Profile
K. Wendy Popp
Wendy is an artist who’s works have appeared in many publications and have graced the covers and the interiors of books, periodicals, and newspapers internationally since 1981. Publishers include; The New York Times, Harper Collins, Random/Doubleday/Dell, Penguin/Putnam, Scholastic Books, and Time/Life Publications, among others. Critics’ selections have included her illustration and advocacy in The New York Times, U.S.A. Today, The Beacon Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle News, The Miami Herald, among others. Her awards and honors are numerous, among them; The Dean Cornwall Recognition Award from The Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, The Distinguished Educator of The Year Award from The New School University, The Sydney Tyler Book Award, and The Washington Irving’s Children’s Choice Honor. She has taken part in, juried, initiated and chaired many exhibitions. Recent examples have been with The Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, The United Nations and The New York Historical Society. Her work continues to be displayed in solo and traveling group exhibitions nationally. She has been an educator for 30 years for New York Institutions of art, namely; Parsons The New School for Design, Pratt Institute as well as mentoring in the Illustration Masters Program of The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her work is held in private collections, as well as the permanent collections of The Society of Illustrators Museum of American lllustration and The Norman Rockwell Museum.
Degrees Held
BACHELOR OF THE ARTS
Performances and Appearances
GUEST SPEAKER
Society of Illustrators: Personal work and workshop
Society of Illustrators: Artists Against the War
The Larchmont Library: Artists and Advocacy
Visual Communications Symposium Syracuse University Lecture on evolution of personal work and humanitarian exhibitions
TEACHING SYMPOSIUM, Society of Illustrators Created and monitored panel discussion on humanitarian content and projects in the classroom.
Lubin Hall SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Master´s Program A lecture on personal body of work
Larchmont Central School Writers and Illustrator Address K - 5 (2000 - 2010)
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (Art of the Picture book) 1995 1994 1991 1989 1987
READERS DIGEST, Conference for American Editors and Art Directors (1995, 1996)
GUEST SIGNING
Society of Illustrators: Artists Against The Wars
Guest Artist, Larchmont Arts Festival
Historic Hudson Valley Children´s Book Day
DISCUSSION Hudson Valley Celebrates Children´s Book Day Signing at Washington Irving´s home, One Candle Invitation to Sunnyside, by committee selection
Chatsworth Avenue School (Sister Anne´s Hands)
Westchester Jewish Center pre-K (One Candle)
Woman in Action Rye Neck Middle School
Artwork/Lifework Hommock´s Middle School
Books of Wonder, New York City, One Candle
Historic Hudson Valley Children´s Book Day Signing at Washington Irving´s home, One Candle
Hommock´s Middle School Artwork / Lifework
Historic Hudson Valley Celebrates Children´s Book Day Washington Irving´s Home, Sister Anne´s Hands
Larchmont Central School Scholastic Book Fair
Books of Wonder 16 W18St NYC., N.Y. (Sister Anne´s Hands)
Larchmont Children´s Library N.Y. (Sister Anne´s Hands)
The Enchanted Forest, Soho, N.Y. (Sister Anne´s Hands)
Springhurst Elementary Dobb´s Ferry (Sister Anne´s Hands)
Larchmont Central School Scholastic Book Fair
Larchmont Central School (Sister Anne´s Hands, Picture Book)
Anderson´s Bookstore N.Y. (Princess Florecita)
Rye Country Day School (Princess Florecita, Art of the Picture Book)
Larchmont Central School N.Y. (Princess Florecita)
Borders Bookstore, N.Y. (Princess Florecita)
FAO Swarcz N.Y. White Plains, N.Y. (Princess Florecita)
Diane´s Bookstore of Greenwich, Conn. (Princess Florecita)
B. Dalton, Harborplace, Balto. Md. (Princess Florecita)
The Berjan Montessori School (pre-K)
Research Interests
Advocacy for marginalized groups in society, drawing, editorial design, entrepreneurship, illustration, painting, storytelling, bookmaking
Awards And Honors
Distinguished University Teaching Award presented by The New School University for recognition of contributions to Parsons the News School for Design
Sydney Taylor Award presented by the Jewish Library Association One Candle
Dean Cornwell Recognition Award Society of Illustrators (Prevailing Human Spirit)
Wendy's art is held in many private collections and the permanent collections of:
The Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration
The Norman Rockwell Museum
School and library awards and recognition:
AWARDS
Society of Illustrators Own Show
Children´s Book of the Year / Sister Anne´s Hands
Child´s Study Children´s Book Committee/ Sister Anne´s Hands
Living the Dream Award / Sister Anne´s Hands
HONORS
Honored by The Westchester Library Assoc. The Washington Irving Children´s Choice Award / Sister Anne´s Hands
Honored by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians / Sister Anne´s Hands
Aesop Accolade for Princess Floricita and the Iron Shoes
Portfolio
http://kwpopp.monkeynutproductions.com/
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/K-Wendy-Popp/48579995
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