Presented by Illustrators Priscilla Alpaugh and Ed Shems
Learn best practices for using social media for self-promotion and creative community building during this interactive webinar.
Priscilla and Ed demonstrate how they use Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms to participate in online illustration communities, promote their work, and connect with their peers. They’ll talk about learning to refine and hone your messaging, and which creative professionals they look to for social media inspiration.
This webinar is FREE to the first 100 registrants – It is geared toward students but anyone is welcome to attend.
Register by:
Emailing your name and email address (and if you’re a student, which school you attend) to: membership@graphicartistsguild.org
Questions can be sent in advance to membership@graphicartistsguild.org or come with questions, and Priscilla and Ed will work to get you the answers!
Priscilla Alpaugh Bio
Priscilla studied Illustration at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and UMass Amherst. She completed her graduate studies at Syracuse University. While raising her family she made art whenever she could. She moved into a studio at ArtSpace Maynard in 2001. While her kids grew up she did logo design, murals, painted traffic signal boxes, made t-shirts and greeting cards, and did several book projects for self publishing clients. As her kids moved on to college she started illustrating full time. Her first picture book came out in 2015 and she won the NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase the same year. She lives in Greater Boston with her husband. They have two grown children.
Priscilla is a member of the New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers and is the New England Representative for the Graphic Artist’s Guild.
She loves New England and everything about it. Her other interests are cooking, sea kayaking, hiking, the outdoors, and pretty much all animals, corgis in particular. Priscilla is represented by the CAT Agency in New York.
priscillaalpaugh.com @scillabert
Ed Shems bio
Ed is a RISD graduate and has been freelancing for more than 27 years. He’s a middle grade and younger book illustrator who is currently writing his own chapter books and graphic novels. Ed’s also an award-winning graphic designer and an un-awarded gardener. He’s the co-founder of Creative Relay and the Special Guests Coordinator for the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE).
In 2014 Ed testified before members of the House of Representatives on behalf of The Graphic Artists Guild, The Copyright Alliance and all visual artists concerning copyright issues.
You can find him online at edfredned.com and @edfredned
