Friends of CBIG News

Carol (Klio) Burrell, who joined us for our Dickens exhibit this year at Poe Park with a workshop on creating web comics is using Kickstarter to take her web comic, SPQR Blues to print! For further info, visit this LINK

Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian, will be speaking on Alice In Wonderland with a panel of guests at the NYPL main library on 42nd street on December 12th at 2pm.

I hope to have a recap of the wonderful talks he's given for our exhibits by the end of the year on my Conversations blog. Meanwhile, you can review the artist interviews there. LINK

Coming soon...A recap in photos of this years events

FAIRY TALES EXHIBIT

FAIRY TALES

Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrators Group 

On view in the Youth Wing at 

Brooklyn Central Library

10 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn tel: 718.230.2100

June 11 - September 25, 2015 

exhibiting members:

Angelique Anderson, Lisa Cinelli, Deborah Cuneo, Maria Madonna Davidoff, Diana Ting Delosh, Nancy Doniger, Laura Goetz, Amalia Hoffman, Melissa Iwai, Yuko Katakawa, Kitty Leech, Marie McCann, Virginia Law Manning, Jennifer Merz, Donna Miskend, Christine Mix, Annie Raulerson, Roberta Rivera, Karen Romagna, Vicky Rubin, Wallace West

guest speaker: Michael Patrick Hearn

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For an interview with some of the artists, CLICK HERE
EVENT: Saturday, September 19 at 2pm: The Magic of Fairy Tales, a conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian and curator, Donna Miskend

FREE and open to the public
Brooklyn Central Library
HOURS mon-thurs 9am-9pm Fri-Sat 9am-6pm Sun 1pm-5pm

Thank you to the Brooklyn Public Library for hosting us. And a special thank you to Barbara Wing, Mgr. of Exhibitions! 

This exhibit is underwritten by the Brooklyn Public Library

ABFE Children's Book Art Auction 2015

CBIG members join other notable children's book illustrators in contributing work to the American Booksellers Foundation annual auction. The private auction was held on May 26th and a recap of the evening will appear here in a future post. Meanwhile view some photos here. While many of the works sold that evening, there is a new round of work available, both prints and original art) at the public auction running from June 1-8. LINK  Funds raised from the auction go to support the Kids Right to Read Program and Banned Book Week, fight against censorship by making books available to kids in schools and in bookstores. Iconic titles such as To Kill A Mockingbird and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax are among books previously unavailable to kids in many areas across the country. 

MASTER STORYTELLERS EXHIBIT

 Children's book illustrators exhibit. MASTER STORYTELLERS, classic tales by Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Mother Goose, Aesop and more inspire contemporary illustrations for children, picture book age through YA. On view April 1 - May 30, 2015.

EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 27 due to popular demand

Participating CBIG Members: Melissa Iwai, Lisa Cinelli, Angelique Anderson, Roberta Rivera, Donna Miskend, Clare Pernice,Yuko Katakawa, Nancy Doniger, Christine Mix, Kitty Leech, Delphine Henault, Robin Meeks, Vicky Rubin, Cheryl Taborsky

Poe Park Visitor Center

2640 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY 10458

Schedule of events: 

Saturday April 11

12pm - Artist panel includes CBIG members Nancy Doniger and curator, Donna Miskend

1pm - A conversation with guest Michael Patrick Hearn, author and children's literary historian

followed by reception

Saturday May 30 11am

Learn Pen & Ink with CBIG artist Roberta Rivera

The exhibition is underwritten by the NYC parks department.

artist panel moderated by curator/exhibitor Donna Miskend
artwork by CBIGers L: Nancy Doniger, R: Lisa Cinelli

HIGHLIGHTS: reception, artist panel, conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn, School visits and public workshops with CBIG artists Donna Miskend, curator/exhibitor and Roberta Rivera, exhibitor.

Angelique Anderson

Melissa Iwai (art Top)
(art bottom Robin Meeks)

Our guest, Michael Patrick Hearn,
children's literary historian with Donna Miskend, curator

Roberta Rivera (art top)
(art L, Donna Miskend, art R, Nancy Doniger)

Vicky Rubin art: The Nose by Nickolai Gogol

WORKSHOPS for kids and adults

Roberta Rivera pen and ink
public workshop

vegetable printing

Pen and Ink

Donna Miskend with 1st graders

Pinnochio Cards

     

Lucy Aponte of Poe Park Visitor Center
artwork Cheryl Taborsky, Vicky Rubin

Gallery tour to kids

Thank you to our guest, Mr. Hearn, and Poe Park Visitor Center, Lucy Aponte and staff for making this exhibit a success.

DICKENS Travels, Poe Park Events Wrap-up

We took a selection of work from the original bicentennial show, Dickens, A Celebration In Pictures to Poe Park Visitor Center Gallery. It was a great success. There were tourists from europe, including a college from the U.K., and several elementary school visits. Channel 12 news covered the exhibit too. Here's a look at some of the family events and school visits. Note: all artwork copywrite individual artists.

Clare Pernice, author of Circus Girl, and Donna Miskend, teaching artist, host 2nd graders for Dickens character puppets workshop.
 

 the puppet on the left sports a beard!

T. T. Tyler reads from a picture book biography of Dickens and helps them with their craft project. 

artwork: Leeza Hernandez and Diana Ting Delosh 

art: Hernandez, DT Delosh, Lisa Cinelli

art: Peggy Dressel

 Touring the exhibit with exhibiting artist T.T. Tyler and Donna Miskend, curator

art: Dickens ms courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, Clare Pernice

art: Donna Miskend

art: Vicky Rubin, Marilyn Papas

Carol Burrell, a.k.a. web comic artist Klio gives a workshop on graphic novel art style and web comics.

   

 H.S. students learn about Dickens' illustrators with curator Donna Miskend. Some of the students and their teacher draw Scrooge and the Artful Dodger.

    

copywrite Ray Felix of Bronx Heroes Comic Con

Click here for a transcript included in this exhibit from my conversation for the bicentennial exhibit with Fred Kaplan, biographer, author of Charles Dickens A Biography, and his latest book, Visionary American A Biography of John Quincy Adams. 

A conversation about Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian and author of the Annotated Christmas Carol and forthcoming Annotated Edgar Allan Poe.

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artwork: Sara Kahn

   

Klio, Donna Miskend, Lucy Aponte, Michael Patrick Hearn

An audience of kids enjoyed a talk with artists: Peggy Dressel, Clare Pernice, Roberta Rivera, guest Carol Burrell (aka Klio) and curator/artist Donna Miskend. Peggy mentioned using her nephew as a model and photographing him from above for her painting of Oliver asking for more food. Clare spoke about how she arranges her colors for inspiration, blues together, etc. Roberta said never give up your dream if you want to be an artist. Klio showed her travel water chamber paintbrush and sketchbook and said draw, draw, draw! Donna mentioned that although she painted Marley's ghost, she likes to paint animals and nature. One of the children said he likes to draw dogs and showed the artists his drawing of a dog he drew and the beginning of a story to go with it. Clearly we had a future picture book author/illustrator in the audience. We talked about illustrating Dickens' work, and about being an artist. A great end to a wonderful exhibit. Thank you to Poe Park Visitor Center for hosting us. 

CBIG artists return to Poe Park Visitor Center Gallery along with other artists for Master Storytellers, classic authors' literary work depicted in illustrations for children and teens. Hans Christian Anderson, Edgar Allan Poe and more, curated by Donna Miskend. On view April 1 through May 30, 2015. Check back here for more details soon.