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Fred Lynch (illustrator)

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Fred Lynch is an illustrator and educator from Cumberland, Rhode Island. He is an expert in journalistic illustration[1] and urban sketching[2], teaching and lecturing internationally about on-site art making.

Teaching

Lynch is an illustration professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has won the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.[3] He is also the recipient of the Carlos Dorrian Award for Teaching Excellence from the Montserrat College of Art.

Notable Students

Street artist Shepard Fairey's first project to garner international attention, the "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, which later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign, began in 1989 as an assignment in Lynch's class at the Rhode Island School of Design.[4]

References

  1. ^ Drawing on Experience in Italy
  2. ^ Urban Sketchers | Had to be There: Drawing on Experience
  3. ^ RISD Recognizes Excellence in Teaching
  4. ^ RISD XYZ: Ensuring a Strong Start p.62
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