.<br />
Hope has pushed so many of us to look<br />
within, and find our purpose. We’ve seen<br />
so many find solace in new passions or<br />
skills, and find ways to achieve goals that<br />
had been put on the back burner. We’ve<br />
also seen that everyone has a different<br />
way of coping, and give importance to<br />
self-care and stillness in our lives.<br />
Hope has given us remarkable collective<br />
action. We’ve seen how folks have<br />
used their time, energy, and voices to<br />
advocate for change, to raise awareness.<br />
We’ve seen how loud those voices that<br />
support and encourage others can be.<br />
As we continue to be resilient in this<br />
fight, continue to make sacrifices and<br />
cope with changes, we see the magic<br />
of hope push us forward, guide us to<br />
dream of a better future, see value in<br />
ourselves, and do more for our collective<br />
transformation.<br />
Essay and Art by Natasha B. Padhiar
Nuri Ducassi | Florida
Tonia Cowan | New York
Erin Robinson | New York
Jing Li | China
Sara Quinn | Minnesota
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota
Julie Elman | Ohio
Marilyn Gates-Davis | Maryland
Deborah Withey | Wales<br />
I went out into<br />
my garden<br />
in October<br />
and I did not<br />
find autumnal<br />
ochres, browns.<br />
pumpkins or<br />
aubergines.<br />
I found red.<br />
Red is blood.<br />
Red is bold.<br />
Red is love.<br />
Red is life.<br />
Red is hope.<br />
We need hope.<br />
That’s what<br />
I wish for.
Stef Choi | California
Suzette Moyer | Washington, D.C.
May-Ying Lam | Texas
Susana Sanchez | California
Susie Ang | Singapore
Isabel Espanol | France
Jean Trumbo | Minnesota<br />
2020<br />
was hectic, chaotic,<br />
scary, unstable politics,<br />
COVID019, isolation, economic devastation,<br />
social unrest, climate changes<br />
from fires to hurricanes … exhausting my<br />
senses and challenging my creativity.<br />
My impulse has been to hunt and gather<br />
and try new things. The old ways of<br />
expressing myself — painting and drawing<br />
— didn’t seem adequate so I am<br />
experimenting. Sometimes art results,<br />
but that isn’t the point. Creativity as a<br />
means of survival is key. You have to<br />
survive before you can thrive. Making art<br />
for me has always been both.
Wesley Allsbrook | California
Index and bios<br />
01<br />
Jess Blanchard | Virginia<br />
Jess is a graphic artist, hand-letterer<br />
and illustrator based near Washington,<br />
D.C. She designs and illustrates<br />
children's books. Find her work at<br />
jessbstudio.com<br />
@jessblanchardstudio (insta)<br />
02<br />
Jennifer Orkin Lewis |<br />
New York<br />
Jennifer (aka August Wren) has a deep<br />
love of color, pattern and nature that<br />
are the foundation of her work as an<br />
artist, illustrator, author and teacher.<br />
Find her work at augustwren.com.<br />
@augustwren (insta)
03<br />
Elena Montobbio | Italy<br />
Elena is a journalist and graphic<br />
designer based in Milan. She can't fall<br />
asleep without reading a book. The<br />
deep blue ocean scares her, yet she is<br />
amazed by the mountains.<br />
@montobbioelena (insta)<br />
06<br />
Anita L. Arambula | California<br />
Ani is an award-winning illustrator,<br />
photographer and designer at the<br />
San Diego Union-Tribune. In her spare<br />
time, she creates recipes for her blog,<br />
confessionsofafoodie.me<br />
@afotogirl (insta & twitter)<br />
@anita_arambula (insta)<br />
04<br />
Amy Ning | California<br />
Amy is a Long Beach-based artist,<br />
born in Tokyo. She immigrated to<br />
Los Angeles in 1972. Find her work<br />
at amyning.com.<br />
@amyningvisuals (insta)<br />
@amyning1 (twitter)<br />
07<br />
Carrie Mifsud | New York<br />
Carrie is a colorful lady. She loves cats,<br />
caffeine, creativity. She is also a senior<br />
design editor at the New York Times.<br />
Find her work at carriegee.com.<br />
@carrielynnemifsud (insta)<br />
@clmifsud (twitter)<br />
05<br />
Marta Sevilla | Spain<br />
Marta works from her studio in<br />
Madrid on colorful and quirky illustrations.<br />
She rides a bike, writes stories,<br />
makes picture books and editorial<br />
illustrations. More at martasevilla.es<br />
and marlenaagency.com/marta-sevilla.<br />
@martasevilla (insta)<br />
@martasevillaart (twitter)<br />
08<br />
Gayle Kabaker |<br />
Massachusetts<br />
Gayle is an award-winning painter,<br />
writer and visual storyteller. Traveling<br />
to paint and draw is a big part of her<br />
life, and she uses her sketchbook to<br />
document her life. Find her work at<br />
gaylekabaker.com.<br />
@gaylekabaker (insta & twitter)
09<br />
Be Boggs | California<br />
Be is a Los Angeles-based artist who<br />
works in animation, digital illustration,<br />
painting, woodcarving and photography.<br />
She has had solo exhibitions at<br />
Sheila Olsen Gallery in Laguna Beach<br />
and ArtShareLA. Find her work at<br />
beboggs.com.<br />
12<br />
Tiffany Jan | California<br />
Tiffany is an illustrator and designer<br />
living in Los Angeles. She likes<br />
cooking sometimes, and eating all the<br />
time. Find her work at tiffjan.com<br />
@tiffjan (insta)<br />
@illustratedbe (insta & twitter)<br />
10<br />
Dian Holton | Washington, D.C.<br />
Dian is an art director at AARP,<br />
artist and stylist. Her background<br />
includes fashion, footwear design<br />
publishing, philanthropy, and travel.<br />
Find her work at dianholton.com.<br />
@dianholton (insta & twitter)<br />
13<br />
Ellen Weinstein | New York<br />
Ellen is an award-winning author/<br />
illustrator whose books include<br />
Recipes for Good Luck and Yayoi<br />
Kusama: From Here to Infinity for<br />
MoMA. Find her work at<br />
ellenweinstein.com.<br />
@ellenweinsteinilloz (insta)<br />
@eweinsteinilloz (twitter)<br />
11<br />
Arinda Craciun | Germany<br />
Arinda is a freelance illustrator and<br />
visual artist in Berlin working in<br />
different monotype techniques for<br />
editorial and books.<br />
@arinda.illustration (insta)<br />
@adnira79 (twitter)<br />
14<br />
Monica Edwards | California<br />
Monica Edwards, a resident of<br />
Silverado, finds inspiration for her<br />
art in the local coastal sage scrub and<br />
chaparral.<br />
@medwards610 (insta)
15<br />
Gabriela Salem | Argentina<br />
Gabriela Salem is an illustrator,<br />
designer, visual artist, writer and<br />
university teacher in Buenos Aires.<br />
Find her work at gabisalem.com.ar.<br />
@gabitasalem (insta & twitter)<br />
18<br />
Nuri Ducassi | Florida<br />
Nuri is an art director and illustrator<br />
who has led award-winning design in<br />
some of the top newsrooms in the U.S.<br />
and Canada. Her work appears in the<br />
Minneapolis Star Tribune.<br />
@nducassi (twitter)<br />
16<br />
Sara Gironi Carnevale | Italy<br />
Sara is an illustrator. Ironic, sometimes<br />
irreverent, she's always curious and<br />
constantly hungry for new ideas (or<br />
just hungry.) Find her work at<br />
saragironicarnevale.com<br />
@saragironicarnevale (insta)<br />
behance.net/saragironicarnevale<br />
19<br />
Tonia Cowan | New York<br />
Tonia is an artist who lives in the city<br />
and works at the Wall Street Journal.<br />
She draws people because "You're all<br />
really interesting."<br />
@teeceeto (insta)<br />
@ToniaCowan (twitter)<br />
17<br />
Natasha Padhiar | New York<br />
Natasha is an illustrator, writer, and a<br />
dream-believer. She is more recently<br />
shifting focus towards children's book<br />
and editorial work. Find her work at<br />
brightandbluestudio.com<br />
@brightandbluestudio (insta)<br />
@Tashhiiee (twitter)<br />
20<br />
Erin Robinson | New York<br />
Erin's illustrations have been<br />
featured in the New York Times and<br />
the Washington Post, among others.<br />
You can find her work on her Etsy<br />
shop, brooklyndolly.<br />
@brooklyndolly (insta)
21<br />
Jing Li | China<br />
Jing works as a freelance illustrator in<br />
Beijing. Find her work at jinglistudio.<br />
com and marlenaagency.com/<br />
jing-li-illustration.<br />
@i_am_jingwaa (insta)<br />
24<br />
Julie M. Elman | Ohio<br />
Julie is a professor at the School of<br />
Visual Communication at Ohio<br />
University. She teaches publication<br />
design, editorial illustration,<br />
typography and the creative process.<br />
Find her work at julie-elman.com.<br />
@joodlesbyjulie (insta)<br />
22<br />
Sara Quinn | Minnesota<br />
Sara is a designer, illustrator, educator,<br />
researcher who is easily distracted by<br />
wonderful visual things. … Look! Isn't<br />
that beautiful?<br />
@saradq (insta)<br />
@saraquinn (twitter)<br />
25<br />
Marilyn Gates-Davis |<br />
Maryland<br />
Marilyn is a painter and graphic<br />
designer whose work has been shown<br />
in small galleries, businesses and<br />
private collections. Find her at<br />
marilyngates-davis.com<br />
@mgdesigns_17 (insta)<br />
@MG_Davis (twitter)<br />
23<br />
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota<br />
Kris is a creative director, designer,<br />
editor, illustrator, painter, singer and<br />
traveler. She can usually be found in<br />
Minnesota, California, Washington,<br />
D.C. or Oslo.<br />
@krisv (insta & twitter)<br />
26<br />
Deborah Withey | Wales<br />
Deborah is an artist who believes in<br />
people and treasures and tells stories<br />
made of paper, pixels, paint, and<br />
natural finds. Find her work at<br />
cheeseandpickles.carbonmade.com.<br />
@deborahwithey (insta)<br />
@cheeseanpickles (twitter)
27<br />
Stef Choi | California<br />
Stef writes and draws in Los Angeles.<br />
She has designed characters for<br />
Cartoon Ne<strong>two</strong>rk and Nickelodeon<br />
and often sculpts characters in her<br />
ceramic studio. Find her work at<br />
stefchoi.com.<br />
@stef.choi (insta)<br />
30<br />
Susana Sanchez | California<br />
Susana has been an art director/<br />
visual journalist for 22 years.<br />
When she became a mother, she<br />
started creating art inspired by<br />
her culture. Find her work at<br />
thedesigningchica.com.<br />
@thedesigningchica (insta)<br />
@designingchica (twitter)<br />
28<br />
Suzette Moyer |<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
Suzette is a senior design editor at<br />
The Washington Post. She is lucky to<br />
have worked with many of the women<br />
in this <strong>magazine</strong>. She likes all kinds<br />
of flowers.<br />
@scmoyer (insta)<br />
@suzettemoyer (twitter)<br />
31<br />
Susie Ang | Singapore<br />
Susie is an illustrator and avid<br />
swimmer. She also writes poems<br />
and daydreams whenever her time<br />
is available. Find her work at www.<br />
susieang.com.<br />
@saucersusie (insta)<br />
29<br />
May-Ying Lam | Texas<br />
May-Ying is a freelance photographer/<br />
creator. She was previously a features<br />
and <strong>magazine</strong> photo editor at The<br />
Washington Post. Find her work at<br />
may-ying.com.<br />
@mayyin9 (insta & twitter)<br />
32<br />
Isabel Espanol | France<br />
Isabel Espanol, a Paris-based<br />
illustrator, likes collage and the hazards<br />
of using what she finds. She teaches<br />
at Lisaa school of graphic design. Find<br />
her work at isabelespanol.com and<br />
marlenaagency.com/isabel-espanol.<br />
@isabel_espanol (insta)
33<br />
Jean Trumbo | Minnesota<br />
Jean's work includes painting, drawing,<br />
collage, sculpture and mosaic.Personal<br />
geography, her work shows place and<br />
sensory experience of colors, shapes,<br />
textures, smells, sounds and feelings.<br />
@jeantrumbo (insta & twitter)<br />
Credits<br />
Founding editors<br />
Sara Quinn, Suzette Moyer, Kris Viesselman<br />
34<br />
Wesley Allsbrook | California<br />
Wesley draws and writes for fun and<br />
profit. Find her work at<br />
wesleyallsbrook.com.<br />
@wesleyallsbrook (insta & twitter)<br />
Creators<br />
A million thanks to all the contributors for<br />
donating their beautiful work.<br />
Type<br />
We used these typefaces, designed by<br />
women: Abril Fatface, Lusitana & Signika.<br />
(The logo is derived from Ziggurat italic by<br />
Hoefler&Co.)<br />
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