I really recommend everyone checking out the Imagination Library Kentucky Pilot Projects. Get involved! Promote reading, learning, creating and sharing every chance you get! I’ve also got some really, really cool news coming up for the fall. Stay tuned… things are going to get very very interesting!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! We have some really neat things coming up for when you return from summer break. Can’t wait to share those with you!

Hope everyone is looking forward to their summer break (those still waiting, have faith). We might have some exciting new opportunities coming up in the near future. Please be sure to check the Art Gallery Workshop Holler often so you can stay up to date.

PULL your files from the dropbox folder this week! Below is the link. Visit the folder and copy and paste YOUR book’s files. Please DO NOT erase the files in these folders! Minuteman Press has the files on hand, but these are for your records.

Here’s the link. Simply look in the folder for your book and save the files to your computer. You may…Read More

I am so proud of ALL the students that participated in the book publishing project for KVEC (Project Prevent Grant). You all did such an outstanding job! Please remember to send out request for signing at local libraries in your area! As well as businesses too! Promote your work by sending press releases out to the newspapers. Please always be…Read More

Great job on the videos and they are very useful. This process is very scary for those who are just getting started, but it is interesting to see these steps come to reality. Good Luck to all of the young men and women who are just getting started with their new business.

ATTENTION! VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Hello everyone. We won’t be going live tomorrow morning due to Johnson County having to cancel school for the rest of the week due to illnesses. Please keep the teachers and students of Johnson County in your thoughts and/or prayers.

We will have session 3 tomorrow, but I will be recording the session from…Read More

Hello everyone,

Hope that everyone is doing well. Thanks for your patience regarding the student book publishing project. I also appreciate all the hard work that you have put into helping your students to submit their work.

We are processing the chapter / short stories at the moment. The processing of the picture books is finished and the…Read More

Hello everyone. Just want to remind all the students with short stories (or chapter books) to be making the edits to their work for the resubmission. We found substantial mistakes and grammatical errors throughout the books submitted. This is typical with publishing, but this is also a good time for students to learn about an aspect of publishing…Read More

ATTENTION STUDENTS!

The KY Governor’s Office has a contest for students! Check out the link I’ve attached to this post. They are wanting to select a student’s artwork for the KY Derby! Please let me know if you are planning on entering the challenge.

http://firstlady.ky.gov/initiatives/Pages/derby-poster-contest.aspx

Awesome!

A couple more names to add to the list of students to be published. I want to make sure and state again that ALL of the submissions were SO well done. I am so very pleased and happy with the work. I wish we could publish every student’s book… but we can’t. There was a strict criteria that had to be met in order to move on to the next step. The…Read More

I am so excited to get this GREAT NEWS! Thanks for all of your help and this amazing opportunity!!!!

SELECTED STUDENTS (SO FAR) FOR PUBLISHING:

We are still waiting for Betsy Layne High School and Hazard Ind. High School to submit their books.

Attention teachers… please check your email for instructions following the posting of this list. You will need to follow-up with me concerning a few matters related to us moving forward. It’s very…Read More

Ragghhrrrrr!

Names of books to be published by students will be announced by the end of the week! Check back here for the information and what to expect next. Thanks everyone and Happy New Year.

Update! I’ve received many great submissions. So many that I’m once again blown away by the talent and creativity on behalf of the students making up our region. Thought I would be able to post the names of the students going on to be published before Christmas, but that’s going to be impossible. I will be taking all the books over to KVEC where…Read More

Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions! I hope everyone has their student’s books in the mail and on their way here. We will review the books and let everyone know the status of the selections as soon as possible. We should be able to let everyone know before Christmas. Thanks to everyone who participated. I’m looking forward to reviewing these…Read More

Looking forward to seeing all the submissions! We are getting closer to the deadline. If there’s any questions, email me at eplingillustrations@gmail.com!

thanks!

It’s getting closer to the deadline for submission! Please mail all submissions to me directly. Christopher Epling. PO Box 183 Regina, KY 41559. Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what the students created!

Thank you Chris for coming back to Breathitt High School to help our students with their stories. We are ready to go and really excited about this opportunity.

If you visit the link, you will see exactly what I hope all of our young authors and illustrators will do too. Create social media links centered around your small business and promote your work. Those 35 students that go on to be published will have to do similar things as Andrew Turner of Breathitt County High School. Great job Andrew.…Read More

I am preparing the next tutorial on basic drawing and would like to have your input on what you would like to see me demonstrate. Is there a particular area of drawing that is troubling you? Maybe it’s drawing hands? Let me know by commenting below. I will do my best to create something in the form of a video that might hopefully help.

Attention teachers; if you’re interested in having me work with your student and/or class, please contact either myself or Kelli Thompson to set up a date. I am available to come to your school between now and the week prior to when the books are suppose to be submitted. Limited amount of spots available so please contact us soon if you are…Read More

Hello everyone. An update for today’s Week 8 Workshop Video:

I am producing Week 8’s video from my studio here in ny shop. Because of that, I will have to record the video, then save the video out to our holler here because of my not-so-great internet. Using a laptop computer to record ‘live’ is choppy, unreliable and counter productive. I’ve…Read More

Session 7 of the Book Publishing Project live from Johnson County Middle School. Dr. Rachel Holbrook’s classroom

Looking forward to our 7th workshop tomorrow! Really hoping to see some stellar stories submitted as we move forward. Hope you are having fun. If you are… and this is something you would like to do as a profession, then take full advantage of this opportunity. Becoming a published author / illustrator now will greatly enhance the possibilities…Read More

Are they any restrictions to the cover of our book? Can we use photoshop or other applications to create it?

I hope everyone is doing ok with this project and enjoying the Fall Break. Please ask any questions you might have here on the homepage of the Art Workshop. You can also share any progress you might have here on this portion of our “holler”. Looking forward to seeing your work!

I like the way the elements are placed in the Chapter book The Babysitters Club Portrait Collection by Ann M. Martin! She includes several illustrations and journal entries!

Hi I am looking forward to this project! I love to read and write stories! I am in the 4th grade!

I like spiderman.

Is the recordingss for the live shows been uploaded yet?

Glad to see all of you joining the holler! Be sure to check out the resources we have in the documents page. Just click on the link at the top of this thread. Looking forward to working with you all!

art about to start at HCHS

STARS Project Prevent 2016 Session 1
From Betsy Layne High School

Congratulations to all the students and schools participating in the two projects I helped out on for the sumitt on April 27th! I was amazed to see the finished banners on display. Such talent and diversity of that talent in our region. I created a very long post, including pictures, of the banners and student authors / illustrators on my public…Read More

Tomorrow is the BIG day… banners are being processed, grommets are in, and the planning and preparation is hopefully going to produce a GREAT summit. I look forward to seeing how the young author/illustrator entrepreneurs prepared for their book signing, as well as all the county’s banners displayed together. Thank you all for the hard work and…Read More

Hello everyone! I am looking forward to seeing the finished banners from each county. If your school followed the directions sent via email throughout the project, then the banner project should have turned into a source for multiple classes to become involved in researching your topics. There’s a lot to look forward to on the 27th of this month.…Read More

Hello everyone! Just giving an update on the Entrepreneurial Young Author and Illustrator Project and the ARI Banner Project.

I’ve been traveling around working with the various schools participating in the banner project and things look great so far! Letcher Central High School blew me away, as did East Ridge High School as well. But don’t…Read More

Dr. Snow – Entrepreneur Discussion