Lori McElrath-Eslick
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Lori
McElrath-Eslick
1621 Mills Ave.
N. Muskegon, MI 49445
(231) 744-1388
EslickART.com
Education 1978-High School diploma, Fruitport High School
1981-Associate Degree,
Kendall College of Art and Design
-Printmaking courses, Kansas City Art
Institute
2000-Bachelors Degree:
Illustration, Kendall College of Art and Design
Experience 1981-1987 Greeting Card Artist III, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
1987-Present: Children’s
Book Illustrator / Freelance Illustrator
**Freelance work for: Country Living Magazine,
Travel and Leisure Magazine, Cricket Magazine Group, Highlights for Children,
The National Wildlife Federation, Simon & Schuster Publishing, Scholastic
Publishing, HarperCollins Children’s Publishing
Books Nishnawbe, A Story of Indians in Michigan, by Lynne Deur, 1981
The Lark Who Had No Song, by Carolyn Nystrom, 1991*
Does God Know How to Tie Shoes?, by Nancy White Carlstrom, 1993*
I Am Christmas, by Nancy White Carlstrom, 1995
Read For Me, Mama, by Vashanti Rahaman, 1997*
Da Wei’s Treasure, by Raymond and Margaret Chang, 1999
Mommy Poems, by John Micklos Jr., 2000*
From Slavery to Freedom, by Melinda Lilly 2003*
Jean Nickolet , the Sign of the Thunderbird by Peter & Connie
Roup 2005*
If Jesus Came to my House, by Joan Gale Thomas, 2008*
Barefoot,
Poems for Naked Feet, by Stefi
Weisburd, 2008*
* in print
Awards
Exhibitions 2008-Magazine Merit Honor
Award-Society of Children’s Book Authors and illustrators
2007-Catherine Lorillard
Wolfe Art Club exhibition, at National Art Club
Collections 2006-Magazine Merit Honor
Award-Society of Children’s Books Authors
and illustrators
2004-Recent Alumni
Graduate Award- Kendall College of Art and Design
2002-Ezra Jack Keats
Fellowship Award winner
2002-Artist in Residence
at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park
1999-Full Membership
awarded- Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY
1999-Society of
Illustrators Exhibition and Annual, NY
1999-Parent’s Choice
Silver Award for the book: Da Wei’s Treasure
1997-International Reading
Association’s Storyteller Award for the book:
Read For Me, Mama
1997-Magazine Merit Honorable Mention-Society of
Children’s Book
Authors and Illustrators
1995-Magazine Merit Award, Best Magazine
Illustration-Society of
Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators
1994- Original Art Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center,
Traverse City, MI
1993-Bolognafiere: International Illustration Exhibit and
Annual-Bologna,
Italy-Magazine Illustrations from
Ladybug Children’s Magazine
Cover art and story: Who Gets All the
Pumpkins?
1992-Degas
Award: Midwest Pastel Society
1991-Catherine
Lorillard Wolfe Award for Oil Painting: Catherine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY
1986-Society
of Illustrators Annual and Exhibition, NY
1984-Sociey
of Illustrators Annual and Exhibition, NY
1981-Society
of Illustrators Student Annual and Exhibition, NY
Other Exhibitions:
Stockbridge
Gallery-William Jewell College, Liberty, MO-solo exhibition
University
of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI-solo exhibition
Hackley
Art Museum, Muskegon, MI-solo exhibition
Paintings in Collections:
Sprint
Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Mazza
Museum of Children’s Book Art, University of Findlay, OH
California
Department of Education Collection
Grand
Valley University School of Education Collection
Kerlan
Collection, Anderson Library, University of Minnesota
Toledo-Lucas
Children’s Library, Toledo, Ohio
DeVos
Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Muskegon
Intermediate School District, Muskegon, MI
Hackley
Public Library, Muskegon, MI
Cricket
Magazine Group, Peru, IL
**also
in many private collections
Speaking/Teaching:
Mazza Museum Annual Summer Institute,
University of Findlay, OH
Michigan Reading Association, (different
Locations) 1998-2004
Celebrate Literacy,
**also many school visits /grade school
artist in residence
