Shane Evans | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Shane Evans has created pictures for over 50 books for children, including “Why?,” “Mixed Me!” and “My Friend!” He has worked with authors such as Shaquille O’Neal, Andrea Davis Pinkney and Holly Robinson Peete.

His awards and honors include Jane Addams Honor Book awards for “Lillian’s Right to Vote” and “We March”; and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for “Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom,” all of which he wrote and illustrated. Evans also received an NAACP Image Award for his collaborative work with the Peete family on “My Brother Charlie.”