Want a laugh this morning? (Or maybe an honest introspection?) Watch Werner Herzog's updated reading of the classic picture book Madelin...

We have a good relationship with the American Black Vultures that live around our Hollins campus. In the mornings, they like to sit on the ...

This weekend Roanoke celebrated with its annual "GO Fest"! Roanoke is such an outdoorsy town, we have an entire festival dedicate...

The Taubman Museum of Art is currently hosting an impressive show of the work of Alphonse Mucha and other items that inspired the Art Deco ...

If you're in Atlanta, go check out the Art of the Picture Book: Illustrators are Your Neighbors Exhibition gallery show through Nove...

I absolutely adore my e-bike! It's a MARS HEYBIKE with big, chunky tires that have red polka-dots on the inside (!!!), a (modified) wi...

We are so lucky to have Newbery Honor Award-winning creator Cece Bell living nearby! (Shown above with characters from El Deafo painted li...

Prepare for some impressive names ahead! This fall's Hollins University MFA in Children's Book Writing and Illustrating Picture Boo...

From The New Yorker: Interesting article on "How Ruth Krauss Made a New Kind of Children's Literature" From Nathan Brans...

Our Hollins University MFA in Children's Book Writing and Illustrating Media class is hosting award-winning author/illustrator Cece Bel...

It was published in 2021, but I only just learned about this. Christyl "Kit" Rosewater's 2014 thesis for her MA in Children...

     I love the harvest side of Halloween—colored leaves, cinnamon, spice, and pumpkins !       CLICK HERE for more Halloween-themed colo...

We are also happy to welcome two new faculty members to our Hollins magic: Heidi Stemple and Brian Counihan! Heidi Stemple is the au...

Hollins campus is gorgeous and a refuge for all kinds of wildlife. We regularly encounter deer, groundhogs, cranes and herons, skunks , occ...