Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 10 July 2020


From SCBWI: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Sticks and Stones and the Stories we Tell Ten BIPOC authors and illustrators discuss how they have used the negative expereince of racism to fuel their artistic and includsive initiative at https://scbwi.zoom.us/j/94310882818 on July 16, 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT (4:00pm EST)

From Kare 11: A walk to the store: 9-year-old who witnessed Floyd death writing book Judeah Reynolds said she waited all day for her cousin to walk her to the store for snacks. On their way to the store, they saw George Floyd's killing.

From Nathan Bransford: Shy characters don’t have to be passive

From BookBub:
     The 100 Most Iconic Book Quotes
     15 Epic Books Like 'Dune'

From Twitter: When a virtual author visit goes bad

From The Federation of Children's Book Groups: Stranger than fiction – Publishing The Rules, a book about preparing for disaster, in the middle of a pandemic – Tracy Darnton (Blog Tour)

From Library Journal:
     Resources for Cultivating an Antiracist Mindset
     Put Your Nose in a Book: Masks, Library Style

From NPR: This Book Teaches Kids 'How To Solve A Problem' Like A Rock Climber Would

From Good Morning America: Exclusive premiere of the trailer for Disney’s ‘The One and Only Ivan’

From Professional Book Nerds: A Social Justice Conversation with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, July 16, 3:00pm EST - click here to sign up Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, New York Times bestselling co-authors of I'm Not Dying With You Tonight, are taking part in a special free virtual event led by the Professional Book Nerds podcast hosts.

From Publishers Weekly:
     Children’s Institute 2020: Indies Introduce Debut Authors Ten authors of books chosen by booksellers as their favorite summer/fall middle grade and YA debuts read from their works in a lunchtime panel
     Maurice Sendak Foundation Teams with Apple TV Plus

From the NYT Magazine: The Decameron Project AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SWEPT THE WORLD, WE ASKED 29 AUTHORS TO WRITE NEW SHORT STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MOMENT. WE WERE INSPIRED BY GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO’S “THE DECAMERON,” WRITTEN AS THE PLAGUE RAVAGED FLORENCE IN THE 14TH CENTURY. READ RIVKA GALCHEN’S ESSAY ON THAT BOOK HERE. AND READ THE STORIES IN OUR ALL-FICTION ISSUE (click the link)

From School Library Journal (SLJ):
     17 Magical and Mind-Bending Sci-Fi & Fantasy Titles for Teens | Summer Reading 2020
     Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, ill. Patrick Benson

From The Guardian: Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September

From Instagram: Make way for Ducklings - IRL!

From The Bookseller: Hodder embarks on a Scottish road trip with 'Outlander' stars



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
From the AIGA: The Design Collective Taking on Structural Racism in the Industry “Design to Divest” started as a group offering pro-bono work to activists, but it's shifting into something bigger

From the AIC: The outstanding organization Postcards for Voters has just published postcards featuring the art of AIC member illustrators!

From Amplifier: Announcing a new artwork series plus teaching tools with our partner IllumiNative

From the Mazza Museum: Artists Monthly - interviews with creators beginning with Caldecott-award-winner Chris Raschka - see the schedule here

From The NYT:
     In Paris, Haute Couture Face Masks for All
     Issue Archives: NYT Magazine Covers
     The Hardest Part of Writing is... (fantastic commentary by cartoonist Grant Snider)

From CBC: How do you price a work of art? Veteran illustrator Anita Kunz has advice for a younger generation From Muddy Colors:
     Drawing with Jim Lee (demos)
     Why Horror is Good for You and Even Better for Your Kids
     A CUT ABOVE: SCULPTING IN PAPER
     Near Future with Donato Giancola A walk through the Smithsonian American Art Museum's now defunct Corcoran Art Gallery that merged with the National Portrait Gallery creating an impressive collection of diverse art.

From SCBWI Carolinas: 2021 Calendar Illustration Contest!

From The Far Side: Gary Larson (of The Far Side Cartoons) is drawing again!

From We Need Diverse Books: Cover Reveal: Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Do you know about the Print and Pattern Blog? If you're into textile design, it's one to follow

From the Louvre: Tour the Louvre Online

From CommArts: Black Lives Matter: This is a powerful short film that everyone should see. The creators were featured in CommArts HERE. Click the image below to watch this public service film at the CommArts website, and tell me if it doesn't give you shivers. Join the movement, not the moment!


From The Art Room Plant:
     Amber Jensen
     Katia Shumkova IV

     Matias Krahniv




OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: 5 Ways to Connect With Online Students

From the NYT:
     ‘Maybe I Shouldn’t Have Come’: U.S. Visa Changes Leave Students in Limbo - This is horrendous for the students, but also for the university systems in general. International students are oftentimes the ones paying FULL tuition, which helps fund the scholarships and grants to American students who wouldn't be able to afford college otherwise. This is a completely thoughtless and damaging decision that will hurt America in so many way for years to come.
     A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She’s Still at It. The day after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliott carried out the “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” exercise in her classroom. Now, people are returning to her work.

From The New Yorker: How to Confront a Racist National History "I think art has an enormous function here, as it should, in simply helping us to see things from another perspective."

From Kottke.org: 1947 Film That Eerily Predicted How People Would Use Smartphones

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