Andrea Skyberg

Artist/Author/Educator

Manitoba School Art Residency

I’ve been working at Manitoba school the last couple of months to help the K5 and 1st grade classes create a school museum, which will showcase their curriculum on the rain forest,

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School Tours, Author Visits, and Art Workshops 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,

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‘Stories Shared’ exhibition – opening night!

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

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‘Stories Shared’ co-art exhibit with Faith Ringgold April 25th, 2014!

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

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‘The Making of Shimmerling’ by Andrea Skyberg

‘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

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Shimmerling update — first photo shoot

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

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‘Stories Shared’ co-art exhibit with Faith Ringgold April 25th, 2014!

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

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The Making of Shimmerling

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

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Shimmerling Residency: Metal Engraved Feathers

Over the past two weeks students in the 1st – 3rd grades at West Side Academy have been working on designing and engraving three metal feathers to be used on

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