Emily Taylor

My dear friend Emily Taylor's passing is already a month ago. I miss her smile, art, critiques, and her enthusiasm for life. Emily taught art at a local community center and was giving person right to the end. She was a regular participant at the monthly MN SCBWI critique group meet-up in Edina, MN. I enjoyed collaborating with her and our friends at an illustrator retreat with in Grand Marais, MN in May, 2017. It seems so long ago now. I know she is in a better place. All my love, Alicia

SCBWI Minnesota Postcard Gallery

As the Illustrator Coordinator of SCBWI Minnesota, I started a program earlier in 2017 called the SCBWI Minnesota Postcard Gallery. It is an online gallery for our members to showcase their self-promotion postcards.

I really enjoy seeing it grow from the ground up.  And I look forward to many posts to come. We will update this gallery 4x/year. See you July 15th!

Twin Cities Picture Book Salon

We had a blast making cards at the Twin Cities Picture Book Salon, last night. The salon takes place at the Loft.org in Minneapolis. http://mollybethgriffin.com/events/

2016 MN SCBWI Fall Conference

Big thanks, to all our fabulous speakers, volunteers, mentors and mentees! We held our annual MN SCBWI Fall Conference on October 22-23, 2016. Onwards and upwards!

Harold Underdown, Independent Editor; Andrew Karre, Exec. Editor, Dutton Books

Melina Mangal, author

Patrick Collins, Creative Dir. Henry Holt Books; Judy Schachner, author/illustrator; Alex Slater, Trident Media (and his lovely wife)

Molly Beth Griffin, author

Jessica Freeburg, ARA; Kate Dolan, volunteer; Alicia Schwab, IC minnesota.scbwi.org; Emily Taylor 2016 Illustrator Mentee