Jay Peteranetz
Illustration professor
Education
- M.F.A., sequential art, Savannah College of Art and Design
- B.F.A., sequential art, Savannah College of Art and Design
Credentials
Teaching
- Professor, illustration, September 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
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Chair, media arts, October 2016–2018
Adjunct professor, 2013–2016, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver
- Adjunct professor, foundation studies, 2015–2016, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver
- Instructor, writing and drawing, 2015, Lighthouse Writer’s Group, Denver
- Instructor, graphic storytelling, 2011–2012, Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO
Professional
- Consultant, 2017–present, Marvel Comics and Upper Deck Entertainment, Carlsbad, CA
- Illustrator, 2017, Len Goldberg, Niwot, CO
- Illustrator, 2017–present, Squirt Gun Studios, LLC., Thorton, CO
- Designer, 2016–2017, Denver Christkindl Market, Denver
- Illustrator, 2016, R.H. Productions, LLC., Denver
- Illustrator, 2016, Hard Rock Café, Denver
- Cover Artist, 2016–present, Action Labs Entertainment, Pittsburgh
- Designer/contributing author, 2016, 5280 Geek, Denver
- Illustrator, 2012–present, Pop Culture Classroom, Denver
- Featured artist/illustrator, 2012–present, Denver Comic Convention, Denver
- Illustrator, 2012–present, Handlordz, LLC., Denver
- Illustrator/designer, 2015–2017, Bruce and Linda Erley, Denver
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- #1 Deck for Cardistry 2017 by Magic Orthodoxy, WTF Cardistry
- 2017 Deck of the Year by United Cardistry, WTF Cardistry
- Featured Artist in Comic Book Showcase art show at John A. Jellico Gallery, June 2017
- Interview for The Daily Camera for a feature article on the Pop Culture Classroom, 2015
- Interview for The Denver Post for a feature article on the Pop Culture Classroom, 2015
- Featured guest on Nerd United Podcast episodes #37 and #52, 2015
- Featured guest on Girls of Geek 12: Artist Spotlight, 2015
- Badge/display/billboard/poster/shirt artist for Denver Comic Convention, May 2015
- Cover artist for and feature article in Strange Aeons Magazine, Issue #14, March 2014
- Art Institute of Colorado Faculty Art Show, January–March 2014
- Drop Dead Gore-geous Art Show, May–June 2012
- Colorado Alliance of Illustrator's Fifth Annual Art show, May 2012
- Minimum Paige Comic Anthology, quality entrant recognition, August 2011
- Silent auction/art exhibit for Geneva Glen, September 2010
- Dean's list 10 out of 12 quarters as an undergraduate student, September 2000–May 2004
- Foundations Art Exhibit at SCAD May 2001
- Awarded rank of Eagle Scout, January 1997
Publications and presentations
Presentations
- Featured guest artist for Broderick, Estes Park Comic Con, Estes Park, Colo., July 2018
- Featured vendor and guest presenter, Fort Collins Comic Convention, September 2015–2017
- Panelist for three panels: Character Design, Comic Art, and Storyboarding/Animatics (2015) and mediated a panel on comic book page layout (2014), Denver Comic Convention, 2012-2018
- Guest speaker, Dorchester Elementary, April 2015–2017
- Guest speaker, The Academy, January 2015
- Guest speaker, Pop Culture Classroom Session at Brighton Academy, November 2014
- Guest speaker, Youth One Book One Denver, July 2014
- Presenter, Comics in the Classroom: Using Sequential Art to Enhance Literacy, Rocky Mountain Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, June 2012