Friday Links List - 26 March 2021

From Hollins University: HOLLINS ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE 2021 MARGARET WISE BROWN PRIZE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

From Cynsations: Interview with Linda Sue Park & kiBooka Authors & Illustrators

From The Guardian: 'I am not who I was': Michael Rosen on surviving Covid – extract

From Scary Mommy: I Wasn’t Ready For My Kids To Outgrow Their Picture Books

From SLJ: Chronicling COVID: Children’s Authors Tackle Pandemic Topics for Kids

From The Miami Herald: With or without me, Florida will always be wonderfully, unrelentingly weird Carl Hiaasen's last article

From the New York Times: How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens

From Daily Mail: Why every celeb wants to be in the good books! As Idris Elba becomes the latest to pen a children's story, experts reveal how stars can earn MORE from a bestseller than showbiz - and capture a new generation of fans early



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
SIGN UP! From AIGA: Community and Collaboration Black, Brown + Latinx Design Spaces Thursday, April 15th

From Amplifier.com: Vaccination Art and the Call for Art

From SLJ's 100 Scope Notes: 2021 Books from Coretta Scott King Award Winners

From Muddy Colors:
     Author Interviews: Ruth Sanderson !!! My friend!!!
     ADVICE ON REFERENCING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VISUAL IDEA
     The Symbolic Mark
     PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: CREATING REFERENCE FOR A GLOWING LIGHT SOURCE
     Easter Bunnies (!!!)
     Artists Spotlight: Attack Peter Amazing wood-block prints!
     THE ART OF THE SELF-DIRECTED PROJECT

From The European Illustrators' Forum (EIF):
      New White Book of Illustration in Spain
     Introducing the AOI Mentorship scheme 2021

From The Verge: NFTs, explained I have questions about this emerging... um... art form? Platform?

From Print & Pattern: Store Snaps (We used to do this when I worked in textiles to get an idea of market trends)

From CommArts:
     Five Type Designers, Many Specimens
     Lewa House's new, gorgeous, interactive website We stayed here on our honeymoon - I swam in that pool! :)
     Alabama Civil Rights app

Do you know The Little Friends of Printmaking?

Do you know about Mattepaint.com?

From The Bologna Book Fair:
     2021 FINALIST ILLUSTRATORS
     ILLUSTRATORS WALL - CALL FOR ENTRY

From Tedium:

From Penguin Young Readers: New Graphic Novels!

From The Guardian: Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels

From Tedium: CMYK All the Way How mass-production printing technology, starting with the lithograph, was pushed forward thanks to a growing interest in color.

From The Art Room Plant:
     Sylvia Pankhurst
     Chris Judge

     
Maryam Yektafar




OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From EAB: Higher ed’s demographic future

From My Friend in Colorado: Horror and Heartbreak in My World This Week

From Winthrop University: Winthrop Once Again Named a Voter Friendly Campus our mural is part of the reason!

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