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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Susan Antipa
Carson City Library
900 North Roop St.
Carson City, NV 89701
775-887-2244
smantipa@clan.lib.nv.us
DATE:
29
August 2003
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www.bogaboga.com 2002.
Graphic used with permission
Basque' in Knowledge: Read
It, See It, Hear It, Know It
@ your library™
Susan Guevara
Award-winning
illustrator Susan Guevara will present a program, Chato and the
Pura Belpré Award, on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Below Ms Guevara
provides some insight into her talent and creativity.
After many
dilettante units at several local junior colleges I finally
enrolled in the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Between
my first and second years I moved to Paris and lived there and in
Belgium for one year. By luck and hard work, I was able to study
with Remy Van Sluys, a Flemish impressionist painter, as well as
take courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Belgium.
I completed
my BFA in San Francisco the following year.
No two of my
books are in the same style. Each story is unique to its setting
and characters and so too, should be the illustrations.
Illustrating books is a journey fraught with danger and
excitement, disappointment (I never paint as well as I wish), joy
(I'm often surprised at what I can paint) and release. The
profession has my awe and long-standing love. It satisfies me to
the bone.
RECENT AWARDS:
Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto
2002 Pura Belpré Award Winner for Illustration
Chato's
Kitchen by Gary Soto
1995 Pura Belpré Award Winner |
