Education
Ruffins attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City and Cooper Union.
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Reynold Ruffins
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With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Seymour Chwast, Ruffins founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. An illustrator of more than twenty children"s books, Ruffins is known for his "stylistic versatility, vibrant colors, and penchant for fanciful creatures." He has had many solo exhibitions and been part of group show exhibitions at Paris" Musée du Louvre, and in Milan, Bologna, and Tokyo. In 1954, he co-founded Push Pin Studios with fellow Cooper graduates Glaser, Sorel, and Chwast.
Commercial clients included International Business Machines Corporation, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Coca-Cola, Columbia Broadcasting System, Pfizer, the New York Times, Time Life, Fortune, Gourmet Magazine, and the United States. Post Office.
Ruffins entered the field of children"s book illustration in 1969, and throughout the 1970s and early 1980s he frequently collaborated with writer Jane Sarnoff. In 1991, Ruffins teamed with Whoopi Goldberg and Herbie Hancock to produce "Koi and the Kola Nuts," a highly praised video for children which was part of Rabbit Ears Productions" We All Have Tales series.
Teaching
A professor emeritus at City University of New York"s Queens College, Ruffins has also taught at the School of Visual Arts, Parsons The New School for Design, and was a visiting adjunct professor at Syracuse University.
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Ruffins was the recipient of the Augustus Saint Gaudens Award (presented by Cooper Union) for outstanding professional achievement in the arts The Cooper Union Presidential Citation was also presented to Ruffins for his work and prominence in his profession. Ruffins" work led to awards from the New York Art Directors Club and a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Ruffins won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award in 1997 for the book Running the Road to American Broadcasting Company (written by Denize Lauture).
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Illustrator Honor Award; Silver Medal Ruffins was the recipient of the Augustus St. Gaudens Award (presented by Cooper Union) for outstanding professional achievement in the arts. The Cooper Union Presidential Citation was also presented to Ruffins for his work and prominence in his profession. Ruffins' work led to awards from the New York Art Directors Club and a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Ruffins won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award in 1997 for the book Running the Road to ABC (written by Denize Lauture).Illustrator Honor Award; Silver Medal Ruffins was the recipient of the Augustus St. Gaudens Award (presented by Cooper Union) for outstanding professional achievement in the arts. The Cooper Union Presidential Citation was also presented to Ruffins for his work and prominence in his profession. Ruffins' work led to awards from the New York Art Directors Club and a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Ruffins won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award in 1997 for the book Running the Road to ABC (written by Denize Lauture).