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Sara Varon

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Bio

Education: BFA, 1995, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, 2002, School of Visual Arts, New York City. Bibliography: Graphic Novels: New Shoes; Odd Duck; Bake Sale; Robot Dreams; Sweaterweather. Picture Books: My Pencil and Me; Hold Hands; President Squid; Chicken and Cat. Awards: New York Public library for New Shoes: one of 2018’s Best Books for Kids; Kirkus Reviews for Odd Duck: one of the Best Children’s Books of 2013; Sendak Fellowship, 2013; School Library Journal for Bake Sale: one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011; Oprah’s Book Club for Robot Dreams: Kids’ Reading List Selection 2008.

Personal Statement

I have been writing & illustrating comics, children's books, and graphic novels since about 2002.

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.

Class Number

1890

Credits

3

Description

The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.

Class Number

1939

Credits

3

Description

The Department of Painting and Drawing offers a wide variety of comics courses, ranging from traditional to experimental methods and techniques. Each course is designed to focus on a specific area of comics production. To learn more about the topic of a specific comics course in which you are interested, please review the course description for that particular class.

Class Number

2149

Credits

3