Academics . Illustration . Faculty . Suzanne McGinness
Suzanne McGinness
Title Assistant Professor | Chair of Illustration
Department Illustration
Phone 216.421.7000
Courses BFA Thesis + Exhibition | Illustration for Publication | Illustration II | Illustration: BFA Preparation | Layout Rendering Techniques | Picture Book Illustration
Suzanne McGinness completed her BFA in Illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She received a Master of Arts in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art through Anglia Ruskin University, England in 2009.
Suzanne is the author and illustrator of the picture book My Bear Griz, a White Raven Winner of 2012. She currently works as a children’s book illustrator and as faculty member for the Illustration Department, Pre-College Program, and adult Continuing Education programs at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is passionate about the growing field of Picture Book illustration and the multi-dispiliary approach of creating sequential art.
Degree MA, Cambridge School of Art
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, BFA
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