Philadelphia-based illustrator Armando Veve is a Forbes 30 Under 30 list designee. He has been awarded three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and gained international recognition when he was named an ADC Young Gun. His breath-taking and whimsical art has been commissioned by The New York Times, The New Yorker, National Geographic, the New Republic, Penguin Random House, the Poetry Foundation, Scientific American Mind, Smithsonian Magazine, Village Voice, and Mother Jones. That's just the short list. And, boy can he play the piccolo! He talks about the intersection between life, art, and music in delightful and inspiring ways.
Visit Armando Veve's instagram page and the Muse Mentors website to see his artwork.
Click on these links to see the artwork discussed in the podcast:
New York Times Baby Heart Monitor image
Truly Mango Lemonade images
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) recruitment poster
Mechanical Botanical
Special thanks to composer Mike Mower and Franceso Viola, whose brilliant piccolo playing graces this podcast episode.
Widor, Romance for flute and piano, Karen Kevra-flute, Jeffrey Chappell-piano
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