Find out more about the Draw On! program at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, in Ridgefield, Connecticut by clicking on the graphic below.
Across the Wide Ocean...is my big, beautiful new book!
Words, paint, collage, sharks, whales, turtles, boats, submarines, scientists, and a whole lot of salt water went into it. Find out about those ingredients. Find out about the accident that made me want to know how to navigate a boat... Find out about how I found myself at the bottom of the sea in a submarine... and more!
Me and the Sea
Young Writers Workshops:
Fishing for the Writer Within This non-stop, right-on workshop for writers has proven delightful and effective for writers from seven to seventy. The workshop is loosely based on the theory and practices of the Amherst Writers and Artists Collective and on Natalie Goldberg’s book Writing Down the Bones. From it writers will take the making and beginnings of a personal essay, a poem, a story, and a nonfiction piece. Easily tailored to any level of age or experience, this fast-paced workshop will help anyone fish for – and catch -- the writer within. Ninety minutes minimum. Twenty writers maximum. $250
Writing for Children This class on writing for children includes writing exercises, resources and contacts, discussion, and advice from the trenches. High school and up. Sixty minutes minimum. Fifty people maximum. $250
Places to look for me:
Connecticut Library Association Children's Librarians' Roundtable, Waterford Public Library, Waterford, Connecticut, March 9, 2010, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
- * I'm appearing with fellow water women Leslie Bulioni, Kathleen Kudlinski, Cat Urbain, and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. More information on Water Women, and the Connecticut Libraries' summer water program will be coming soon.
National Science Teachers Association annual conference, March 18-25, 2010, Philadelphia
- * Presentation "Using Art to Teach Ocean Science Topics to Formal and Informal Audiences", with Perrin Chick and Amy Holt-Cline, March 19, 2010, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 7.
- * Book signing, National Geographic Science Fair Winners series, National Geographic Booth, March 20, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Draw On! Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, March 27 - April 10, 2010. School and library presentations can be arranged during this time. Please click here for more on Draw On.
White Plains School Children's Book Night, White Plains School, White Plains, New York, April 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, April 15, 2010, 10:45 a.m.
"A Dive in the Ocean," presentation with shark drawing workshop! Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown, Connecticut, April 21, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
John Hopkins Discovery Day, The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, Connecticut, April 24, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Jump Start! Young Writing Workshop for adult writers, Connecticut Writing Project, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, May 8, 9 to 12, 2010, location to be announced.
"Doodle On, Dude!" presentation with journaldoodle workshop, Portland Public Library, Portland, Connecticut, June 30, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Places I've Been:
Connecticut Library Association's showcase, 2010
Connecticut Writing Project Conference, University of Connecticut
Johns Hopkins Discovery Day, The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, Connecticut
Garden Street School, Brewster, New York
John F. Kennedy School, Brewster, New York
Children’s Book Day, Sunnyside, Irvington, New York
Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, Connecticut
National Marine Educators Association Annual Conference, 2008, Savannah Georgia
Connecticut Library Association, 2008, Groton, Connecticut
George Mason Elementary School, Alexandria, Virginia
William B. Ward Elementary School, New Rochelle, New York
Western Connecticut State University MFA Residency, Danbury, Connecticut
Hartford Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut
Robbins Library, Arlington, Massachusetts
New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts
Mystic Seaport Book Store, Mystic, Connecticut
Fish Tails, Tugs, and Sails Children’s Festival, New London, Connecticut
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Eight Cousins Bookstore, Falmouth, Massachusetts
Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
Holland Hill Elementary School, Fairfield, Connecticut, November 3, 2008
SCBWI Shoreline
School Visits:
I visited Roxbury School in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as other great Connecticut schools, like:
Bethel Middle School, Bethel
St. Mary School, Bethel
Fairfield High School, Fairfield
Holland Hill School, Fairfield
Martin School, Manchester
St. Mary School, Ridgefield, Connecticut
George Mason Elementary School, Alexandria, Virginia
William E. Ward Elementary School, New Rochelle, New York
Bethel High School, Bethel, Connecticut
I got to visit Gracie Mansion, home of New York City Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, as part of New York is Book Country. I got to visit some great New York City Schools, too, like:
Seth Low, Intermediate School 96, Brooklyn
St. Ignatius Loyola Grammar School, Manhattan
Count and Catherine Basie, Middle School 72, Queens
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