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E. B. Lewis (illustrator)
Earl Bradley Lewis (born December 16, 1956) is an American artist and illustrator. He is best known for his watercolor illustrations for children's books such as Jacqueline Woodson’s ''The Other Side (children's book), The Other Side'' and Jabari Asim’s ''Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis.'' Lewis has been awarded prizes for his illustration work including the 2016 The New York Times, New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award for ''Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis'' and the 2004 Caldecott Medal, Caldecott Honor Award for Jacqueline Woodson's ''Coming on Home Soon''. Lewis resides in Folsom, New Jersey and teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Personal life Earl Bradley Lewis was born on December 16, 1956, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gathering early inspiration from two uncles who were also artists, Lewis exhibited artistic promise from the third grade on. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state run mental hospital located in Trenton and Ewing, New Jersey. It previously operated under the name New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton and originally as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum. Founded by Dorothea Lynde Dix on May 15, 1848, it was the first public mental hospital in the state of New Jersey, and the first mental hospital designed on the principle of the Kirkbride Plan. The architect was the Scottish-American John Notman. Under the hospital's first superintendent, Dr. Horace A. Buttolph, the hospital admitted and treated 86 patients. In 1907, Dr. Henry Cotton became the medical director. Believing that infections were the key to mental illness, he had his staff remove teeth and various other body parts that might become infected from the hospital patients. Cotton's legacy of hundreds of fatalities and thousands of maimed and mutilated patients did not end with his leaving Trenton in 1930 or his death in 1933; in fact, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Zolotow Award
The Charlotte Zolotow Award is an American literary award presented annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States during the preceding year. By contrast, the Caldecott Medal is for outstanding illustration in a picture book. The Zolotow award was established in 1998 by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education and named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, an American children's book editor and author. Ms. Zolotow worked with Harper Junior Books for 38 years during which time she wrote more than 70 picture books. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933 to 36. The Cooperative Children's Book Center is a children's literature library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Eligibility * Any picture book for young children (birth through age seven) originally written in English, and published the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Society Of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators is a Professional association, professional society based in New York City. It was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and, since 1959, has held an annual exhibition. History Founding The Society of Illustrators was founded on February 1, 1901, by a group of nine artists and one advising businessman. The advising businessman was Henry S. Fleming, a coal dealer who offered his legal staff to the Society in an advisory role and also served as the Society of Illustrators Secretary and Treasurer for many years. The nine artists who, with Fleming, founded the Society were Otto Henry Bacher, Frank Vincent DuMond, Henry Hutt, Albert Wenzell, Albert Sterner, Benjamin West Clinedinst, Frederick Coffay Yohn, F. C. Yohn, Louis Loeb, and Reginald Birch. The mission statement was "to promote generally the art of illustration and to hold exhibitions from time to time". Women first became part of the organization in 1903, when Elizabeth Shippen Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately apart. The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, ninth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,376 students at the start of the 2021–22 academic year. It is the Flagship#Colleges and universities in the United States, flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System, and is organized into 19 colleges, schools, and other major academic units. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kerlan Collection
The Kerlan Award is a literary award given by the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection, a special library focusing on children's literature. Many awards focus on the finished product, but the Kerlan Award is given based on the creative process. It is given "''In recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children's literature and in appreciation for generous donation of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children's literature."''Berman, Ruth. ''The Kerlan Award in Children's Literature:1975-2001.'' University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Criteria for award *The writer or illustrator must be represented within the Kerlan Collection *The award should promote the goals of the collection and, *that 'contribution' would emphasize the creative process. *Awards may be given to a living person or posthumously. Further refinement of the original guidelines have defined 'singular attainments' as peer acceptance, volume of work and a high standard of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Music Charleston
Chamber Music Charleston is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to music education and the performance of chamber music in and around Charleston, South Carolina. Chamber Music Charleston was founded by bassoonist Sandra Nikolajevs in 2006, who remains its director. It performs numerous concerts and events in homes, historic venues, churches and galleries throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry region, including series in historic downtown Charleston, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island and Daniel Island. It has collaborated with leading Charleston cultural organizations including the Footlight Players Theater, Actors Theatre of South Carolina, ArtsMusic Productions, the Preservation Society of Charleston, Ballet Evolution, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Notable among these have been productions of Dylan Thomas' ''A Child's Christmas in Wales'' with veteran screen actor Clarence Felder; Beethoven: His Women and His Music, also with Felder; ''The Gift of the Magi'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Grant Still
William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, plus art songs, chamber music and works for solo instruments. Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and later, Edgard Varèse. Because of his close association and collaboration with prominent African-American literary and cultural figures, Still is considered to have been part of the Harlem Renaissance. Often referred to as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers," Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. Still is known primarily for his first symphony, ''Afro-American Symphony'' (1930), which was, until 1950, the most widely performed symphony composed by an American. Also of note, Still was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Schertle
Alice Schertle (born 1941) is an American poet, teacher, and author from Los Angeles. She is known as the author of numerous children's books, most notably the ''New York Times'' best-selling ''Little Blue Truck'' series. Career Schertle worked for a time as an elementary school teacher. As a children's book author, her works "explore themes of nature and language, often with playful use of rhyme." Schertle has also published several collections of poetry. She has won a number of honors, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Christopher Award. ''Little Blue Truck'' Schertle collaborated with illustrator Jill McElmurry to create Little Blue Truck, a friendly pick-up truck with a variety of animal friends. The first book, ''Little Blue Truck'', was published in 2008. A starred review in Publishers Weekly noted that Shertle's "rhyming stanzas are succinct, and she gives readers plenty of opportunities to chime in with animal and vehicle noises." After McElmur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license. She earned her license from the '' Fédération Aéronautique Internationale'' on June 15, 1921, and was the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license. Born to a family of sharecroppers in Texas, Coleman worked in the cotton fields at a young age while also studying in a small segregated school. She attended one term of college at Langston University. Coleman developed an early interest in flying, but African Americans, Native Americans, and women had no flight training opportunities in the United States, so she saved and obtained sponsorships in Chicago to go to France for flight school. She then became a high-profile pilot in notoriously dangerous air shows in the United States. She was popularly known as ''Queen Bess'' and ''Brave Bessie'', and hoped to start a school for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes (born October 20, 1950) is an American author of books written for children and young adults, as well as a poet and journalist. Background and career Grimes was born in Harlem, New York. In a conversation with a Reading Is Fundamental interviewer, she stated: "Books were my survival tools. They were how I got by, and how I coped with things. Books carried me away." She has been a guest lecturer at international schools in Sweden, Tanzania, China, and Russia. She has written articles for magazines such as ''Today's Christian Woman'' and ''Essence''. Her interests and talents are diverse and include photography, fiber art, and beading. Grimes currently resides in Corona, California, and continues to write poetry and books for children and young adults. She is on the board of directors for the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance. Her work has earned her honors and recognition from a number of prestigious organizations. Her novel ''Bronx Masquerade'' was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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