THE ART OF WRITING - The Power of Visual Media in Storytelling
Bonus Addition to the Program!
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Location: Bliss Room, St. Albans Historical Society & Museum
9 Church St., St. Albans, VT 05478
Rate: $32 members / $47 non-members
Bonus Addition: The program will conclude with a free open mic from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at
The Eloquent Page, 70 North Main St. Participants are encouraged to bring an original piece of writing to read although this is not required to attend the open mic session.
SCHEDULE
8:30 - 9:30 - Registration Networking
9:30 - 10:15 - Gowri Savoor: Worldbuilding Through Art, Word and Blog
10:15 - 10:30 - Break
10:45 - 11:30 - D. B. Johnson: Art of the Moving Book
11:30 - 1:00 - Lunch on your own *
1:00 - 2:00 - Corrina Thurston: Marketing Through Visual Media and Storytelling
2:00 - 2:15 - Break
2:015 - 3:00 - Ted Tedford - Incident at St. Albans
3:00 - 3:15 - Wrap Up
3:30 - 4:30 - Open Mic at Eloquent Page
* Lunch will be on an individual basis. There are several good restaurants right on St. Albans’s Main Street, within close walking distance of the museum or a quick drive. Restaurants nearby include (but aren’t limited to) Mimmo's, Tim's Place, 84 Main Sports Grill, Twiggs, One Federal, and Jeff's Seafood. If you want to go out for lunch, please research the local and available restaurants ahead of time. You may also pack your own lunch and leave it in the kitchen until the break.
SPEAKERS
Gowri Savoor: Worldbuilding Through Art, Word, and Blog
Enter the world of artist Gowri Savoor’s Tiny Hero Tales... Tiny’s story has unfolded through art and a series of written adventures posted on Savoor’s website/blog, tinyherotales.com. In this presentation, Gowri will talk about her creative process, her art, writing, and web presence, and how they all come together to bring Tiny’s tales to life.
About Gowri Savoor
Gowri Savoor is a visual-teaching artist whose practice includes sculpture, drawing, and the Indian art of Rangoli. Born in England, she was educated in Manchester and Leeds, and moved to the United States in 2007.
Savoor is the founder of A River of Light, an organization committed to bringing art to the community through participatory art events, parades, and installations. She has been a teaching artist for over 18 years with experience in arts integration and community building. She continues to exhibit her work both nationally and internationally. Tiny Hero Tales is Savoor’s ongoing story project, conveying worldbuilding and Tiny’s adventures through a harmonious mix of art and words on her blog and website.
D.B. Johnson: Art of the Moving Book
D.B. Johnson’s “Art of the Moving Book” introduces writers and artists to the surprising power of HTML to animate stories with simple, non-disruptive “pictures that move” for an iPad or Apple device. Amazingly beautiful animations can be written and embedded seamlessly in your book with simple markup language and a text editor; no complex programming required.
About D.B. Johnson
D.B. Johnson is the author/illustrator of 12 acclaimed picture books, including the Horn Book Award-winning, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton Mifflin, 2000). Since his 2012 surreal picture book, Magritte’s Marvelous Hat, Johnson has written, illustrated, and animated two digital picture books, Polly Wolly Willy Woggle and POTS, REBBOR!, available at the Apple Bookstore.
Corrina Thurston: Marketing Through Visual Media and Storytelling
Corrina has written two books on the topics of business and marketing for creatives and frequently gives presentations, workshops, and does consulting on those topics. For this workshop, she will go into detail about how visual media and storytelling should be the backbone of your marketing for your writing and author platform.
She’ll talk about how best to use visuals in your marketing, what makes good storytelling for marketing specifically, and how to enhance and emphasize both in order to capture the attention of your audience. She uses specific examples to clearly explain her points, and you’ll walk away with easy-to-implement ideas to use for your own marketing plan.
About Corrina Thurston
Corrina is a wildlife artist, author, speaker, and business consultant working out of central Vermont. She began drawing in 2010, two years into a debilitating illness that left her mostly bedridden for over six years. Her art and writing were the silver lining of what came out of her illness, and now that she’s on proper treatment, she’s turned them into a career.
She’s a TEDx speaker, was named one of the Top 40 People Under 40 in Vermont for 2018, and her books have been listed on the “Best Books for Artists” by the Arts Business Institute. Learn more about Corrina, her two business/marketing books, and her artwork on her website: www.corrinathurston.com.
Ted Tedford: Incident at St. Albans
Ted Tedford, a long-time newspaper reporter and editor, will discuss the research and writing of his historical novel. The novel is about a Civil War raid by Confederate soldiers on St. Albans, Vermont, and the 21-year-old Kentuckian who led the raid. It netted them about $300,000 from robbing the town’s three banks, and they successfully escaped back to Canada where they had gathered to plot the raid.
About Ted Tedford
Ted Tedford is a long-time newspaper editor and reporter. He is now semi-retired. He has worked for five daily newspapers, including The Burlington Free Press. On retirement from daily newspapering, he was editor and general manager of the Mountain Villager, a weekly newspaper covering towns in eastern Chittenden County. When that paper folded, he turned to freelance writing and has published Incident at St. Albans, a historical novel about a Civil War raid on St. Albans, Vermont, by Confederate soldiers. He is also writing short stories.