Visual Culture Lecture Series | Chris Monroe 

About

UMD Department of Art & Design presents
Visual Culture Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 | 6 pm | Chris Monroe | Montague 70
All events are free and open to the public

Chris Monroe is an artist, cartoonist, children’s book author, and illustrator, who lives in Duluth,MN. She is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.Chris is the creator of the "Monkey With A Tool Belt" children’s book series, as well as "SneakySheep," "Cookie The Walker," and "Bug On A Bike." Her fifth "Monkey With A Tool Belt" picturebook "Monkey With A Tool Belt And The Silly School Mystery," was released in August, 2017. Her books are available in five languages, and have won numerous awards. Her characters were featured in the sold-out theater production, "Sneaky Sheep and Friends," at the Duluth Children's Theater in spring of 2016. She visits schools, libraries and book events year-round, including a sister city exchange in Vaxjo, Sweden in 2012, where she spoke at several Linnaeus University campuses, elementary schools, and libraries.

Chris' award-winning comic strip "Violet Days" has been in print for over 21 years, and was featured in her 2004 book "Ultra Violet: Ten Years Of Violet Days." The comic is a weekly feature in the Minneapolis StarTribune, and the Duluth News Tribune, as well as the national comics monthly "The Funny Times." Chris is the recipient of the 2015 George Morrison Award for excellence in art. She received a 2014 Minnesota Artist's Initiative Grant, as well as an ARAC Artist's Grant in 2016. She won a 2016 Emmy Award for original artwork featured in the animation sequences of the Twin Cities Public Television’s documentary "Kevin Kling: Lost and Found." In 2017, she was inducted into the Duluth East High School Hall Of Fame. Her work has been shown in many galleries, museums, coffee shops, and dimly lit hallways. Several pieces of her art are in the permanent collection of The University of Minnesota Duluth's Tweed Museum, as well as many private collections. She has won multiple awards at the Arrowhead Biennial, and the MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. Chris has also illustrated books for other authors, including: Janice Levy’s "Totally Uncool," Kevin Kling's "Big Little Brother" and "Big Little Mother," and Jane Yolen's "Trash Mountain."

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