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Art + Words
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| With Dave Eggers (Author, The Circle & The Eyes & The Impossible), Shawn Harris (Author, Have You Ever Seen A Flower). |
| California College of the Arts, 145 Hooper St, San Francisco |
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Apr 22 (Wed) , 2026 @ 06:00 PM
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Co-Sponsored by CCA Illustration & CCA Writing & Literature
Making art & making space
Join us for a discussion with award-winning writer, visual artist, & publisher Dave Eggers on making art, fostering spaces for art, creativity, & empathy, & running a store selling pirate supplies that can survive & thrive in San Francisco & beyond. Mr. Eggers will be joined by Shawn Harris, an award-winning author & illustrator of children's books. Shawn's debut, "Have You Ever Seen A Flower," was called a "stunning tour de force" by The New York Times & received a Caldecott Honor. Dave Eggers' #1 New York Times bestseller, "The Eyes & the Impossible," was awarded the John Newbery Medal.
Speaker Include: Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris
Dave Eggers is the author of many books, among them The Eyes & the Impossible, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, & What Is the What. He is the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publishing company, & co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired over 70 similar organizations worldwide. Eggers is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, & has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, & the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the 2024 John Newbery Medalist, for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature for The Eyes & the Impossible. Eggers is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters.
Shawn Harris is an award-winning author & illustrator of books for kids. His authorial debut Have You Ever Seen A Flower, was called a stunning tour de force by The New York Times, & received a Caldecott Honor, while The Eyes & the Impossible, a #1 New York Times bestseller, written by Dave Eggers, was awarded the John Newbery Medal. The National Museum of Wildlife Art gave Shawn the Bull-Bransom Award, for excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature & wildlife for A Polar Bear in the Snow, by Mac Barnett, with whom he also creates The New York Times bestselling The First Cat In Space graphic novel series. Shawn lives in Half Moon Bay, California. When he's not making books, he likes to sing, surf, & play racquetball.
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