💌My Art Director, Dearest Laurent Linn, surprised me today with his email: "Our Favorite Day of the Year has been juried into the 2020 Original Art show!!!"
WOOOWWW!!!
Many Thanks to all the Juries of 2020 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators ( they all are the heroes in the picture book field), and special thanks to the Society of Illustrators for their always support! @soi128


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About THE ORIGINAL ART
Founded by painter, art director, and artists’ representative Dilys Evans, The Original Art was first exhibited in 1980 at the Master Eagle Gallery in New York City. On display was the work of a wide variety of artists, some well-known and well-loved, some newcomers to the field. The show was an instant success, even receiving a proclamation of appreciation from the mayor’s office, and it has been popular ever since.
In 1990, The Original Art found a permanent home at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. It also became a juried event, with a committee of children's book artists, art directors, editors, and publishers selecting the best books from among hundreds of submissions and awarding Gold and Silver medals to the top pieces.

Rahele Jomepour Bell (The Children's Book Podcast #612)

I have had this great opportunity to have a talk with Matthew Winner, school librarian, author, and the host and creator of The Children's Book Podcast! I’m a huge fan of Matthew Winner's podcasts and it is one of those I enjoy to listen while I work in my studio on my artwork! I have my huge respect for what he does for the kidlit family in order to spread the book love. We chatted about the book; "Our Favorite Day of the Year" and our favorite day of the year too! Please check out the podcast on Matthew’s website, and I hope you enjoy hearing it!

Link to this talk.

" Our Favorite Day of the Year" is featured on one of my all the time favorite blogs; Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast!!!!

OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR. Text copyright © 2020 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Rahele Jomepour Bell and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publi…

OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR. Text copyright © 2020 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Rahele Jomepour Bell and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, New York.

SCBWI Spring 2020 Bulletin

Every time I receive my SCBWI bulletin in my mailbox I feel like I have a special gift from a particular friend 💚 I love to say this is my honor to see my illustrations for this Spring issue of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin, a society who I call it my illustration home Thank You Fans of SCBWIfor continuing of being wonderful!
Also, I love this cover done by amazing illustrator fellow Suzanne Kaufman

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SCBWI Iowa Conference Spring 2020

I had this superb opportunity to be among other magnificent faculty at the SCBWI Iowa Conference this year. It was such a tremendous experience even though we had to have our conference virtual. All talents, all motivations, bringing the deep meaning of HOPE to life. These people in the publication world are the people who the world needs them forever.

Thank you, SCBWI Iowa, for such a great event.

Rahele

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I am so honored to be awarded the Iowa Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund grant awards. Thank you, Iowa Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs for supporting artists during this hardship. I hope one day soon I will be one of the people who support the other artists.

They have just opened their round two of the applications:

https://iowaculture.gov/arts/grants/iowa-arts-emergency-relief-fund

I have been always admired the books published by Groundwood books and now I am so honored to be one of the artists who will make pictures for these very important books!