Dr. Robert & Gladys Dunn Memorial Grant: Author Visit - Gareth Hinds - Retelling Classics through the Universal Language of Art
- School Year: 2023-2024
- Applicants: Cori Krause (Conard), Lead Applicant & Kelly Casey, Monica Vaida (Hall)
- School: Conard High School, Hall High School
- Subjects: Diversity/Equity, Language Arts, Visual Arts
Graphic novelist Gareth Hinds will spend the day with Conard and Hall High School students discussing how he travels from an idea to a published text and how he adapts literary classics to graphic novels as he has done with his critically acclaimed adaptations of Homer's epic The Odyssey (2010) and William Shakespeare's tragedies Romeo and Juliet (2013) and Macbeth (2015). Mr. Hinds is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award. His books can be found in bookstores and English classrooms around the country, and his illustrations have appeared in such diverse venues as the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games. (https://garethhinds.com/wp/about-me/)