Student Sucess: Marcela Staudenmaier

Marcela Staudenmaier received the R. Michaelson Gallery Emerging Artist Award at the NESCBWI 2015 conference. This year the award was given to the creator of the best portfolio at the portfolio showcase.

Illustration © Marcela Staudenmaier

Marcela's gorgeous 3D papercut illustrations impressed the staff at R. Michaelson Galleries.  She will have one of her pieces hung in the gallery's 26th Annual Children's Illustration Celebration,

On exhibit: November 8th, 2015 – January 15th, 2016

Opening reception: Sunday, November 8th, 4-6pm



Here's a link to an interview with Marcela and more of her great artwork.

http://www.kidlit411.com/2015/06/Kidlit411-Illustrator-Marcela-Staudenmaier.html

Picture This!

Picture This! is the Danforth Museum of Art’s second annual juried exhibition showcasing new and original artwork created by picture book illustrators. Selected works will be exhibited in the Children’s Gallery, which is dedicated to the art of picture book illustration.  

Enjoy works by Jodie Apeseche, Emilie Boon, Kate Crosgrove, Jennifer French, Fran Gianfriddo, John Steven Gurney, Jen Hill, Gilles Laroche, Salley Mavor, Joe McKendry, Sheli Petersen, Jenny Rappaport, Lynn Reiser, Ilene Richard, Eleanor Rubin, Sybile Schenker, Kaila EunHye Seo, Marcela Staudenmaier, Phoebe Stone, Jill Weber and Katia Wish.

Carol Goldenberg, the juror for this year’s show, studied illustration at RISD. She says about the picture book: "Remember too, that the picture book is most often the first meeting a child has with artwork of any kind, and how important it is for all artists who work with the picture book to bring to it their highest level of quality and craft."

September 9, 2012 – November 4, 2012
Danforth Museum of Art
123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA

(And, if you are in Massachusetts on Sunday September 9, you may also visit the Danforth Museum and School of Art for the annual Free Fall Family Day from 1pm - 4pm)

Danforth Museum Showcases Two RISD CE artists

The Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA is having its Annual Children's Juried Exhibition from September 9 through November 4, 2012. Two artists associated with our RISD CE CBI program are represented.
CBI 3 instructor, Emilie Boon has two pieces, and student Marcela Studemeir has a piece she did in CBI 2. Congratulations to both.
For more information, click here. 

Celebration of the 2012 New Voices in Children’s Literature

On Wednesday, May 16, the Shoreline Arts Alliance celebrated the 12th annual New Voices in Children’s Literature competition and bestowed the 2012 Tassy Walden awards at the James Blackstone Memorial Library, in Branford, Connecticut.

This annual juried competition was established in 2001 to encourage and nurture the creation and publication of exceptional quality books for children by unpublished Connecticut writers and illustrators.

The event was open to the public. And all had the chance to hear readings and view artwork from the winning submissions, as well as to mingle with other authors and visual artists at a reception following the awards presentation.

The evening started with presentations by children's book author and illustrator Deborah Freedman, a former Tassy Award recipient, and by author Doe Boyle, who is the Tassy Awards Committee Chair.

I had the honor to show my artwork at the event and present slides from my portfolio that was selected 2012 Winner in the Children’s Book Illustrator’s Portfolio category.

Ainu Girl and Cranes by Marcela Staudenmaier

Editors, publishers and art directors from major children’s publishing houses selected the following recipients for this year’s awards:

Picture Book (text):

Winner: 

• Halloween House by Nicole Panteleakos, Plainfield

Finalists:

• How Many Sleeps Till Grandma Comes? by Carol Boas, Wilton
• A Princess Needs A Parade by Betsy Devany, Ledyard
• Pond Monster by Jacquelin C. Devlin, North Haven
• Little Brother by Jessica Loupos, Gales Ferry 

Illustrated Picture Book:

Winner: 

• Aqua Marine by Lynne Stephens Massey, Norwalk

Finalists:

• Aubrey and the Circus by Amanda Boyd-Yin, Stamford
• The Amazing Imaginary Adventures of Skippy & Lou by Magge Gagliardi, Berlin
• Abecedarium Insectarium by Lynne Stephens Massey, Norwalk 
• Dear Friend by Marcela Staudenmaier, New Haven

Illustrator’s Portfolio

Winner:

• Marcela Staudenmaier, New Haven

Finalist: 

• Anneliese Juergensen, Cheshire

Middle Grade Novel

Winner: 

• The House and the Hurricane by Nick Appleby, Hamden

Honorable Mention:

• Indiana Bamboo by Meira Rosenberg, Stamford

Finalists:

• Paisley Flynn and the Magic Hat Society by Kimberly Ciecko, Madison      
• Ibbie-Rae Paves the Way by Betsy Devany, Ledyard
• The Weed Whackers, Open for Business by Barbara Gold, Stamford
• Sarah the Bold by Eileen Lettick, Wallingford
• In the Bag by Edna Wells, Northfield 
• Listening in the Snow by Jeanne Zulick, Ellington

Young Adult/Teen Novel

Winner:  

• Greetings from the Miracle by Bette Anne Rieth, Shelton

Honorable Mention:

• A Novel of the Conquest, 1066 by Meg Eilidh Green, Milford

Finalist:

• Center Stage by Leslie Cahill, Milford
• Finding Beauty by Betsy Devany, Ledyard

 

Congratulations to this year’s Tassy Winners, Honorable Mentions and Finalists!

New Voices in Children’s Literature is produced in part with support from dedicated volunteers and generous funding from Jack and Helen Davis, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation and the CT Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts.  Special thanks to the Blackstone Memorial Library for the use of their auditorium for the awards presentation and reception and to the members of the Tassy Walden Awards committee for all the dedication in coordinating and overseeing this program each year.

If you live in Connecticut and are an unpublished author or illustrator, consider submitting for the 2013 Tassy Walden Awards competition. For more information visit http://www.shorelinearts.org/tassywalden.cfm