either torture or art direction.) Evolution In 2014 Guay launched a Kickstarter project collecting her artworks from 1993 to 2014, EVOLUTION. It was successfully funded by her fans in March of the same year (reaching over three times its intended goal of $36,000 at $124,057) and arrived from publication in January, 2015. Teaching Guay has been an instructor at the Pratt Institute and a guest lecturer at the Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Massachusetts, Rhode Island School of Design and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Guay is also the creator of two professional mentorship programs, the Illustration Master Class at Amherst College and its online sister program, the SmArt School. Awards and honors Guay's work won as Best in Show at Gen Con in 2004, and she was elected Best Artist in 2005 by InQuest Magazines Fan Choice Awards. Guay's work on Sandman: The Book of Destiny was nominated for Eisner Award in 1998, and Flight of Angels for Vertigo was a 2013 YALSA pick. Guay has received multiple awards for her gallery work and has been the recipient of several industry honors, including two gold medals from Spectrum. Personal life Guay resides in Amherst, Massachusetts with her husband, artist Matthew Mitchell. References External links Official website, past and current work Official website, fine art/gallery work EVOLUTION: The Art of Rebecca Guay Kickstarter Page "Elvish Piper" Magic card Rebecca Guay at R.Michelson Gatherer Search - Cards Illustrated by Rebecca Guay Illustration Master Class at Amherst College SmArt School 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American painters 21st-century American women artists American illustrators American speculative fiction artists American women illustrators American women painters Artists from Massachusetts Fantasy artists Game artists Living people Role-playing game artists Year of birth missing (living people)