Hartford Faculty
Jim Carson
Jim Carson holds a BFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He began working as a freelance illustrator in 1979 and has clients in the advertising, editorial, corporate, institutional, and publishing markets. His work has been in Society of Illustrators shows and he was a panelist at their symposium for illustration educators. He got his first Mac in 1989 and by 1997 also added graphic design to his business. He has also done in-house work for a children's book publisher.
Jim has been an instructor at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Massachusetts College of Art, R.I.S.D., Gordon College, Syracuse University, and the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. He has lectured in other design forums, as well. His widely demanded business course for graphic artists was singled out in the Art Institute of Boston's alumni magazine saying "most art colleges do not offer any course that compares.
