Hollins U. Summer Writing & MA PrograM...Now with ILLUSTRATION!
Thanks, KD, for posting the hard data about Delia's & my gig this summer at Hollins.
I just found out who the Writer in Residence will be: David Almond.
I think I may faint.
You've read SKELLIG, right??
Plus:
Hollins has also launched a Children’s Book Illustration Certificate program! Talks by their artists and lecturers are also open to all students, and to the public. Last time we were there, we did a fair amount of hanging out in their studio with instructor Ruth Sanderson, getting to watch her latest Realms of Fantasy cover take shape, and riffling around in her picture book collection . . . and comparing red shoes and collages with the incomparable Ashley Wolff.
Can't wait to see them again!
As you can probably tell, Hollins is one of the more genre-friendly MA/MFA programs. Director Amanda Cockrell attends ICFA regularly, and some of the academic faculty come from there. 2 yrs ago, Delia was invited to teach their first-ever "Genre Study in Creative Writing: Fantasy" class, and it was such a huge hit they're continuing it. And Ruth Sanderson is a longtime fairy-tale illustrator - a neighbor and sometimes collaborator of Jane Yolen's!
I'm also SO IN LOVE with the Blue Ridge Mountains - and Friday night in Floyd!!!
ETA: I set this up to post this a.m. last week, before the Storm became the center of our lives. But glad to see you don't mind!
We are fine, making soup & watching the rain. We are on high ground in Manhattan, and I went to the 24/hr deli/grocery last night at 11pm, when there were no lines. Who knows what will come tonight? But I feel pretty secure. Hope you all ride out the storm well and safely - even if by proxy!
I just found out who the Writer in Residence will be: David Almond.
I think I may faint.
You've read SKELLIG, right??
Plus:
Hollins has also launched a Children’s Book Illustration Certificate program! Talks by their artists and lecturers are also open to all students, and to the public. Last time we were there, we did a fair amount of hanging out in their studio with instructor Ruth Sanderson, getting to watch her latest Realms of Fantasy cover take shape, and riffling around in her picture book collection . . . and comparing red shoes and collages with the incomparable Ashley Wolff.
Can't wait to see them again!
As you can probably tell, Hollins is one of the more genre-friendly MA/MFA programs. Director Amanda Cockrell attends ICFA regularly, and some of the academic faculty come from there. 2 yrs ago, Delia was invited to teach their first-ever "Genre Study in Creative Writing: Fantasy" class, and it was such a huge hit they're continuing it. And Ruth Sanderson is a longtime fairy-tale illustrator - a neighbor and sometimes collaborator of Jane Yolen's!
I'm also SO IN LOVE with the Blue Ridge Mountains - and Friday night in Floyd!!!
ETA: I set this up to post this a.m. last week, before the Storm became the center of our lives. But glad to see you don't mind!
We are fine, making soup & watching the rain. We are on high ground in Manhattan, and I went to the 24/hr deli/grocery last night at 11pm, when there were no lines. Who knows what will come tonight? But I feel pretty secure. Hope you all ride out the storm well and safely - even if by proxy!