StoryBookArtsInc

Highlights Award for Roz Fulcher

2011-12-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Roz Fulcher on her 2008 Visual Puzzle of the Year Award from Highlights Magazine! The award was lost in the mails due to a move and it's just arrived now but what a welcome surprise. All our best to Roz for a well deserved acknowledgement of her great work.

Six Book series for Gabhor Utomo

2011-10-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just out in the marketplace is the six book series of "I Wish I Were a.." Furry Ferret, Speedy Cheetah, Humpback Whale, Komodo Dragon, Enormous Elephant and Howler Monkey" with artwork by artist Gabhor Utomo.

The books were written by Christina Jordan and published by Magic Wagon, a division of ADBO Group. Our congratulations to Gabhor on a fabulous collection of books and great illustration. We hope that children will enjoy the books and that they'll do wonderfully in the marketplace.

Steven James Petruccio in Exhibit

2011-10-20T10:10:00.000-07:00

Steven James Petruccio's illustrations were recently part of the exhibition, "American Nostalgia: Contemporary artists and illustrators reinterpret the traditional themes ofNorman Rockwell" , in Fullerton, CA.. More than thirty years after his death, iconic American artist Norman Rockwell’s art is still enormously popular. This invitational group exhibition examined the enduring themes represented in the art of Norman Rockwell–patriotism, family and the American ideal. Steven's illustrations were created for magazines including Scholastic News.

Artist Ilene Richard

2011-09-29T12:30:00.000-07:00

Artist Ilene Richard has been excelling in the Fine Art world with her acrylic paintings. She is currently involved in a show that is hanging in Neimann Marcus on Newberry Street in Boston. She has presented 8 paintings for the Woman and Self Esteem show that will be on display until November 30th, 2011. Go and check out Ilene's wonderful, provocative and colorful ladies.

Artist Wes Thomas

2011-09-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

Artist Wes Thomas has completed 4 Cloverleaf Books for Lerner Publishing/ Millbroook on protecting our environment. The books are titled: "Choose to Reuse", "Power Up to Fight Pollution", "Rally for Recycling", and "Go Easy on Energy". All titles were written by Lisa Bullard. We know that Wes's enjoyable collage style artwork and great whimsy will make these books fun for children to read and be educational in teaching them how to keep our world clean and safe.

Wes was invited by Lerner to share how he creates his fun collage artwork on their Lerner blog. We invite you to click on this link to check it out:

http://lernerbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/q-with-illustrator-wes-thomas.html

Steven James Petruccio

2011-09-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

Artist Steven James Petruccio has been selected as a recipient of the 2012 Rip Van Winkle Award which recognizes a Hudson Valley author/illustrator for their body of work. Our hearty congratulations to Steven for this impressive accomplishment!

2010-03-06T08:29:00.000-08:00

News from Artist Jennifer Merz:
I'm happy to say that I've been invited to be on a panel with and for Ed Young, Caldecott Medalist. He was my first teacher of children's book illustration and was the one who set me on the road of ripped-paper dummies and torn-paper collages!

The event will be held on Sunday, March 7th at 3 p.m., at the Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library, NY. The library writes it up as follows:

"CELEBRATE ED YOUNG:
An event for adults... Ed Young will talk about the influence of Hastings and the Hudson River on his work and then a panel of illustrators, educators, and librarians will talk about the influence of Ed Young on other work. Reception follows. An online auction will begin March 7th to sell 2 original Ed Young artworks, with proceeds benefiting the library."

For further info:

www.hastingslibrary.org
www.edyoungart.com

Hope to see you there!

2009-06-18T14:24:00.000-07:00

Artist Jennifer Merz blogs: I am very excited to be joining StoryBook Arts. I'm looking forward to a very creative and productive relationship!

--Her picture book "Playground Day" from Clarion will soon be available in the Korean Marketplace. We're looking forward to seeing how they translate her rhyming text.

--She recently completed an author visit -book signing for the Daisy Girl Scouts (6 yr olds) of Ridgewood, N.J. They were very enthusiastic and appreciative audience, about 85 girls in all (including 4th grade helpers) and enjoyed learning how she creates a picture book-starting with torn paper. They loved her PowerPoint demo and doing a craft too.

--On May 13th, Jennifer had another visit scheduled: this one for Chapel School in Bronxville, N.Y. She will present to 3 different groups over the course of the day..to 175 children in all! This visit will be very special because her 4 yr. old niece will be in the audience too!

--On Sunday, (5/3), Jennifer enjoyed meeting Anahid Hamparian, the Art Director of Marchall Cavendish at a CBIG meeting. Anahid was so generous with her information and her time: she looked at everyones portfolio and distributed all of her sample books at the end of the meeting!

--Jennifer's website is getting a face lift and the changes can be seen at http://www.jennifermerz.com/ Please take a moment to look.

2009-06-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Artist Shawn Costello is an Art Teacher at Lisbon Elementary in Howard County, MD. Faculty and students recently took part in an Earth Day Parade singing "This Land is My Land". The students participated in different activities throughout the day learning about conversation and ecology.

There was also a 5th Grade art show at the end of May showcasing a charcoal portrait for each student created by Shawn. The show was an opportunity to exhibit the portraits along with the children's artwork. Refreshments were served and parents took the opportunity to donate to the art program.

2009-05-24T13:35:00.000-07:00

Artist Stephen Aitken has recently completed illustrating "The Kerala Collection: Tales from the River Periyar" written by Mary Joseph, M.D. This charming book was published by Nedia, Inc. Stephen has been a freelance illustrator since the early 1980's and maintains his studio in the Himalayas in India.

2009-05-24T12:32:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the StoryBook Arts Inc blog. We will be posting news of the comings-goings, gallery exhibits, teachings, awards, new projects and artwork of our talented artists here. We hope that you enjoy the information as well as the wonderful illustrations.