TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard

Mysteriously I started sketching last December. I'd never done art in that way before. I'd always just written. This got me pondering on the creative process: where do creative urges come from? Where did my first short stories come from? Where did my Novels come from? How did those endeavors evolve into books? And what about this Sketching that has entered my life? What do I think it's all about?

Please join us for an exploration of these questions and more:

Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

Benavides Bldg.

Friday, February 22, 3-5 pm,

Description: A Powerpoint Presentation, Talk and Open Forum about the Creative Process by Author and Editor of 21 books, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

PS: I'm sharing a pen and ink inspired by a memory - "Schoolgirl with Her Dog"

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.