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<DIV>Here are the suggestions I received for the artist for the 2011 <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_0>Summer Reading Program</SPAN>. <SPAN lang=EN>The 2011 theme is <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_1>World Culture</SPAN> and Travel. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>The suggested artists are: <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_2 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Lois Ehlert</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Marjorie Priceman</SPAN>, Carolyn Garcia, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_4 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Jan Brett</SPAN>, Patricia Storms, and Rafael Lopez. (Read the suggestions at the bottom of this message)</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have any other suggestions to make this is your last chance. </DIV>
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<DIV>Suggestions must include:</DIV>
<DIV>1. Artists name </DIV>
<DIV>2. Some information about the artist </DIV>
<DIV>3. A link to online examples of their work, and </DIV>
<DIV>4. A brief statement explaining why they would create <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_5>fabulous World Culture</SPAN> and Travel art. </DIV>
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<DIV>Please send one email per artist recommendation to: <A href="http://us.mc1112.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oregon.srp09@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:oregon.srp09@yahoo.com"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_6>oregon.srp09@yahoo.com</SPAN></A></DIV>
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<DIV>Deadline is Friday, March 27th @ 5:00 pm.</DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV>SUGGESTIONS:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=titlebig1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">This is a “Pie in the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=spelle><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Ky</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=titlebig1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">” choice, but <SPAN id=lw_1237918917_0 style="CURSOR: hand"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Lois </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=spelle><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Ehlert</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=titlebig1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> would be an awesome SRP artist I think.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: #dceeff; COLOR: black">Marjorie </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=spelle><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: #dceeff; COLOR: black">Priceman</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">, author/illustrator of <U>How to Make an Apple Pie and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_7 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">See the World</SPAN></U></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: #38636b">“Marjorie <SPAN class=spelle>Priceman</SPAN> is the award winning author and illustrator of many <SPAN id=lw_1237918962_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts>picture books</SPAN></SPAN>. After graduating from the <SPAN id=lw_1237918962_2><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_8>Rhode Island School of Design</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, she made her debut in 1989 with <EM>Friend or Frog</EM>. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: #38636b">Marjorie's illustrations enliven many fantastic stories through her use of bright watercolors and free flowing lines. In 1995, she won the Caldecott Honor for <EM>Zin! </EM><SPAN class=spelle><I>Zin</I></SPAN><EM>! A Violin</EM>. The <SPAN id=lw_1237918962_3 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_9>School Library Journal</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> reviewed her work as "an inspired assortment of characters, who pose, prance, and float across the page and stage… the rich, swirling background colors change with each double-page spread. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: #38636b">Using softer lines and more muted hues than usual, Marjorie illustrated Katie <SPAN class=spelle>Couric's</SPAN> debut novel <EM>The Brand New Kid</EM> in 2000. In this story, "the artist captures a full gamut of emotion, particularly in the crabby faces of taunting classmates and a beaming portrait of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_10>Lazlo</SPAN> at the moment he makes his first real friend." (From the School Library Journal, 2000). </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: #38636b"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">After a sabbatical, Marjorie is right back to work on some new stories. Her next book, due out in the spring of 2004 is Katie <SPAN class=spelle>Couric's</SPAN> second book entitled <EM>The <SPAN id=lw_1237918962_4></EM><SPAN class=yshortcuts><I>Blue Ribbon Day</I></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> “ </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>From </FONT><A href="http://www.storybookart.com/meet_mpriceman.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237918962_5><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.storybookart.com/meet_mpriceman.html</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carolyn works at <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919053_0>Multnomah County</SPAN></SPAN> Library</SPAN>’s <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919053_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_12>Central Library</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> in Circulation and also as an on-call library assistant.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">She does Story Stop in the Children’s Library and is in the process of being trained for age-specific storytimes. She’s the author/illustrator of the book<I> Moonboy</I>.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can see examples of her work at </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7373968@N04/sets/72157603690331370/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN id=lw_1237919053_2>http://www.flickr.com/photos/7373968@N04/sets/72157603690331370/</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
<DIV><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Her work is available for sale at Crafty Wonderland and she will be having a show at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem in November.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I love Carolyn’s art! Whether it’s drawn with a <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919053_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_13>Bic pen</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> or full color, her detailed drawings and paintings make me smile and would catch the eye of any child at who comes to a library. Any of her creations would be ready to travel the world!</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Artist's Name:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Jan Brett <A href="http://www.janbrett.com/biography.htm" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237918895_0>http://www.janbrett.com/biography.htm</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Link to </SPAN><SPAN id=lw_1237918895_2 style="CURSOR: hand"></STRONG><SPAN class=yshortcuts><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Jan Brett</SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">'s work</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">: <A href="http://www.janbrett.com/index.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237918895_3>http://www.janbrett.com/index.html</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Suggestions must include: <BR>1. Artists name <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_0 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_14 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Rafael López</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>. <BR>2. Some information about the artist <BR>The work of Rafael López is a fusion of strong graphic style and magical symbolism. Growing up in <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_15>Mexico City</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> he was immersed in the rich <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_2>cultural heritage</SPAN></SPAN> and native color of street life. Influenced by Mexican surrealism, dichos and myths he developed a style with roots in these traditions.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">His international clients includes Amnesty International, <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_3 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_16 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Apple</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_17 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Chicago Tribune</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_5><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_18>Harper Collins</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, IBM, Intel, <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_6><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_19>Los Angeles Times</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, the <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_7><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_20>Grammy Awards</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and World
Wildlife Fund to name a few. His work has been selected into multiple juried shows and his children's books have won 2 <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_21>Americas</SPAN> Awards and a Pura Belpre Honor.. His 2008 poster Voz Unida was selected by the Obama/Biden campaign as an official poster at Artists for Obama. The Latino dance stamp he created for the <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">United States Postal Services</SPAN></SPAN> was featured on the cover of the <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_22>commemorative stamp</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> yearbook in 2006 and at a special exhibition at the Smithsonian called Trendsetters. His 2007 U.S.P.S. stamp celebrated an important legal case in equality of education called Mendez vs. <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_10><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">He envisioned and led the Urban Art Trail Project that transformed <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_24>San Diego</SPAN> 's blighted <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_25><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_11 style="CURSOR: hand">East</SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts> Village</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> with colorful murals, sculptures and art installations and serves as a model of <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_12>urban renewal</SPAN></SPAN> that has been implemented in cities around the nation.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rafael divides his time between his studios in the colonial town of <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_13 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_26 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">San Miguel de Allende , Mexico</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and a loft in <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237919729_27>downtown San Diego</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> where he works and lives with his wife and son.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>3... A link to online examples of their work, </FONT><A href="http://www.rafaellopez.com/#/books" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_15><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.rafaellopez.com/#/books</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR>4. A brief statement explaining why they would create <SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1237919072_16 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">fabulous World Culture</SPAN></SPAN> and Travel art. His art is beautiful, bright, appeals to both children and adults. Because of his Mexican heritage and influences he provides a broad perspective. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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