#myICON: Featuring Artist Robyn Phillips-Pendleton
Robyn Phillips-Pendleton is a Newark, Delaware based artist, illustrator, designer, and lecturer with a BFA from VCU and an MFA from Syracuse, University. She has shown her work in illustration and fine art venues, both nationally and internationally. She is an Associate Professor of Visual Communications at the University of Delaware, is a United States Air Force artist, served on the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Four Freedoms National Advisory Board, and was a juror for its current international traveling exhibition. She lectures nationally and internationally about the historical connection between illustrated imagery and race, and is a chapter contributor to A Companion to Illustration (Wiley Blackwell), forthcoming in April 2019.
Where did you first learn about ICON?
I attended the first ICON in Santa Fe, NM, over 20 years ago, so it’s been on my radar for quite a while.
Tell us about the best part of your ICON experience.
That's super tough!! There were so many! I really enjoyed speaking at the Education Symposium and I LOVED the two workshops I participated in. The main stage events were very diverse, and the closing party was spectacular.
How has your experience with ICON impacted your creative career?
I met and was reintroduced to so many great people! Some of these experiences impacted the exposure of my work and subsequent speaking engagements.
Any advice for ICON first-timers?
Try to do as much as you can! Definitely go to workshops; they are quite a lot of fun and allow you to experience different methods of visual expression.
