We're proud to share this year's virtual authors display with the Moraine Valley Community College campus community. This collection highlights the amazing achievements of our faculty and staff, showcasing their published works from 2024. Please take a moment to explore this diverse array of contributions and join us in celebrating their remarkable accomplishments.
For fun, I created a piece inspired by the sounds of the summer cicada season.
I belong to a music collective. We are spread across the US and make music together from afar whenever we have time to devote to it. For this record, we were able to spend time together in Chicago to actually record music together, in person.
Bret contributed 2 songs to Dan Gauguin's second 2024 album, Banana Royale.
Across media, detailed textures and tireless repetition characterize my visual language. Thematically, I am fascinated by the precarity of our lives and decisions and frequently explore this fascination using imagery of plants, animals, and decay.
In Japanese, manga literally translates to "involuntary pictures," but the word is used to describe both comics and cartooning. - Vocabulary.com
The construction of a new railway in the post-industrial fantasy land of Ismyre might seem like an occasion to celebrate, but the railway workers are on the verge of striking due to miserable working conditions and meager pay. The airship worker’s union is striking, feeling neglected by the government’s extravagant railway spending. The Sisters of Our Lady Who Slumbers Under the Earth are protesting and sending petitions to the Prime Minister in hopes of stopping her from digging too deep in the sacred soil, lest their giant wyrm goddess be woken. The people are confused, frightened, angry, and frustrated with what feels like a massive slip in the democratic process. A protest march is heading to parliament, and the police have arrived in riot gear.
Eight hundred years ago an artist, whose life story is now lost to time, created what would become a national treasure in Japan. This was the first of four scrolls that now comprise the Choju Jinbutsu Giga, which translates roughly to “Caricatures of Animals and People”. This particular scroll is known for its anthropomorphic rabbits, frogs, monkeys, and other animals jumping, dancing, engaging in archery tournaments, having wrestling matches, and preparing feasts and prayers. Manga artist Fumiyo Kouno, probably best known to English-speaking audiences for her moving manga-turned-anime In This Corner of The World, brings the essence of this incredibly popular medieval artwork to Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography!
Raw emotion mixes with fantastical dreams in Rescue Party, creating a snapshot of a world constantly on the edge of uncertainty.
Reading the whole anthology cover to cover was an emotional trip that took me through the familiar hope, despair, humor, and regret that so many people experienced in a time that seems both uncomfortably recent and impossibly ancient.
Credits:
Created with images by Jirakrit - "Elegant olive green book cover mockup showcasing a minimalist design ideal for authors and designers seeking a tasteful presentation for their literary works." • Jon Anders Wiken - "Create, content and publish text on wooden sign post outdoors in nature. Writer, publisher, designer and author concept." • splitov27 - "Stereo headphones with a vinyl record. Neon, holographic light. gradient violet-green glow. Retro wave. Top view" • kucret - "Close up of sheet music covered in raindrops." • neirfy - "Pile of vintage books with open one on wooden shelf in library" • Tanu - "Vibrant assortment of fresh fruits displayed on a light background with a variety of textures and colors" • LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS - "Close up of paint brushes with pottery tools in bowls on table" • Woranuch - "Cozy Reading Nook with a Fuzzy Chair and a "Storytime" Neon Sign in a Loft." • Daniel - "Peaceful protest and revolution. Silhouette of riot protesting crowd demonstrators with banners and flags. People on the meeting, crowd with banners. illustration of conflict" • White bear studio - "stethoscope on color background. Health, medicine" • Mark Poprocki - ""philosophy". Many more word photos for you in my portfolio...." • LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS - "glass test tubes and flasks with colorful liquid on blue background with molecular structure" • -B-Alpha- - "A flower made of books, with petals formed by book spines, a pink center, and green leaves. The books are scattered around the flower. The image is on a light gray background."