This year I worked with Learning Leaders to visit NY classrooms and share my work with kids. I did 8 visits between two classes over the course of 4 consecutive months. For the activity portion of my visit we made single sheet books where the kids had to tell a story with pictures only! It … Read more
I love the look and feel of Stonehenge Cream paper. Carl Titolo introduced us at SVA and I haven’t looked back. It takes charcoal, gel pen, pencil, and ink very well. I used it for the paintings in BIRD and OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR. For my next project, I would like to find a sturdier … Read more
Is your after school program being cut? A great alternative for kids who are looking for a place to be after-hours is your local library! Zetta and I popped in at the Brooklyn Public Library for a Monday afternoon book club meeting where BIRD was the featured book. The kids didn’t know we were coming … Read more
Afaliah has released her first single on I-Tunes! Download Ms. U today~
More great news for BIRD! The book is the winner (tied with another title) of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (from The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College) in the Grades 4 to 6 category. The list isn’t online yet, but if you check out “Paterson Prize for Books for Young … Read more
Great news! Quilt #4 sold yesterday. It will be missed. There are seven other available silkscreened drawings looking for a nice home. In the spirit of reality television shows, reserve one now before your favorite is voted off ;-).
The celebration has come and gone. We had a great turn out at the NYPL last night. My friends and family came out strong to share in my moment. Many thanks go to all committee members, the New York Public Library, and to the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation for such a wonderful honor. For those … Read more
Come out and meet nine of the thirteen contributing artists for OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR! We will be signing this Saturday from noon until 2PM at Books of Wonder.
A huge CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the amazing and talented Vanessa Newton on completion of her first picturebook LET FREEDOM SING. The book will be available this fall through Blue Apple Books. Vanessa is the illustrator of Derrick Barnes‘s Scholastic series, RUBY AND THE BOOKER BOYS! Her work is so stylish and fresh just like … Read more
From Emory’s Web site… The first public exhibition of papers and other memorabilia from the extraordinary archives of Georgia-born Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker will open at Emory University Thursday, April 23. The university will celebrate the opening with a daylong symposium on the author’s art and life Friday, April 24, followed by a public … Read more