Happy Wednesday everyone! Not looking forward to hump day? Then perk up your morning with exciting member news from your fellow WNBA-NYC colleagues! These women are talented and inspiring so join me in a virtual celebration of their accomplishments.
Hope C. Tarr (WNBA-NYC) launched a podcast series, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: An Emigrant’s Experience, with Irish historian Fin Dwyer for the fire’s 110th anniversary.
Valerie Tomaselli is thrilled to have shepherded a new publishing partnership between the Baseball Hall of Fame and Mango Publishing. The new imprint will publish 2-4 titles a year starting in 2021. More info is available here.
Céline Keating won the first-place fiction award and $1,000 from the Tucson Book Festival 2021. Books published by Céline include Play for Me and Layla.
Award-winning writer (and co-Vice President of Programs at WNBA-NYC) Melissa Wyse and acclaimed illustrator Kate Lewis published Artists in Residence with Chronicle Book on February 2, 2021.
Julia B. Rubin currently has a collage exhibit on display at Kuro Kirin Coffee Espresso through the end of March.
Do you have member news of your own to share? If so, email it to blog@wnba-nyc.org!
Interested in meeting some of these fantastic women? Then attend our next networking event — A Toast to Spring!
What a treasure, to see these fabulous works by talented women. Where is julia’s ary show and can it be viewed on line?
Sheila I
Congratulations to you all!