Shadra Strickland

Giuseppe Castellano talks to illustrator, author, and educator, Shadra Strickland about what led her to becoming a picture book maker—despite the naysayers; why realism in illustration is not an out-of-fashion style; what artists need to remember about being artists; and more.

To learn more about Shadra, visit jumpin.shadrastrickland.com.

Shadra has work on display from her book, Bird, in the “Imprinted: Illustrating Race” show at the Norman Rockwell Museum. To learn more, visit nrm.org.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Thomas Vroman, Roald Dahl, Jonathan Bean, Lauren Castillo, Taeeun Yoo, Paul Hoppe, Patricia Polacco, Pat Cummings, Tom Feelings, Jerry Pinkney, Bryan Collier, Keith Henry Brown, Greg Christie, Kadir Nelson, Floyd Cooper, and Chris Myers

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