Once Upon an Author 

For my senior thesis, I wrote and illustrated a fairy-tale-style children’ biography of Gisela von Arnim (1827-1889), a German author and artist who composed a number of proto-feminist stories and founded a female-focused literary circle as a teenager, at the same time the Brothers Grimm published their famous books. Geared towards students in mid-to-late elementary school, I hope my children’s book will empower young people to share their narratives through their own creative process, fostering the same sense of personal and artistic agency that von Arnim and I demonstrate by telling tales.

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Winner of the Father Anthony Lauck, C.S.C. Award for Best of Show at the Department of Art, Art History & Design BA Thesis Exhibition
and the Mabel L. Mountain Painting Prize