Mrs Dalloway's ART EXHIBIT & SALE w/Celebrated Local Artists & Storytellers

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore

Come to Mrs. Dalloway's on Friday, Nov 3rd for our Opening Reception to celebrate Bay Area Author/Artists. Mingle, Chat, Shop, Enjoy!

Mrs Dalloway's

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore is thrilled to present a special exhibit celebrating the artwork of Bay Area artists and storytellers: Cindy Derby, Susan Gal, Briana Loewinsohn, Thien Pham, Sendy Santamaria, Jason Shiga and Eugenia Yoh. Original artwork, fine art prints, and much more will be displayed and for sale. Start your holiday shopping early! <h2>Opening Reception: Friday, November 3, 7:00 - 8:30pm</h2><h2>Come Mingle &amp; Chat + Shop Art &amp; Books</h2>At 7:30, artists / authors will talk briefly about their work and process, and there will an opportunity for Q&A.This is not a sit down event, but an exhibition and reception where people can chat with the artists and buy their work.CINDY DERBY is an award-winning author and illustrator. She has received a Golden Kite Honor for Picture Book Illustration and a 2021 Caldecott Honor. The New York Times calls her work "profound...alive...and wonderfully out of control" Her latest picture book, Oh, Panda, "meld(s) lovely art with toddlerlike determination, this amalgamation of ice castles and vibrant butterflies soars." --Kirkus Reviews. Cindy lives in San Francisco.SUSAN GAL is the illustrator of several award-winning books, including Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs, winner of the 2023 Sydney Taylor Gold Award and the 2023 Robert F. Sibert Award. In her most recent book, Dear Stray, Gal's "digitally assembled watercolor and ink illustrations...movingly reinforce the prickly kinship via emphatic brushstrokes and dramatic hues." --Publishers Weekly, starred review. Susan lives in Berkeley.BRIANA LOEWINSOHN is a cartoonist and educator. Her debut graphic novel, Ephemera: A Graphic Memoir, is an aching, meditative twist on autobiography, infusing the genre with an ethereal fusion of memory and imagination. Publisher Weekly writes, "this powerful yet meditative work heralds the arrival of a promising creator." --Publishers Weekly, starred review. Briana lives in Oakland.THIEN PHAM is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator. In his memoir, Family Style: Memories of an American From Vietnam, about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, "Pham reflects the push-pull conflict of assimilation and cultural loss as explored through food in digitally illustrated panels portraying visual feasts and expressive emotion, making for a vivid and insightful telling that offers joy and hope amid the terror." --Publishers Weekly, starred review. Thien lives in Oakland.SENDY SANTAMARIA is Xicana author-illustrator. Her debut picture book,Yenebi's Drive to School, the story of a family's drive to school--4 hours each day across the Mexico/CA border--is drawn from her life. In a starred review, Kirkus notes "softly rounded illustrations bring the vibrant border towns to life". Sendy lives in San Pablo.JASON SHIGA is a cartoonist. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of math, mazes, puzzles, and unconventional narrative techniques. He has won two Eisner awards. In his recent Adventuregame Comics, a choose-your-own-adventure-style series, "Shiga uses wiry ink and a blue-hued palette to depict a moody environment, while clever dialogue and stout character design impart good humor..."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review. Jason lives in Oakland.EUGENIA YOH is a Taiwanese-American author-illustrator. She is a children's book designer at Chronicle Books during the day and a children's book illustrator during the night. Her debut picture book,This is Not My Home, "through spare text, thoughtful illustration, and masterful artistic design, ... captures an affecting journey of gradual healing and adjustment... A truly exceptional debut."-- Booklist, starred review. Eugenia lives in Berkeley.T﻿HIS IS A FREE EVENT, registration is not required but strongly requested P﻿LEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.O﻿UR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

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