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Re: Caldecott at 75: Diversity (or lack their of)
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From: Uma <uma_at_gobrainstorm.net>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:32 -0400
Kate, the problem of course is that it is impossible to submit a book in such a way. Author and illustrator names are all over the work--cover, CIP page, jacket flaps. And submitting art separately from the book itself seems to defeat the purpose of the Caldecott.
Uma
Uma Krishnaswami uma_at_gobrainstorm.net http://www.umakrishnaswami.com http://umakrishnaswami.blogspot.com
On May 16, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Kate Brown wrote:
Wouldn’t it be great if somehow there could be a blind submission of the artist’s work? In other words, the committee would not know the artist and would only be able to judge the work on its own merit and on the part it plays in telling a story to children. Simplistic, I know, but that way there could not be an issue with the artist’s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, etc. After all, isn’t that what the Caldecott Award is designed to do? To recognize an artist’s contribution to telling or enhancing a story through visuals? Or perhaps I am naively thinking about the topic from a child’s point of view?
Kate Brown
Received on Thu 16 May 2013 08:32:32 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:32 -0400
Kate, the problem of course is that it is impossible to submit a book in such a way. Author and illustrator names are all over the work--cover, CIP page, jacket flaps. And submitting art separately from the book itself seems to defeat the purpose of the Caldecott.
Uma
Uma Krishnaswami uma_at_gobrainstorm.net http://www.umakrishnaswami.com http://umakrishnaswami.blogspot.com
On May 16, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Kate Brown wrote:
Wouldn’t it be great if somehow there could be a blind submission of the artist’s work? In other words, the committee would not know the artist and would only be able to judge the work on its own merit and on the part it plays in telling a story to children. Simplistic, I know, but that way there could not be an issue with the artist’s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, etc. After all, isn’t that what the Caldecott Award is designed to do? To recognize an artist’s contribution to telling or enhancing a story through visuals? Or perhaps I am naively thinking about the topic from a child’s point of view?
Kate Brown
Received on Thu 16 May 2013 08:32:32 AM CDT
