{"id":2247,"date":"2011-11-25T23:27:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2011-11-26T19:21:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T01:21:41","slug":"two-quick-newsy-type-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Two Quick Newsy-Type Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/new cover1.jpg\" border=1><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t tend to cover news items here at 7-Imp. I leave that to other bloggers, who are particularly good at rounding up the newsy-type notes, but here are two quick ones for today, ones I feel are important for various reasons:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>1)<\/strong><\/font>  The documentary film <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryoftheearlymind.com\/\">Library of the Early Mind<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is now available for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryoftheearlymind.com\/View%20Library%20of%20the%20Early%20Mind.html\">digital download<\/a><\/strong> through the film\u2019s site, and DVDs will be available through the site on December 1. The film&#8217;s producers, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardjdelaney.com\/\">Edward J. Delaney<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cracklesofspeech.blogspot.com\/\">Steven Withrow<\/a><\/strong>, are now accepting reservations <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/childrenslitproject.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/05\/reserve-your-copy-of-the-dvd-today\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen this informative documentary, now&#8217;s your chance. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>2)<\/strong><\/font> Author\/illustrator <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiojjk.com\/\">Jarrett J. Krosoczka<\/a><\/strong> will be hosting the 2nd annual auction for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiojjk.com\/joeandshirlscholarships.html\">Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarships<\/a><\/strong>. The auction will go live on Monday morning at 10 am EST. I love the very idea of this scholarship: Jarrett created it in memory of his grandparents, who raised him. Given at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worcesterart.org\/\">Worcester Art Museum<\/a><\/strong>, they provide tuition to underprivileged children who are in unique familial situations. The below video explains more about the purpose of the scholarship:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYDtSqvZwIM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year, Jarrett has four items up for bid: <\/p>\n<p>A full-color, acrylic portrait on canvas of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1955\">Lunch Lady and Betty<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/LL and Betty canvas small1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A triptych of three characters &#8212; Baghead, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=946\">Chicken<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2218\">Ollie<\/a><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/triptych small1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Lunch at his studio:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/lunch at studio small1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>And he will design a school&#8217;s mascot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/Your school mascot by JJK - bee thumb1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Also, Jarrett&#8217;s <em>Monkey Boy to Lunch Lady: The Sketchbooks of Jarrett J. Krosoczka<\/em> is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiojjk.com\/10yearsketchbook.html\">now available for purchase<\/a><\/strong>, and all those proceeds also go to the scholarship fund as well:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIjEIaowQ2o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, there is a wonderful article from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.risd.edu\/\">Rhode Island School of Design&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> alumni magazine, <em>RISD XYZ<\/em>, about three alum who create books for children and who each graduated a decade apart. Jarrett is one of those artists, and the other two are <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/wiesner\/\">David Wiesner<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2228\">Brian Selznick<\/a><\/strong>. That article is linked <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiojjk.com\/RISD_XYZ_Fall-2011.pdf\">here<\/a><\/strong> at Jarrett&#8217;s site. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t tend to cover news items here at 7-Imp. I leave that to other bloggers, who are particularly good at rounding up the newsy-type notes, but here are two quick ones for today, ones I feel are important for various reasons:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etcetera","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}