The Vesper George School of Art closed its doors in 1983. For many years the school contributed to the Boston, Massachusetts art community, training many talented artists, many of whom are still active in both commercial art and fine arts. In addition to training artists, it served to allow many artists to maintain a living as instructors while they were building their careers.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Dave Aldrich, graphic designer, book designer, art director ^[1]
• Amy Dacyczyn, author of The Tightwad Gazette
• Edmund V. Gillon, Jr., creator of more than 50 books, including The Great Sights of New York, South Street Seaport, New York Then and Now, Cast-Iron Architecture in New York and The Lower East Side and over 50 titles, plus his Cut & Assemble series in H-O scale.^[2]
• Vernon Grant, creator of The Love Rangers
• Robert McCloskey, creator of Homer Price and Make Way for Ducklings
• Jan Miner, actress
• John Terelak, American Impressionist
• Gale Fulton Ross, American Visual Artist
• Bill Tomlinson, design director^[3]
• Margaret Fellows White, Bangor and Verona Island, Maine artist
• Brian Codagnone, cartoonist, author and humorist; creator of the comic strips Misfits, S1019 and In The Zone and the humor column Emotional Chaos; author of the books Hey, America! It's Misfits Time! and The Hartford Whalers among others

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vesper George Alumni web site.
• Vesper George catalog