#HFGather: A Poetry Chat with Nikki Grimes and Sarah AronsonApril 8, 2020 | Black Voices, HFGather, Inspiration, PoetryToday's #HFGather was a special National Poetry Month treat! Host Sarah Aronson had a powerful chat with Nikki ...By: Nikki Grimes
#HFGather: Shadra Strickland and Pat Cummings Talk Color, Light and ProcessApril 3, 2020 | Black Voices, HFGather, Illustration, InspirationOn today's Illustrator #HFGather, host Shadra Strickland and Pat Cummings talked about: How lucky the #kidlit ...By: Pat Cummings
Congratulations to Our Faculty 2020 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2020 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Jewish Voices, Latinx Voices, Native Creatives, Nonfiction, Novels, Novels in Verse, Picture BooksThis year, some of the Highlights Foundation Team were able to be there in person when the ALA Youth Media Awards ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Pamela Courtney Talks About Her WhySeptember 16, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation NewsI'm a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches."—Pamela Courtney We asked Pamela, a 2019-2020 Diversity ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Jacqueline Barnes Talks About Her WhySeptember 11, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News“The young person I am creating for is a younger version of me--a black girl that's into black girl ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Trisha Tobias Talks About Her WhySeptember 11, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News“When I'm writing, the young person in my mind is teenage me--one of many young black girls looking for herself in ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Daria Peoples Talks About Her WhySeptember 10, 2019 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News“I create now for children because I never want them to stop becoming.”—Daria Peoples We asked Daria, a 2019-2020 ...
Fellows Announced for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 14, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, Muslim StorytellersTen Fellows have been named in the inaugural Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Working with celebrated ...
We’re SO Proud of Our Faculty 2019 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Latinx Voices, Native CreativesWe had our annual ALA Youth Media Awards viewing party today, in the Barn, and the actual audience in Seattle ...
Investing in Your WritingJanuary 7, 2019 | Black Voices, For BeginnersWe'd like to thank Leah Henderson for today's blog post. Leah is a frequent faculty visitor to our Retreat Center ...By: Leah Henderson
Kristy Dempsey, Crystal Allen, Gwendolyn Hooks, Kelly Starling LyonsJuly 19, 2018 | Black Voices, Community Good NewsIn 2005, Crystal Allen, Gwendolyn Hooks, Kelly Starling Lyons, and Kristy Dempsey attended the Highlights ...By: Crystal AllenKristy DempseyKelly Starling LyonsGwendolyn Hooks
Launching Our 2018 Visual Arts Exhibit: Shadra StricklandMarch 27, 2018 | Art Wall, Black Voices, Campus Happenings, Highlights Foundation NewsThe Highlights Foundation unveiled our 2018 Visual Arts Exhibit on Saturday, March 17, with a reception at our ...By: Shadra Strickland