Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 24 July 2020


From The Atlantic: What My Kids Learned When They Weren’t in School

From Nathan Bransford: Time to make fresh tracks

From PW:
     How to Survive a Pandemic, According to an Academic Publisher
     Children's Books for Fall 2020

From Essence: Here Are The 50 Most Impactful Black Books Of The Last 50 Years

From Library Journal: Find Your Focus: What Kind of Librarian Should You Be?

From SLJ's 100 Scope Notes: Come With Me (Yet Again) Down the Picture Book Parody Rabbit Hole

From SLJ:
     “Read, my Child, Read!” | Remembering John Lewis I'm so glad I got to meet this amazing man and actually shake his hand!
     #BlackinSTEM: 17 Nonfiction Books That Spotlight Black Scientists, Thinkers, and Inventors

From The Guardian: Gender gap in children's reading grew in UK lockdown – survey



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
From Muddy Colors:
     A TREASURE TROVE OF TUTORIALS Seriously! DO NOT MISS THIS POST! OMG!
     Art Can Help Us Through Uncertain Times
     On Continuing Education
     PETE BEARD’S ILLUMINATIONS Free to watch!

From Brightly: The David Sibley Birds Coloring Sheets

How to Take Part in the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators' Exhibition 2021

From Lilla Rogers: Welcome to the #MATSprep gallery for Illustrating Children’s Books July 2020! (Upload your work!)

From the Victoria & Albert Museum: 2020 V&A Illustration Awards See what sort of artwork is mostly highly regarded:


From the GoodNewsNetwork: Watch Turkish Artist Paint on Water - wow.

From The Art Room Plant: Illustrator Sabina Hahn Sabina Hahn has been illustrating 'omens and superstitions' by Philippa Waring They are great fun to explore. For instance:
Double Fruit: 'It is lucky to find any fruit growing double,
and if you take such and share it with a friend then you can both have a wish answered.'

From Print & Pattern: Virtual Blueprint Participant: Denise Ortakales (Click to find out what this "Virtual Blueprint" event is.)

From ArtProf.org: Teaching Learning Art Online

What a pretty and cleverly organized website: Sandra Bowers Art

Did you know that Eric Carle is on Instagram?

Artist of the week: Kehinde Wiley



OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From Dr. Malika Grayson: Black Girl's Guide to Grad School

From the NYT: 7 Inequities: A Weeklong Look at the Biases Women Face Double standards abound from the salary she earns to the unpaid hours she works.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Professor Is In: Fear, Anxiety, and the Faculty Career

I told you I purchased a hula-hoop for lock-down. Well, I just learned of the passing of one of the best hoop dancers in the world: Nakotah LaRance, Acclaimed Native American Hoop Dancer, Dies at 30

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