Class Canceled, 3/16 :( Read full announcement

Hi everyone, I have not been cleared to return to campus tomorrow, so class is canceled. You should still complete the following:

• Submit Unit 1 Essay Final Draft by 11:59 pm
  • Upload to Blackboard
  • File types allowed: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, OpenOffice (ODT), Hangul (HWP), Google Docs, and plain text
  • Email me if you have any trouble with this
• Submit Unit 1 Writing Packet
  • Email it to lwestengard@citytech.cuny.edu
  • If you wrote it by hand, you can either take pictures/scan and email it or wait until class on Monday to turn it in.
• Read these sample pages and watch the clip from the National Geographic book Pirate Queens the Dauntless Women who Dared to Rule the High Seas. The illustrator, Prof. Sara Gómez Woolley from City Tech’s COMD department will be visiting our class next week to discuss her research process for creating the book’s illustrations!
• EXTRA CREDIT(20 points): For extra credit, you can attend the talk on Pirate Queens on Thursday, 3/17 at 6 pm in the Academic Complex Theatre (more info below). For extra credit, take a selfie or creative photo at the event and write a paragraph describing at least one thing you learned about research from the talk AND one question you had about the book or the talk. Email the image and paragraph to me or bring them to class on Monday.

In celebration of Women’s History Month in March, Citytech will be hosting an event for author Leigh Lewis and illustrator, COMD’s own Sara Gómez Woolley on their National Geographic book tour for Pirate Queens the Dauntless Women who Dared to Rule the High Seas !
Thursday, March 17th from 6 – 8 pm, THEATER Q&A and book signing to follow. 

This is a FREE event. Purchase of the book is not required!
However, if you would like TO PURCHASE THE BOOK and have it brought to the event – please scan the QR code at the bottom of this email!  
We will be happy to sign it for you!

More about the event:
Join illustrator Sara Gómez Woolley and author Leigh Lewis for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of National Geographic Kids’ new book, PIRATE QUEENS. Moderated by Professor George Garrastegui as part of the COMD Meet the Pros series, this conversation will discuss the intersection of research and illustration, to the written manuscript and will illuminate the process behind creating a culturally and historically accurate illustrated book.  Through these Illustrations we will explore the lives of these amazing women who lived outside the roles assigned to them by gender and birth, turning to piracy and ruling their day.For More information please visit our event page. 

QR CODE FOR PURCHASE BELOW.