First of all, the event was hosted by 4 Kids Bookstore in Zionsville. I had never been in there before, and after spending every single break going through the store's shelves, I have to give it a bunch of love. AMAZING store with quality toys and books. Lots of fabulous, beautifully illustrated books, Melissa and Doug toys (I even found train tracks parts sold separately!), puzzles, etc. Seriously, go shop there for your kids' Christmas gifts.
OK, now back to the conference. As an attendee, I was especially looking forward to hearing Michele Farley speak about her experiences on the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Committee. While we were all put under oath not to divulge the secrets of the "behind the scenes" for the Caldecott award, it was really enriching to learn what the thought processes were as the committee members went through the picturebooks, why certain books made it high up on the list and others did not, and seeing "highlights" from the picture book stacks. I also enjoyed the "insider's look" at the award and the selection process.
As a speaker, I was asked to give a talk about art reps/agents, and my personal experiences as an agented illustrator. Several people who attended asked it I would make the information from my presentation available online, and I said "check out my blog. I'll post it there." Most of my presentation was adapted from a blog post that I wrote back in 2010. So, if you are an illustrator looking for that information from my presenation, please visit this blog post:
http://jzartworksblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/bit-about-representation.html
I am working on trying to get my PowerPoint presentation converted to an uploadable PDF, but so far am running into some glitches. However, the above blog post has 90% of the information that I had in my presenation, for those who are interested.
Thank you SCBWI-Indiana for putting on this great event and for allowing me to be a part of the day!
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