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Carole Byard

キャロル・バイアード

Kyaroru Baiaado

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1941-07-22 （Atlantic City, New Jersey）
Died
2017-01-11 age 75
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Atlantic City, New Jersey → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Harlem/Westbeth, New York City

Career

Occupations
visual artist, illustrator, photographer
Active Years
1971-2017
Affiliations
Where We At: Black Women Artists, Black Artists Guild, Westbeth Artists Community
Memberships
Where We At: Black Women Artists Inc., Black Arts Movement
Influenced By
Faith Ringgold, Priscilla Gerard
Influenced
African American children's book illustrators

Education

Fleischer Art Memorial
Art
Period: 1961-1963
Country: United States
Attended while working
New York Phoenix School of Design
Illustration
Period: 1964-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: United States
Later taught there
Atlantic City High School
Country: United States
Influenced by high school teacher Priscilla Gerard

Awards

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
1978
Work: Africa Dream
Category: イラストレーター
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
1980
Work: Cornrows
Category: イラストレーター
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
1981
Work: Grandma's Joy
Category: イラストレーター
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 名誉賞
Caldecott Honor
1993
Work: Working Cotton
Category: 絵本
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 名誉賞
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
1993
Work: Working Cotton
Category: イラストレーター
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 名誉賞
Ford Foundation travel grant
1972
Organization: Ford Foundation
Result: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (drawing)
1986
Category: デッサン
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (sculpture)
1994
Category: 彫刻
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Working Cotton

1992 Children's literature

Story of an African-American migrant worker family picking cotton in California's San Joaquin Valley, illustrated with pastels.

African-American experiencemigrant laborfamily

Africa Dream

1977 Children's literature

A girl dreams of Africa in this fantasy story.

African heritagedreamsBlack identity

Cornrows

1979 Children's literature

Explores African history and culture through cornrows hairstyle.

African culturehistoryresistance

The Black Snowman

1991 Children's literature

A boy brings a black snowman to life using magical kente cloth.

magicAfrican Americanwinter

Bibliography

  • Willy
  • Nomi and the Magic Fish
  • Under Christopher's Hat
  • The Sycamore Tree and Other African Tales
  • Arthur Mitchell
  • Africa Dream
  • I Can Do It by Myself
  • Three African Tales
  • Cornrows
  • Grandmama's Joy
  • Have a Happy...
  • The Black Snowman
  • Working Cotton
  • Jump Back, Honey: The Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • Angel City
  • Suite for Mozambique

Style & Themes

Literary Style
charcoal, pastels, mixed-mediacommunity-oriented art
Recurring Motifs
African-American lifeAfrican heritagefamily and historyhousing struggles

Legacy

Renowned African-American children's book illustrator, recipient of Coretta Scott King Awards and Caldecott Honor. Active in Black Arts Movement with fine art practice.

Trivia

  • Rent Series inspired by father's rent receipts.
  • Illustrations informed by travels in Africa.
  • Resident of Westbeth Artists Community.