Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Gerry Himmelreich Talks About His WhyAugust 24, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Native Creatives“I write for those Native kids who want to see our gods, heroes, relatives and tricksters still walking among us, ...
Juana Martinez-Neal on Creative Leaps and New TechniquesAugust 9, 2019 | Community Good News, Illustration, Inspiration, Latinx VoicesAuthor Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community Retreat for Published ...By: Juana Martinez-Neal
Gareth Hinds on Creative Process and Taking Artistic LeapsJuly 10, 2019 | Community Good News, InspirationGraphic novelist and illustrator Gareth Hinds (garethhinds.com) was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community ...
Novelists Rave About The Whole Novel WorkshopMay 30, 2019 | Community Good News, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceBy now you've probably heard about our Whole Novel Workshops, specifically designed to provide one-to-one mentor ...
From Idea to Sale: A Graphic Novel JourneyMay 23, 2019 | Community Good News, Illustration, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceUpdate 10/10/23 Kirkus reviewed Claire's book: "Refreshingly pushing back against tropes that often appear in ...
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 ...
Growing Connections From a Highlights Foundation WorkshopMarch 26, 2019 | Community Good News, The Business of Publishing, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceMany thanks to Jess Rinker (jessrinker.com) & Meeg Pincus (meegpincus.com) for writing this blog post for us! ...
Denise Fleming & Ashley Wolff: Artists, Teachers, ComediennesFebruary 7, 2019 | Community Good News, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceWe decided it was time to check in with Denise Fleming and Ashley Wolff, co-faculty for our Color, Light, Line ...By: Ashley WolffDenise Fleming
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 ...
It’s Magic Here, with All The Right IngredientsSeptember 13, 2018 | Community Good News, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceThis blog post has been reprinted from an article from Sarah Aronson’s weekly Creativity Journal, with permission. ...By: Sarah Aronson
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
Rebecca Kai Dotlich on Loving Words and Writing Poetry for ChildrenJuly 17, 2018 | Community Good News, PoetrySpecial thanks to Matt Forrest Esenwine, children's writer and voiceover talent, for letting us share this ...By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich