Written by Ella Rue for for Designer magazine at New Jersey City University. The magazine describes the educational institutional partnership between the university and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Examples of William’s illustration work for a university project and his time as visiting professor at NJCU. Read the magazine
William Low at NYC’s High School of Art & Design
William is giving back to his high school NYC’s High School of Art and Design.. He is giving the illustration students a demonstration and showing them the best work of his own current students at Fashion Institute of Technology. Check out this amazing public high school: http://www.artanddesignhs.org
Ellis Island Illustration Gallery Show October 3-14
The show will run for 2 weeks, October 3-14 in the Student Gallery, which is in the Gilligan Student Union at Jersey City University. I will be attending the Opening (October 3 @ 4:30) with 3 pieces of my own work and work of my students from live sketching on Ellis Island/Spring Semester at NJCU. […]
Storied Cities exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art
The cover art for William Low’s book Old Penn Station will appear in an exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art. The exhibition is called Storied Cities and will run from October 2nd, 2011 to December 31, 2011. New York has long held special appeal for the illustrators and writers of children’s books, both as […]
Parkchester subway station murals open to public
Bronx, NY: The ParkChester subway station (#6 Line) is fully accessible to the Public. William Low has designed two murals for the interior of the Parkchester subway station for the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The two 11’ by 11’ foot high murals depicted morning and evening in the Parkchester neighborhood. William Low drew inspiration from the […]
William speaking to teachers at Barnes & Noble Huntington Station store
6/9/11 at 4 PM to 5 PM William will be speaking to a group of teachers at the Barnes & Noble store in Huntington (Walt Whitman Mall). This talk will be specific to this group of educators. Details are not on the store website as it is actually a private event – but you can […]
Ghost Hands by T.A. Barron and William Low reviewed in Kirkus
This book is due in book stores July 1, 2011 – but Kirkus has a review already! This is the second book William and T.A. Barron have done together. Many of your know Barron from the Merlin series and his Nature series. You can of course, pre-order the book at your local bookstore or […]
Creating a Bridge between Comics and Caravaggio
Spotlight on Huntington Arts Council Member Artist William Low: Creating a Bridge between Comics and Caravaggio. Dianne Matus for Huntington Arts Council 2009 “My parents certainly didn’t want me to be an artist when I was growing up in the Bronx,” explained artist William Low. “They said, ‘You should be a architect or an engineer. […]
Live sketching on Ellis Island in NYC
William Low will be teaching a course for New Jersey City University – a course that involves live sketching on Ellis Island in NY. Undergraduate illustration students will meet with William multiple times on the Ellis Island. The course will involve gathering reference for a reportage assignment on Ellis Island. William’s love of New York […]