Andrea Skyberg

This week on Tuesday Tours I’m excited to feature mid grade and picture book author Tara Lazar who makes a comfortable space in her New Jersey home that gives her the ability to write books, blog about

After joining SCBWI I began meeting many artists and writers in person, but soon those connections began introducing me to an entire online kidlit community. Not too long ago, I came across the illustrations for Kelly

Today on Tuesday Tours we have author Sue Ganz-Schmitt sharing her beautiful studio and ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains. I recently read Sue’s new book Planet Kindergarten and was immediately smitten. The

When I was curating for the Union Art Gallery I met an exceptional artist who was also a student at UWM. I purchased one of her beautiful clay sculptures titled Queen

I’d like to introduce freelance author and illustrator Micah Clarke. Micah is a member of SCBWI and we met at a few of the Wisconsin events. As a stay at

Even though summer’s here, there’s no break for Shimmerling activities… and that’s a good thing! I hosted the Bigs & Littles from the Big Brothers and Sisters of Milwaukee at the gallery

Over the past two weeks I’ve been working with students from four different schools and sharing the story of my newest book Shimmerling. We did a little bit of meditation,

In this week’s Tuesday Tours I’m very excited to feature the studio of artist Susan Eaddy who lives and works in Nashville. Before starting her studio, ClayThings Illustration, she worked as the Art

Thus far I’ve featured illustrators and artists on Tuesday Tours,  but today I’m excited to share the first writer’s studio tour featuring children’s book author Miranda Paul. I met Miranda this past October

Back when I was an undergrad student at the Maryland Institute, College of Art I came across the work of Faith Ringgold and I fell in love with the imagery,

Pam Miller led some great Family Yoga workshops in the gallery based on my book Squircle. Adults and children explored the practice of Yoga, breath awareness, poses and movement, games, art and

This week on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring photographer and visual storyteller William Zuback. I haven’t personally met William, but some of the posts on his blog really resonated with me. One of his

I just found out that my book, CommuniTree, which was created in collaboration with 686 students from Milwaukee Parkside for the Arts, was honored with a Finalist Award for the

This week on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring international artist, Colin Matthes, who bases out of Milwaukee, WI. One of the first shows I curated was Warning: Contains Graphic Images, and my call for artists brought

This week on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring Milwaukee artist Della Wells. I knew about Della before I ever personally met her because I was so inspired by her artwork. When I started curating for

What a wonderful opening! Arts @ Large did a fantastic job and the work looked beautiful! Standing in the gallery looking around at the mixture of artwork from Caldecott-winning artist

Welcome back to Tuesday Tours! I took a couple weeks off for spring break, and I was just a bit too busy with some new artist residency projects. But I’m happy

Stories Shared Opening April 25, 5-8pm Gallery @ Large, 908 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI, (414) 763.7379 Join us for Stories Shared, a gallery opening featuring the work of Caldecott Award winning artist

‘The Making of Shimmerling’ is a behind the scenes look at how, with funding from Arts@Large, I worked with over 300 students in two Milwaukee Public Schools — West Side

This week on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring illustrator Justin Winslow. Not long into my freshman year at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, I was lucky enough to meet Justin

In addition to creating the engraved feathers for Shimmerling, students from Bethune Academy and West Side Academy also created feathers to decorate their schools. I’m in the process of attaching

Today on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring mosaic artist Leann Wooten. I met Leann a few years ago at a gallery opening that featured the artwork she did with Milwaukee Public school

Working till 3am is starting to get to me, but I’m excited because we’re starting to get some great shots and we’ll begin laying out the book this week! All

Over the last few years I’ve had my studio in the dark basement, but I recently decided that I needed a studio with natural light more than I needed a

I’ve made some revisions to my birds and trees of Shimmerling. I’m still playing around with them, but here’s a rough composite of how they’re coming along. It looked up

I’ve been busy trying to finish up the Shimmerling costume/sculpture for the April 25th gallery opening. I managed to get the wings, the feather headdress, and the Shimmerling’s face created

Today on Tuesday Tours, we’ll take a look at where illustrator Carol Schwartz creates her art. Carol has worked with a wide variety of clients and her illustrations have been published in

Over the last few years I’ve had my studio in the dark basement, but I recently decided that I needed a studio with natural light more than I needed a

I’m very excited to announce that the artwork I’m creating for my new picture book Shimmerling will be featured in an art exhibition at Gallery@Large, along with the artwork of

I’m starting to put together the Shimmerling costume with all the feathers the students created. Also, I’m building the oak trees and birds and taking some test shots! Lots to