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Patricia Polacco |
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Patricia Polacco writes picture books that mirror her personal experiences and often include important individuals in her life. Her struggles with dyslexia are a focal point of her presentations, often encouraging students never to give up, but to reach to be the best. She visited with the Lower School in October. |
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Lary Bloom |
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Author and editor Lary Bloom visited with Middle School students. Bloom is a mentor to many successful writers and was willing to share his tips with the students. In English classes, he talked about the craft of writing--how to develop an eye for detail and an ear for revealing dialogue, how to capture conflict, to write what you know, but also to strike a universal chord, how to plant "the gun in the drawer," the principle of inevitability and how to write seductive beginnings, middles and endings. |
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Indran Amirthanayagam |
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Poet Indran Amirthanayagam was the writer in residence for three days in November. During his visit with the Upper School, Mr. Amirthanayagam met with students in small groups and one-on-one conferences. Originally from Sri Lanka, he writes in English, French and Spanish. His latest work in English includes The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems (Hanging Loose, 2008) and the new manuscript Uncivil War. Mr. Amirthanayagam, a US Foreign Service Officer, is serving currently as Regional Environment Officer for South America and resides in Lima, Peru. |
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Neva Austrew |
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Young Author and illustrator Neva Austrew has a unique illustrative style. Her handmade collaged papers, coupled with pen and ink detailing, give young readers beautiful visuals to accompany the story telling. Two weeks prior to her visit, Neva sent a video she made for GFA students to teach them how to prepare handmade papers for their books. While at GFA, Neva spent two days working with the Upper School graphic design students as they embarked upon the illustrative accompaniment to their hand written stories. Neva also visited the Lower School, having pre-prepared a background of an ocean for students studying marine animals in science. Neva worked with students to 'fill the ocean' with a variety of hand-made sea creatures. |
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David Dunlop |
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This fall, David Dunlop was one of our evening speakers. Dunlop’s reputation as a fine painter who combines artistic skill, knowledge and enthusiasm prompted The Metropolitan Museum of Art to invite him to lecture on 4000 years of landscape painting in 2005. He has been a visiting artist/lecturer at multiple institutions; his paintings have been shown internationally and are held in the collections of major corporations. He is on the faculty of the celebrated Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT, where he teaches painting, lectures, gives workshops and leads groups of art students to international destinations such as Italy, France and Japan. |
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