Legacy Sponsorship Grants 2010: Author Talk with Nancy Carlson

Project Details by Fiscal Year
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Status
Completed
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Redwood
Redwood
Project Overview

Redwood Falls Public Library sponsored a morning program with Nancy Carlson, children's author and illustrator.

Project Details

Program Date and Time: May 17, 2010 10am
Number of Performances: 1
Number of Attendees: 40

Organizational Partners: Redwood Falls Public Library and the Redwood Falls Friends of the Library.

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status

Measurable Outcome(s)

The attendees were given the opportunity to listen to and watch Nancy Carlson, a gifted and well known children's author and learn how she develops the subjects and characters for her books. Nancy demonstrated the technique that she uses to illustrate her books and she had the children in the audience give her ideas for new characters.  The audience was invited to assist Nancy  as she drew her famous animal characters using letters from the alphabet.

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