Organizing SCBWI Illustrator Meetings San Francisco-Bay Area (asking for ideas, experience)

ArmedCadaver

Hello! I'm a freelance illustrator and soon to be SCBWI member from the SF Bay Area. All of those topics sound great, especially 1 and 3! Building art skills to better present a portfolio, along with getting connected with agents and learning from successful illustrators are all constantly big on my to do list.

((It's hard for me to travel too far as i have 2 young children but I really would like to be a part of the SF Bay Area meet ups!))

MOO

I am a scbwi member in San Jose also. I wish there were more activities in the South Bay! But besides that, I agree that all of them interest me equally. I have been a member for a couple of years but have been timid about getting very involved. I did go to th elast Illustrators Day in SF (I think it was the last anyway...) with Marla Frazee. It was great!

MOO

@eleArts Maybe we can start with two of us, Elena

MOO

@eleArts BTW, if you are interested in joining our new writers critique group (if you are at all interested in writing) we meet in Willow Glen on Monday nights at Peets Coffee-1140 Lincoln, Ave, CA 95125 We've just had one meeting. We share our manuscripts by e-mail and then will discuss them on Monday night. We'll see how it goes. None of us knows exactly how to do it, I don't think, but ,...:-) It would be nice to have a group for illustrators too. We started one once with two people but it fell through.

eleArts

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Yes, I definitely would like to check your writer's group since I'm writing my own picture book. I'd also like to very much start a illustrator's group as well.

MOO

@eleArts Cool. If you can come on Monday, please do! I can let the others know to expect you And I will beinterested in the illustrators group too. (Especially if it's in San Jose).

Naroth Kean

I'm too far XD

MOO

@Naroth-Kean Where do yuo live, Naroth? Are you in California too?

Naroth Kean

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen hi I'm in Philadelphia!

MOO

@Naroth-Kean Oh yeah! That might eb a bit of a way to go to meet up My first german ancestor came to Lancaster, Paxtang way back when. That's teh closest I've been to Philadelphia

eleArts

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Ooops, I saw your post too late.

MOO

@eleArts It's kind of crazy weather out there. We might skip tonight or do it online.....that's my preference anyway You can come next time...if that's what you were referring to.