The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators presents
Creative Exchange: The Bologna Experience
with Ayano Imai, Kiyo Tanaka and Shimako Okamura
Time: Saturday, July 11, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Place: Tokyo Women’s Plaza, Conference Room 1, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (by the Children’s Castle and United Nations University) For a map see http://www.scbwi.jp/map.htm
Fee: SCBWI members 1,000 yen; non-members 1,500 yen
This event will be in English and Japanese.
Come join illustrators Ayano Imai and Kiyo Tanaka plus designer/illustrator Shimako Okamura as they share their experiences at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the most important global event in the children’s publishing industry. Included in the topics shared at this exchange of ideas and information will be first-hand experiences of being selected for the Illustrators Exhibition, opportunities that resulted from attending the fair, and more. Visit the Bologna Book Fair site (http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it) before this event, and bring along all your questions and ideas about submitting to the exhibition and promoting your work at the book fair.
Ayano Imai was born in London in 1980 and studied Japanese painting at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. Her works were selected for the Bologna Illustrator’s Exhibition in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009. Two of the selected works led to picture book publications: The 108th Sheep (Bloomsbury), and Chester (minedition). Other books now in production include Puss & Boots (minedition) and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (Iwasaki-shoten).
Shimako Okamura was born in Tokyo and graduated from Musashino Art University where she majored in Visual Communication Design. After working at an advertising agency, she became a freelancer in 2004. Her books include Under Ground (La Joie de lire, Switzerland), Sumashita pengin-san kyodai (The Three, Too Cool, Penguin Brothers, text by Ayumi Aizawa, Kodansha). Visit her websites http://www.geocities.jp/shimako_oka or http://www.sumapen.com
Kiyo Tanaka was born in Kanagawa and studied oil painting and etching in Tokyo. After her works were selected for the Bologna Illustratorsʼ Exhibition in 1995 and 1996, she started her career as an illustrator with the publication of the picture book Mizutama no chihuahua (The Polka-dot Chihuahua, text by Areno Inoue, Fukuinkan), and as an author/illustrator with her picture book, Okiniri (My Favorite). Visit her website at http://www.oyikakanat.com.
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