Regarded as the most prestigious magazines on art and design, Professor Scott Bakal was recently interviewed for the September/October issue of Communication Arts magazine about his work and life as an illustrator.

Additionally, a week before the current semester began, Professor Bakal’s Dim Stars: Pollution Series of 9 paintings which have been awarded by American Illustration, 3×3, the Society of Illustrators and Lurzuer’s 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide was acquired by the New Britain Museum of American Art for their permanent collection.

The New Britain Museum, founded in 1903, is the first museum strictly dedicated to American Art in the country. Further, the Sanford B. D. Low Memorial Illustration Collection, begun in 1964 and comprising more than 1,700 works, is the nation’s first museum-based collection covering the history of American illustration from the 19th century to the present.

To see the entire Pollution series, visit here. And you can download the 8 page Communication Arts profile here.