Past Event
Saturday, March 14, 2015, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Artistrator E. B. Lewis
5998 Alcalà Park, San Diego, 92110
Age Limit: 18+
Cost: $9 - $12
The San Diego Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) will present award-winning illustrator E.B. Lewis at its upcoming March meeting.
He will discuss using illustration as storytelling.
E.B. Lewis has illustrated 65 books for children, including Nikki Grimes’ Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman, the 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner; Alice Schertle’s Down the Road, an ALA Notable Book; Tolowa M. Mollel’s My Rows and Piles of Coins, an ALA Notable Book and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; Bat Boy and His Violin by Garvin Curtis, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side, a 2002 Notable Book for the Language Arts.
Inspired by two artist uncles, as early as the third grade, Lewis displayed artistic promise. Beginning in the sixth grade, he attended the Saturday morning Temple University School of Art League and studied with Clarence Wood. Lewis attended the Temple University Tyler School of Art.
Lewis will also conduct an illustrator intensive on Sunday, March 15.
This informative chapter meeting will take place on March 14, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at USD’s Hahn School of Nursing Building (Linda Vista Road and Marion Way). Cost is $9 for SCBWI members and $12 for nonmembers. The public is welcome to attend.
For more information on this and upcoming meetings please visit the chapter’s website: http://sandiego.scbwi.org/; email the chapter at [email protected].; or contact the chapter at: 619-713-5462.
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is an international organization serving writers and illustrators of children’s literature, including books, magazines, educational material, plays, electronic media and film. SCBWI facilitates networking and information exchange amongst writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, literary agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. The San Diego chapter covers the San Diego region and is one of the most active chapters in the country.