The next Charlotte Artists Society Meeting will be Thursday October 15, 2009 at 7PM at the Queens Gallery on the Plaza.
Our speaker will be Jamie Franki who is currently an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he coordinates the Illustration program in the Department of Art and Art History.
For two years, he was a Master Designer in the United States Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program. In 2005, his American Bison Nickel reverse design was selected for a six-month minting. This Nickel was awarded a “COTY” (Coin of the Year Award) as the Most Popular World Coin of 2005. In January of 2006, his Jefferson 1800 Nickel obverse design began its long-term run on America’s new and historic forward-facing circulating coin. In 2008 Franki designed the Order of IKKOS Medallion, the United States Olympic Committee’s perpetual honor society award for Team USA coaches.
Franki received his MFA Degree in Illustration from Syracuse University. In addition to his twenty-one year practice of teaching art full-time on the College and University level, Jamie actively maintains an artistic practice in exhibition, numismatic design and visual communication. His artwork has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Society of Illustrators’ Museum of American Illustration in NYC, The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA, the San Francisco Art Directors’ Club and the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame. Selected clients for Jamie Franki’s artwork include the United States Mint, the United States Olympic Committee, the American Numismatic Association, the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, the Kenan Football Hall of Fame in Chapel Hill NC, the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, WFAE/NPR Charlotte, the NC State University Football Hall of Fame, the U.S. Home Corporation,
Greatly influenced by the artists of the Golden Age of American illustration, Jamie Franki strives to create narrative artwork that is rich in detail, expression and accessibility to a wide range of people.
