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2021

Meet the Fellows: Oliver Jeffers

We'll be joining artist, author, and SHC Fellow for 2021, Oliver Jeffers in the studio, as he introduces his diverse practice. Oliver will be introduced by Children's Writing Fellow for NI, Kelly McCaughrain. 

Date(s)
May 20, 2021
Location
Online
Time
18:00 - 19:00
Price
FREE

Oliver Jeffers is an artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance and sculpture. Curiosity and humour are underlying themes throughout Oliver’s practice as an artist and storyteller. Jeffers’ engagements and practice are truly international in scope. His critically acclaimed picture books are translated into over forty languages, selling over ten million copies worldwide. His original artwork has been exhibited at New York’s Brooklyn Museum, Dublin’s Irish Museum of Modern Art, London’s National Portrait Gallery and Vienna’s Palais Auersperg. Jeffers has received numerous awards, including a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, Bologna Rigazzi Award, an Irish Book Award, and a UK Literary Association Award. He releases his eighteenth book as author and illustrator, What We'll Build, in October 2020, and has illustrated several others. Oliver grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland; he currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions in a live Q&A session.  

Department
Development and Alumni Relations
Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry
Audience
All
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Subject/Theme
Culture
Event Organiser Details
Email r.brown@qub.ac.uk