Samantha Bell

writer / illustrator / fine artist

EDITING EXPERIENCE

• Managing Editor of the Pen & Palette, the quarterly newsletter for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators-Carolinas Chapter, 2007 – 2009

• Hurrahs (Good News) Editor of the Pen & Palette, 2006-2007 

Instructional Experience:

• Private art classes for children ages 4-15, 1994 - Present

• Acrylic painting class, Hobby Lobby, Fall 2010

• Writing classes, Trillium Summer Art Camp, 2009 - 2010

• Illustration class at Kids' Create! Camp, Summer 2010

• Workshop Speaker, Writing for Children, North Greenville University, 2009

• Watercolor painting class, Children's Museum of Greenville, SC, 2009

• Watercolor painting class, Greenville County Library, 2008

• Acrylic painting class, Greenville County Library, 2008

• Conference Workshop Speaker, Illustration, SCBWI-Carolinas Conference, 2008

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Member of Planning Committee for Write2Ignite! Writing Conference, 2008-Present

• Workshop Speaker, Writing for Children, North Greenville University, 2009

• Judge for the Charlotte Writer's Club Children's Short Story Competition, 2009

• Conference Workshop Speaker, Illustration, SCBWI-Carolinas Conference, 2008

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• SCBWI, 2006- Present

• Traveler’s Rest Arts Mission, Traveler’s Rest, SC, 2006-Present

• Metropolitan Arts Council, 2007-Present

AWARDS

• Second Place, SCBWI-Carolinas Illustration Contest, 2007

• Honorable Mention, SCBWI-Carolinas Illustration Contest, 2007

• First Place, WikiName.com Writing Contest, 2008

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts in History, Furman University, Greenville, SC, 1992

• SC Teaching Certification, Social Studies, 1992-Present

• Graduate Course in Children’s Literature, Furman University, 1993

• Course in Writing for Children and Teenagers, Institute of Children’s Literature, 1997

 

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