Visits and Workshops

Find out more about the Draw On! program at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, in Ridgefield, Connecticut by clicking on the graphic below.


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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


School Visit Brochure 2008

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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 






















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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



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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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