For the second year in a row, Irena Roman’s Freelance class had the privilege of collaborating with Worcester Magazine. This year’s assignment was to create a cover illustration for their popular and collectible Summer Guide.

Congratulations to winner Mel Stocker for her fun and colorful beach scene!

Also, congratulations to everyone in the class!

Even though the original plan was to publish just one cover illustration, art director Kim Vasseur said “The work was so amazing, we had to share all of it with the readers.”

So every image (along with a bio of each artist) was published throughout the guide, several as full-page illustrations!