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Talking to the Baby
Beth Krommes, artist
Illustration, Wood Engraving, Painting
EDUCATION
The Artist's Professional Toolbox, 2008, The Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of MA, Boston
Master of Arts in Teaching, Art Education, 1980, University of Massachusetts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Magna Cum Laude, 1977, Syracuse University
St. Martin's School of Art, London, 1975-76
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
The House in the Night, Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin, 2008
The 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal; Junior Library Guild Premiere Selection; Starred reviews: Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly; 2008 Parents' Choice Approved; AARP Books for Grandparents; New York Public Library's Children's Books 2008: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2008; Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008; San Francisco Chronicle's Best Holiday Books for Young Readers; ABC Best Books for Children; 2008 Booklist Top of the List - Youth Picture Book; CJ 1st Picture Book Festival, Seoul, Korea; Minnesota Book Award for Children's Literature
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, Joyce Sidman, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Starred reviews: The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal; an ALA Notable Book; Best of the Best Books of 2006 by the Chicago Public Library; the ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for Illustration; Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2006; National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book; The Original Art 2007 Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators; The Bologna 2008 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition
The Hidden Folk, Lise Lunge-Larsen, Houghton Mifflin, 2004
The Bologna 2005 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition, Minnesota Book Award, starred review School Library Journal
The Sun in Me – Poems about the Planet, edited by Judith Nicholls, Barefoot Books, 2003
The Original Art 2003 Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Houghton Mifflin, 2001
The 2001 Golden Kite Award in Picture Illustration by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an ALA Notable Book, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Award, CCBC Sibert Award Honor Book, A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Riverbank Review Book of Distinction Finalist, Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Books for Children, The Bologna 2001 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition
Grandmother Winter, Phyllis Root, Houghton Mifflin, 1999
The Bologna 2000 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition, starred review The Five Owls
OTHER ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, partial list
Ben Franklin’s Almanac of Wit, Wisdom & Practical Advice, Yankee Books, 2003
Yankee Magazine's New England Innkeepers Cookbook, edited by Sandra J. Taylor, Villard, 1996
Tales of the Wolf, Homestead Publishing, 1996
Tales of the Grizzly, Homestead Publishing, 1992
INCLUDED IN, partial list
An Engraver’s Globe, edited by Simon Brett, Primrose Hill Press, Great Britain, 2002
ENDGRAIN, Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press, Canada, 1994
Engravers Two: A Handbook Compiled for the Society of Wood Engravers, Simon Brett, Silent Books, Great Britain, 1992
EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, and GRANTS, partial list
Golden Kite Golden Dream: Celebrating the Art of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, Abilene, TX, 2010
Drawing from a Story: Selected Caldecott Medal Winners, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, 2010
Beth Krommes: Winter Light, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA,
2009-2010
Beth Krommes: The Poetry of Lines, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, 2009Picture Perfect: Art from Caldecott Award Books, 2006-2009, Art Institute of Chicago, 2009
Picture Books, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH, 2009
CJ 1st Picture Book Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2009
The 17th Annual Children's Book Illustrators' Show and Signing, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA, 2008
Children's Book Illustrators, McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH, 2008
The Bologna Children's Book Fair Exhibitions: 2008, 2005, 2001, 2000
The Original Art Exhibitions of the Society of Illustrators: 2007, 2003
The Power of Pictures: Celebrating New Hampshire Illustrators, The Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH, 2007
Exhibitions of the Society of Wood Engravers, juried traveling exhibits throughout Great Britain: 2008, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988
Regional Juried Exhibits of the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College: 2007, 2005, 2000, 1997 (Hon. Men.), 1993
Annual Regional Juried Exhibitions of the Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH: 2000, 1996, 1989, 1988, 1986, Merit Awards in Printmaking 1996, 1988, 1986
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Foundation Annual Juried Exhibits: 1993, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, Yankee Print Awards in 1986 and 1987
Certificates of Excellence in PRINT's Design Annuals: 1999, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985
Individual Artist Fellow for the Year 1991 from the NH State Council on the Arts
