Art of the Picture Book with Illustrator Shadra Strickland: Wednesday, August 6 from 10:00 am to Noon.

TEIA and the Illustration Institute present “Art of the Picture Book” with Illustrator Shadra Strickland. Shadra studied design, writing, and illustration at Syracuse University and has an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2009 for her first picture book, “Bird”, written by Zetta Elliott. Her books have received recognition from the American Library Association, Junior Library Guild, and other prominent literary organizations. Shadra currently teaches illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. There is no fee for this workshop. Donations to TEIA are welcome. To register, please contact Nancy Gibson Nash at nancy@illustrationinstitute.org.