See tomorrow's illustrators, today, as Sheridan grad show opens Thursday

Each year about this time, the public gets to see the best work of tomorrow's illustrators with the Sheridan Illustration 2010 grad show. (the example above is by Heather Brindely).
Regular readers of this blog know that I am a great fan of illustration and lament that it is not used as often as might be in Canadian magazines. If, nevertheless, illustration is thriving, it is largely because of this important program,offering a four-year degree from Canada's largest art school.
The talent is on display at the opening on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Burroughes Building, 639 Queen Street West, Toronto.

The title of the show is "Illustrators are multidimensional", and to demonstrate this, each of the 76 graduates created 1-foot-square cubes with images, colours, self-portraits and type, demonstrating the dynamic power of illustration. They transported them around Toronto to show how illustration can cut through clutter. They made a video of what transpired:

Individual grads' work.