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  • Julie Benbassat Gallery Opening

    Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

    Benbassat is an award-winning illustrator and painter based in Philadelphia. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, she has gone on to amass a range of […]

  • Book Launch Party

    Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119

    As part of our Alumni Retreat, we will celebrate new book releases by our program alumni and faculty. A slideshow of all books published (or to be published) in 2024 […]

  • M.F.A. Dance Performance III / Mobile Tour

    Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States

    M.F.A. Dance Performance III features a collection of original work in performance and/or choreography by current M.F.A. dance candidates in alternative-site locations on and around the Hollins campus. As part […]

  • Matt Faulkner: Chalk Talk

    Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

    Award winning children’s book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner has over 35 books to his credit. His graphic novel Gaijin: American Prisoner of War, won the American Library Association Asian/Pacific […]

  • James Ransome, Award-winning Illustrator Talk

    Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119

    Ransome has been honored with the 2023 Children’s Literature Legacy Award by the American Library Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to children’s literature. With a career spanning over […]

  • Lesa Cline Ransome, Award-winning Author Talk

    Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119

    Cline Ransome is the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning picture books, including a verse biography of Harriet Tubman, Before She Was Harriet, and her debut middle-grade novel, Finding Langston, winner […]

  • Ashley Belote, Author/Illustrator Talk

    Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119

    Belote is the illustrator of Frankenslime and Valenslime. She is the author-illustrator of her debut early reader The Me Tree and her picture book Listen Up, Louella. She studied traditional […]

  • “Illustration Faculty Exhibition” Lecture and Book Signing

    Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

    Faculty Exhibition Opening: Illustration Faculty Exhibition Lecture and Book Signing In conjunction with Illustration Faculty Exhibition, on view July 11 – September 22, 2024, at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, […]

  • Francelia Butler Conference: Keynote Speaker Chip Sullivan

    Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

    The Francelia Butler Conference is hosted every summer by the Graduate Program in Children’s Literature at Hollins University. Since 1995, this entirely student-run conference has honored critical and creative works […]

  • Pat Cummings: Writer in Residence – Keynote

    Virtual

    Pat Cummings, Writer in Residence, March 3rd – 20th, 2026 Hosted by the Graduate Programs in Children’s Literature and Illustration Keynote: March 3, 2026 at 6:00pm EST Changing Your Narrative: […]

  • 3rd Biennial Children’s Literature Symposium

    Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States

    The Pleasures and Problems of Pooh The 3rd Biennial Children’s Literature Symposium On Zoom Friday–Sunday, July 10–12, 2026 Conference Details This year’s hundredth anniversary of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, published […]