Show Time 24:00 min
This visual adventure presents the magic of the creative process—more specifically, how drawing can be a portal to the world of imagination. Chip Sullivan explores themes of personal motivation, mentorship, and environmental consciousness through the powerful medium of the visual narrative. The video concludes with a detailed explanation of how his award-winning book, "Cartooning the Landscape", was conceived and realized, from ideation to the production of the printed pages.Chip Sullivan, FASLA, FCELA, FAAR, is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. He holds a BA in Landscape Architecture and an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida. He is an artist, landscape architect and spiritual alchemist who maintains a lifelong commitment to exploring the potential of the garden to transform and elevate one’s consciousness. He is author and co-author of many popular titles in the discipline. Chip has been honored with the Jot Carpenter Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects, as well as recipient of a Rome Prize Fellowship and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship.
CHIP SULLIVAN
EDUCATION:
Art Students League, New York NY, Painting and Drawing, 1982
University of Florida, Gainesville FL, Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, 1977
University of Florida, Gainesville FL, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture, 1974SELECTED AWARDS:
Next Generation/Indie Book Award- Gold Medal, Wisdom of Place: A Guide to the Sacred Origins of Landscape, 2024
‘Calling all Creatives’ Design Competition, 2nd place award, Birmingham Architectural Association, collaboration with Elizabeth Boults, 2022
College of Fellows, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 2018
Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2016
Visiting Scholar, British School in Rome, 2015
Honor Award for Cartooning the Landscape, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 1st annual art exhibition, 2014
Fellowship/Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH; Spring 2009
First Place Award, East Bay Express Comic Competition, 2008
Bronze medal for A New Arcadia, San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, 2007
Excellence in Teaching Award, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 2007
Nominee for UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award, 2006, 2007, 2009
‘Everyday Hero’ Award for instructors who go above and beyond the call of duty, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Office of Student Research, 2005
Merit Award for Communication, Garden and Climate, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2002SELECTED AUTHORSHIP:
Wisdom of Place: Elemental Landscapes, Tarot Deck, co-authored with Elizabeth Boults, ORO Editions, 2024
Wisdom of Place: A Guide to Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape, co-authored with Elizabeth Boults, ORO Editions, 2023
Field Sketching for Environmental Designers, Routledge, 2023
Cartooning the Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2016
Impulse to Draw: Empowering Imagination for the Electronic Age, co-authored with Joseph Slusky, Norfolk Press, 2015
Dissected-Unraveled: Impulse to Draw Workbook, co-authored with Joseph Slusky, Norfolk Press, 2016
Drawing the Landscape, 4th edition, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2014SELECTED TEACHING:
Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley; 1987-present
College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley; 1994-1999, 2004, 2007<<