Showing posts with label book festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book festival. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Ohioana Book Festival Poster

I am so excited I got to work on the Ohioana Book Festival this year!

From the website: "The Ohioana Library Association was founded in 1929 by Ohio First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper to collect, preserve, and promote the works of Ohio authors, artists, and musicians. By the early 1930s the Library had outgrown its space in the Governor’s Mansion and moved into the new State Office Building at 65 S. Front Street, where it remained until 2001. Ohioana and the State Library of Ohio then moved to the renovated Jeffrey Mining Corporate Center near downtown Columbus. Today the Library’s holdings include more than 45,000 books by or about Ohioans; 10,000 pieces of sheet music; biographical files on notable Ohioans; personal papers of Ohio authors and artists; and numerous scrapbooks created by Ohio civic and cultural organizations. The collection does not circulate, but is available for in-library use."

I saw their previous year's posters and loved how open the design requirements were.

I did five concepts:
























I flirted with two different directions. Ohio has always been very active in the space program and I thought that could be a possibility. I also came up with a couple weird animal ideas I did not think they would ever go for. I was super excited when they chose this idea.

Final concept sketch

Process gif
Final art:
Final poster art


Thursday, April 21, 2016

Ohioana Book Festival

The Ohioana Book Festival is this Saturday in Columbus. Lots of Ohio illustrators and authors will be there with their books including Cincinnati illustrator/authors Jeffrey Ebbeler, Sarah Jones and Christina Wald.

Get the details here: http://www.ohioana.org/

Friday, October 16, 2015

Books By the Banks

David Michael Beck's Amazing Poster
Be sure to check out Books By the Banks October 17th!

The illustrators there will include David Michael Beck (who did the poster this year), Jeffery Ebbeler, C. F. Payne, Daryll Collins, Christina Wald, Will Hillenbrand, Tim Bowers, Sarah Jones, and many others.



Thursday, October 9, 2014

Books By the Banks 2014!


Books by the Banks is Saturday!

This year there will be a lot of illustrators at tables so stop by and say hi!

I love going every year whether I have a table or not. It is great for Christmas/Holiday shopping!


First of all, Caldecott wining illustrator Erin Stead will be there!


Philip Stead and Erin Stead
Sebastian and the Balloon

 And also check out:


Jerry Dowling
Drawing the Hollywood Book of Fame
Jerry's book is amazing! It should be a textbook for caricature!

Programming with illustrators:

Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books
Linda Leopold Strauss, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Michelle Houts, Tim Bowers
Moderated by Blue Marble Bookstore's Dave Richardson

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.     Author Presentation: Philip and Erin Stead

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.       Author Presentation: Adam Watkins

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.        Author Presentation: Marc Brown

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.        Author Presentation: Loren Long

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.        Drawing with author/illustrator Matthew Holm

Illustrators in the show: 



Loren Long
Otis and the Scarecrow
New York Times Bestseller!

Tammie Lyon
Good Morning, God!

Casey Riordan Millard
Shark Girl and Belly Button

Matt Kish
Heart of Darkness
  

Tim Bowers
Memoirs of an Elf


Marc Brown
Marc Brown’s Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together

Jessica Burkhart
Bella’s Birthday Unicorn (Unicorn Magic #1)


Andrea Cheng
The Year of the Fortune Cookie


Jeffrey Ebbeler
Arlo Rolled


Kelli Gleiner
A Day with Monster


Matthew Holm
Squish #6: Fear the Amoeba


Dr. John Hutton
Sleepy Bee

Christina Wald
Macarooned on a Dessert Island

Adam Watkins
R is for Robot


And of course a lot of great authors will be there!

Soapbox Media did a nice writeup here about Books by the Banks:

 
Jeffery Ebbeler's poster from 2013

My (Christina Wald) poster from 2011. I really enjoyed doing this! Marlene Steele, John Maggard, Ryan Osterander, C.F. Payne and Will Hillenbrand have done the previous posters.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Books by the Banks

Books by the Banks is a great book festival every year. Right now, the 2013 show is open to submissions from illustrators and authors, so if you have a book out this year...

http://booksbythebanks.org/2013/02/now-accepting-author-submissions-for-2013/

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Bat Fest at Cincinnati Museum Center and other Signings

I (Christina W.) will be at Bat Fest this Saturday the 27th from 11 to 2 at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

I will be reading Little Red Bat, doing an art demo and signing Little Red Bat and A Warm Winter Tail. Stop by and say hi!

Coloring sheet for Bat Fest, Share and Enjoy!


I also will be at Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, OH along with illustrators Jeffery Ebbeler, Will Hillenbrand, and Jared Lee on November 3rd. I know it is a long haul from Cincinnati, but it is a great show!

Finally, I will be at the Crestview Hills Joseph-Beth on December 5th. More details soon...

Vampire Bat and prey from Extreme Senses, one of the Sensing Their Prey books I illustrated for ABDO Publishing Group

Monday, September 10, 2012

Books by the Banks Poster Unveiling

One of the great things about Books by the Banks besides being an awesome book festival, is they commission an illustration for their poster each year.

This year the artist is Marlene Steele.

BIO: A native of northern Kentucky, Marlene Steele began her studies at the age of 11, in the studio of Aileen McCarthy, a student of Duveneck at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
 

A little peek at the poster is on the banner. Looks gorgeous!
Marlene was a full scholarship recipient and is a graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She enjoys the challenge of figurative and portrait work as well as landscape in the mediums of oil, watercolor and pastel. Marlene Steele’s work is in corporate and private collections regionally. Marlene teaches her studio skills in workshops and Art Academy Community Education classes. Steele’s Studio is in the West End of Cincinnati and is currently accepting commissions in all media.

Joseph Beth is once again hosting the poster unveiling which is Thursday, September 20th at 6:30.

Marlene will discuss her poster concept and design and then several artists from the previous years will also be on hand to sign posters. (Not sure who else will be there from previous years, I will post an update later).

Also if you go here: http://booksbythebanks.org/2012/09/20-off-at-joseph-beth-september-20-2012/

You can print out a coupon for 20% off your store purchase or meal at Bronte (an illustrator lunch favorite spot) on that day.

Hope to see you there!


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Books By the Banks

Books by the Banks is the Saturday from 10-4 at the convention center.

Jerry Dowling, Will Hillenbrand, Tamara Schmitz, Ryan Ostrander, Chrsitina Wald, (and my friend Scotti Cohn) will be there in addition to many others!

In other book news, I noticed that Loren Long's new book Otis is #6 on the New York Times Bestsellers in Children's Picture Books. As far as I can tell, he will not be at BBTB, but his appearances are listed on his website.