School of Visual Arts
  Lita Talarico
Co-chair, MFA Design Department, School of Visual Arts. Formerly, Founding managing editor, American Illustration & Photography; reporter-at-large, Italian Design Graphis
Education: BA, Empire State College; MFA, School of Visual Arts
Professional experience includes: Advisor, Charrette; design competition, U.S. Port of Entry at Massena, NY; architect selection consultant: Cleveland Museum of Art, National World War II Memorial Design Competition; project director: Whitehall Ferry Terminal Design Competition; Pritzker Architecture Prize Annual Jury Meeting; project coordinator, Italian Manifesto Conference, International Design Conference in Aspen
Publications include: Co-author, Design Schools Confidential; Design Entrepreneur; Design Career: A Practical Guide for Beginning Illustrators and Graphic Designers. Co-author, Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Greatest Graphic Designers; co-editor, Graphis Publication Design; associate editor, Art Against War, New York Observed
Awards and honors include: Visiting scholar, American Academy in Rome; advisory board member emeritus, Adobe Partners by Design