Ilse Plume & Priscilla Alpaugh
This class is co-taught by Ilse Plume & Priscilla Alpaugh.
Ilse Plume
My love of stories began when I was a child in war-torn Europe, sitting on my grandfather’s knee, listening to folktales. After finishing college with a BFA and MFA in painting and art education, I briefly studied printmaking at Santa Reparata Studio in Florence, Italy (now called SRISA.)
My first illustrated children’s books were all folktales from Europe. I received the Caldecott Honor Book Award for “The Bremen-Town Musicians.” Later I was awarded The Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship. I’ve been fortunate to visit The Bologna Book Fair for many years, to see the current trends in the publishing world.
To learn more about Ilse and connect, visit her website www.ilseplume.com or follow her on Instagram @ilseplume.
Priscilla Alpaugh
Priscilla Alpaugh attended Mass College of Art and UMass Amherst for her BFA in Illustration and Syracuse University for her MFA in Illustration. As her kids moved on to college she started illustrating full time. Her first picture book Hold This! came out in 2015 and she won the NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase the same year. She joined The CAT Agency in 2018. She lives in Greater Boston with her husband and three legged dog Phoebe. They have two grown children.
Priscilla is co-chair of the Greater Boston Illustrator’s Group which is part of the New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is a founding member of Six Bridges Gallery in Maynard, and has worked out of her studio at ArtSpace Maynard since 2001.
Books: Space Mice - Albert Whitman & Co, Helper Hound Series-Red Chair Press, Hold This! - Islandport Press and many more.
Priscilla’s work has been exhibited at the Danforth Museum, Pine Manor College, The Springfield Art Museum, Lasell University, Umbrella Arts, ArtSpace Maynard, the Carlisle Public Library and 6 Bridges Gallery.
She is currently working on two picture book projects.
