Freedom of Speech for the cover of Smithsonian Magazine

by Melinda Beck | Feb 28, 2018 | blog, illustration | 0 comments

I was asked by Maria Keehan to re-envision Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom of Speech for the cover of Smithsonian Magazine. Growing up in New York City I never felt Norman Rockwell captured the America I knew, so I use a friend from my childhood as my model, thanks...

It is a honor to be in exhibitions at The Library of Congress and University of Indianapolis that celebrate the work of women illustrators.

by Melinda Beck | Jan 25, 2018 | blog, illustration, outside the studio | 0 comments

Deciding whether or not to come out at work for Fast Company.

by Melinda Beck | Nov 21, 2017 | blog, illustration | 0 comments

A Novelist Dissects the Claustrophobic Evil of Jim Crow: an illustration for this weeks New York Times Book Review.

by Melinda Beck | Oct 17, 2017 | blog, illustration | 0 comments

Alexander hamilton’s inner kleptocrat for The Baffler Magazine.

by Melinda Beck | Mar 3, 2017 | blog, illustration | 0 comments