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Award winning artist reflects on illustrating her first book
Janelle Washington, an Alexandria cut paper artist, spoke at Laurel Ridge Community College about Choosing Brave. She described seeing copies adorned with award stickers including a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King New Talent Award. Washington explained her process of silent collaboration with editors and her plan for future manuscripts and a August Brooklyn gallery show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Janelle Washington
Laurel Ridge Community College
Alexandria
Caldecott
Coretta Scott King/ Steptoe
Washington
Mamie Till-Mobley
Emmett
Mississippi
Emmett Till
America
Roaring Brook Press
Macmillan Publishers
Mamie
Angela Joy
California
Joy
Roaring Book Press
Angela
Man
Uscript
Brave
Brian Brehm
THE
Sentinel
Hoto
the Sentinel
Middletown College