Are you looking to create your first site? Is your existing site is looking tired? Is it a pain to maintain? A website is an essential promotional tool for visual artists. It’s a 24/7 venue to showcase your work and present yourself professionally to potential clients. The Graphic Artists Guild presents its next workshop, "WordPress... Continue Reading →
Gary Panter’s drawing tips
Thanks to illustrator Elizabeth (Sattler) Thieme,who wanted to pass along a blog post in Unbored, which features drawing tips by Gary Panter. For those in the dark, graphic artist Gary Panter has been called the "William Blake of artists". His book, Jimbo's Inferno, won an American Book Award in 2007. His cartoon style is characterized... Continue Reading →
Town of LaConner wants artists
The town of LaConner might evoke images of tulips or the stunning Skagit Valley. What about as an attraction for artists? LaConner is conducting a market analysis to determine the viability of an artist live/work project to attract artists to LaConner. The attached hard copy version of the survey outlines some project alternatives and proposals and... Continue Reading →
KidLit / YA / MG Open Mic Night October 23
Join us Tuesday, October 23rd at Richard Hugo House. Bring your work and sign up to read. We'd like to crowd the room. Excellent bar with drinks, coffee and light snacks. What could be better?
Diane Muldrow Recap!
What a great couple of days with Golden Books editorial director Diane Muldrow. We started things off with her rave-reviewed picture-book writing workshop. Diane provided workshop attendees with a brand new tool kit, full of tools to help smarten up any existing picture-book text. As both an author and an editor of picture books, Diane's... Continue Reading →
Spencer G. Shaw Lecture: Christopher Paul Curtis
Please join us for the University of Washington Information School’s annual Spencer G. Shaw Lecture on Thursday, October 25. This year’s lecture features Christopher Paul Curtis, award-winning author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963; Bud, Not Buddy; Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money; Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission; and Bucking the Sarge. His second novel Bud, Not Buddy... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman’s Mitten Drive
Great news from Wendy Wahman, illustrator of the forthcoming Snowboy 1, 2, 3, which was written by her husband, Joe Wahman. She writes: We're having a mitten drive to celebrate the launch of the book. Your mittens will be delivered to kids who will need them this winter. Please send new or lightly worn children's mittens... Continue Reading →
REMINDER: Professional Series Meeting TOMORROW!
Don't forget to: - reconfirm that sitter/spouse/neighbor/pet boarder - leave that microwaveable food in the freezer/soup on the stove/roast in the crockpot - fill up the gas tank/call your driver because tomorrow is: The October Professional Series Meeting, featuring Diane Muldrow, editorial director at Golden Books, and author of numerous picture books and chapter books... Continue Reading →
Farm-to-table reading events
An invitation from Philip Lee: September is Food Literacy Month and October is National Farm to School Month, so it's a good time to raise awareness about what and how we eat with kids and families. I'd like to invite SCBWI members to two events we're planning with Mockingbird Books in Green Lake... Continue Reading →
Apply now for Fall 2012 Inside Story
We are delighted to announce our Fall 2012 Inside Story. We hold this party twice a year to celebrate new books by local authors and illustrators, and to share the secret "stories behind the stories" with fellow children's book lovers. If you have a recently (or about-to-be) published book, you may be eligible to present... Continue Reading →