Online Gallery features: Susan B. Katz

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Online Gallery features:

Susan B. Katz
November 1 through November 30, 2005

Susan B. Katz taught overseas at the American School in Valencia, Spain. Upon returning, a box of hand painted dishes broke in transit. “If life gives you broken dishes, make mosaics!,” she thought. So, this pioneering artist began a business called Mosaic Maestras. She’s since taught mosaic classes and sold her ceramic mosaics for years, a talent that fortunately morphed into her innovative mosaic style children’s book illustrations. Using cut paper tesserae (tiles) and mixed media, Susan creates collages alive with bold colors and exquisite design. She firmly believes that mosaics represent life: We take all the pieces and transform them into a beautiful work of art!

Susan B. Katz

Susan is a National Board Certified Teacher with over 12 years experience as an elementary bilingual educator and consultant. Ms. Katz has presented at the annual SCBWI Asilomar Conference. She is a proud member of The Revisionaries critique group in San Francisco, along with Yuyi Morales, Lynn Hazen, Gianna Marino, Karen Ehrhardt, Jim Averbeck and Maria van Lieshout. Susan is represented by Deborah Warren of East/West Literary Agency (ewmdwarren@aol.com).

Susan B. Katz, a University of Michigan graduate, began accumulating accolades at age 14 when she won the Detroit Free Press Writing Award for a poem about her grandmother. Susan loves to travel and over the years lived in both Spain and Costa Rica. Much of the inspiration for her books comes from her rich experiences overseas. In Costa Rica, she worked in a rain forest that later inspired several bilingual stories and vivid animal illustrations.

See more of Susan’s unique mosaic style illustrations at http://www.susankatzbooks.com
or contact her directly at sbkep@aol.com

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Archive: Previous artists presented in this Online Gallery

Nancy Barnett	North/Central	April 2003
Carol Benioff	East Bay	May 2003
Cindy Ann Ganaden	South San Francisco	June2003
Deborah Nourse Lattimore	North/Central	July 2003
Sara Iravani Kahn	South San Francisco	September 2003
Elisa Kleven	North/Central	October 2003
Jan Adkins	North/Central	November 2003
Joy Allen	North/Central	December 2003
Yuyi Morales	East Bay	January 2004
Liz Cunningham	East Bay	February 2004
Brooke Scudder	South San Francisco	March 2004
Paula Pertile	South San Francisco	April 2004
Lauren Francis	South San Francisco	May 2004
Mike Maystead	South San Francisco	July 2004
Kris Aro McLeod	North/Central	August 2004
Sherry Rogers	North/Central	September 2004
Barbara Pollak	East Bay	October 2004
Kirsten Carlson	North/Central	November 2004
Jeff Jackson	South San Francisco	December 2004
Elly Simmons	North/Central	January 2005
Bob Barner	South San Francisco	February 2005
Lea Lyon	East Bay	March 2005
Lin Wang	South San Francisco	April 2005
Kieren Dutcher	East Bay	May 2005
Karen Stanton	South San Francisco	June 2005
Connie McLennan	North/Central	July 2005
Liz Amini Holmes	South San Francisco	August 2005

Artist and illustrators previous school visits

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