Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/14/2018 - 10/20/2018
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Rd - Newtown, PA 18940
Category(ies)
EPA SCBWI Proudly Presents
“The PICTURE BOOK MASTERCLASS”
“The Picture Book Masterclass” is an intensive mentoring program for intermediate to advanced illustrators who wish to develop their manuscript into a submission-ready dummy in six months. During three full-day workshops, our esteemed faculty, which includes:
- Agent Sean McCarthy, Sean McCarthy Literary Agency;
- Author-illustrator Dana Wulfekotte;
- Senior Designer Eileen Savage, Penguin Random House; and
- Art Director David DeWitt, Little Bee Books,
will provide feedback on attendees’ manuscripts, thumbnail sketches, dummies, and two final illustrations. Due to the amount of personal feedback, registration is limited to 15 attendees. For more information about our fantastic faculty, please follow this link.
REGISTRATION: $350 Members, $400 Non-Members. No refunds after March 3rd, 2018.
Registration is now full. To be put on a waiting list, please email Virginia Law Manning, EPA Illustrator Coordinator, at epa-ic@scbwi.org
PLEASE NOTE: There are three dates and two locations.
1st Meeting
WHEN: Saturday, April 14th, 2018
TIME: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Bucks County Community College; 275 Swamp Road; Newtown, PA 18940
2nd Meeting
When: Saturday, July 14th, 2018
Time: 9:30 AM to 4 PM
Where: Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
3rd Meeting
When: Saturday October 20th, 2018
Time: 9:30 AM to 4 p.m.
Where: Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
About the workshop:
This is an intensive workshop for author-illustrators who have strong sketching skills and a manuscript that has already gone through several rounds of revision.
Pre-Workshop Assignment:
Due March 14th: Each attendee will submit their manuscript via email and provide a link to their online portfolio or illustrations. This will allow the faculty time to review their work prior to the first meeting and provide more thoughtful feedback at the meeting.
Meeting #1 with Agent Sean McCarthy and Author-Illustrator Dana Wulfekotte
a) Introductions
b) “The Client-Agent” relationship presented by Sean McCarthy and Dana Wulfekotte
c) “The Creative Journey” presented by Dana Wulfekotte
d) “Picture Book Pacing” presented by Sean McCarthy
e) Following the formal presentations, each registered participant will have approximately 10 minutes to pitch their manuscript and share their portfolio (or finished art samples) with the group, and receive feedback from the faculty to help guide them in the next step of development.
f) Lunch is not provided. Participants can bring a packed lunch, or purchase lunch at the Starbucks on campus.
g) Homework — Assignment to be submitted digitally by June 30th. Each participant will revise their manuscript, create thumbnails for their story, and refine two thumbnail images into full-size sketches.
Meeting #2 on Saturday July 14th with Mentor Agent Sean McCarthy and Senior Designer Eileen Savage at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
a) “The Picture Book Process” presented by Eileen Savage
b) Each participant will have 15 minutes to present their thumbnails and receive feedback from agent Sean McCarthy and designer Eileen Savage.
c) Catered Lunch Provided
b) Homework — Assignment to be submitted digitally by October 6th. Each participant will polish their manuscript and, using their thumbnails as a guide, create a book dummy for their story. They will develop two sketches into final, color illustrations.
Meeting #3 on Saturday October 20th with Mentor Agent Sean McCarthy and Art Director David DeWitt, Little Bee Books at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
a) “An Art Director’s Hierarchy of Needs: A breakdown of the illustrator selection process, and other things visual” presented by David DeWitt
b) Each participant will have 15 minutes to present their book dummy and two final illustrations and receive feedback from agent Sean McCarthy and art director David DeWitt.
c) Catered Lunch Provided
d) Closing remarks by Sean McCarthy
I hope you will join us for this unique opportunity. Illustrators who took EPA’s “Dummy Workshop” in 2016 knocked our socks off! We’ve revised the format. In 2018 participants will receive feedback on both the story and art. Furthermore, they will gain experience working with an agent, designer and art director and be inspired by our faculty author-illustrator. Registration is now full. To be put on a waiting list, please contact EPA Illustrator Coordinator Virginia Law Manning at epa-ic@scbwi.org.
Bookings
This event is fully booked.
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