upcoming Workshops & EVENTS
CATIA CHIEN
author and ILLUSTRATOr
ONLINE: THURSDAY 7th DECEMBER 7-9PM (UK GMT)
Join us for an evening with award-winning illustrator and author Cátia Chien for an insight into her career, inspirations, use of materials and the various books she’s created.
There will be a Q&A opportunity after the talk.
Cátia Chien is a Brazilian-Taiwanese artist. She is the illustrator of titles such as The Bear and the Moon, which was a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal for Original Art winner and a Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration winner and A Boy and a Jaguar, an ALA Notable Book and recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award. Her art has been shown in galleries worldwide including the Beijing National Gallery and the Bologna Children's Book Fair exhibition. She is also the founder of A THOUSAND WORLDS - a curated picture book directory celebrating BIPOC creators. She lives in New York City with her family.
Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and are non-refundable. Zoom links will be emailed directly to you on the day of the event around 5pm UK time.
The event is LIVE - but buying a ticket will give you access to a recording which will be available for one week afterwards. You will be sent a link for this the day after the event.
SYDNEY SMITH
ILLUSTRATOr AND AUTHOR
ONLINE: THURSDAY 18th JANUARY 7-9PM (UK GMT)
Join us for an evening with award-winning illustrator and author Sydney Smith, where we will learn about his work, his process, and what inspires him to create.
Sydney’s talk will be followed by an audience Q&A opportunity.
Sydney Smith is the author and illustrator of the Kate Greenaway awarded Small in the City (2019), and Do You Remember? (2023). He is the illustrator of My Baba's Garden and I Talk Like a River, written by Jordan Scott (2020), Sidewalk Flowers written by JonArno Lawson (2015); The White Cat and the Monk written by Jo Ellen Bogart (2016); and Town Is By the Sea written by Joanne Schwartz (2017); this book was awarded the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal and the 2018 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
Sydney’s beautiful work has received four consecutive New York Times Best Illustrated Awards. Sydney was born in Nova Scotia, where he now lives with his family.
Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and are non-refundable. Zoom links will be emailed directly to you on the day of the event around 5pm UK time.
The event is LIVE - but buying a ticket will give you access to a recording which will be available for one week afterwards. You will be sent a link for this the day after the event.
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
£30 for 30 mins!
We're thinking ahead to the New Year, and what could be better than a portfolio review to get you started in 2024?
Maisie and Ness will spend 30 minutes going through your portfolio in detail and will send written feedback.
Book your place through Eventbrite and then send in your portfolio to info@orangebeakstudio.com
You can email your portfolio anytime from now to 31st January adding PORTFOLIO REVIEW to the email subtitle line.
Your portfolio should be a 12-page PDF and your name and contact details need to be on the first page. Save your PDF as your name_portfolio_review.
Please do not send dummy books or anything outside of these guidelines. We will review a shorter portfolio but it's to your advantage to aim for 12 pages.
Maisie and Ness will send you written feedback in February 2024.
We look forward to seeing your work! There are a limited amount of portfolio review places, so book now to avoid missing out.