Illustrating Children's Books with Stephanie Lunkewitz

Sun Oct 26, 2025 - Sun Feb 1, 2026
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Repeating every weeks through November 9, 2025.
Also on December 7, 2025; December 14, 2025; January 18, 2026; January 25, 2026; February 1, 2026.
1:00pm to 3:00pm PT
Age: 10 and up
Price: Free
Location:
Wende Museum
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Children’s book illustrator and author, Stephanie Lunkewitz leads a series of fun workshops about illustration at the Wende. This program is appropriate for chilldren 10 and older, families, and anyone interested in storytelling through art.

Workshop Dates and Topics

October 26: Session 1: Introduction and History of Children’s Books

November 2 :Session 2: Life Studio – Drawing from Nature

November 9:  Session 3: From Observation into Imagination

December7:Session 4: Techniques in Illustration

December14: Session 5: Character Design

January 18: Session 6: Words and Pictures

January 25: Session 7: Storyboarding

February 1: Session 8: Making Dummies and Book Covers

ADA access to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot; this gate will be opened approximately 30 minutes before the program

Register online to participate in these free workshops.

About Stephanie Lunkewitz:
Stephanie Lunkewitz, a German-American illustrator and author, was born into an intellectual family in East Germany and came to the West at age 12 the night after the Berlin Wall fell.  Stephanie has published three illustrated books and is currently on tour with Holocaust survivor Eva Szepesi, whose story she adapted for young readers.

 

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