BETH KROMMES
EDUCATION
Graduate of The Artist's Professional Toolbox, Boston, Ma., 2008, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts
Master of Arts in Teaching, Art Education, 1980, University of Massachusetts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Magna Cum Laude, 1977, Syracuse University
St. Martin's School of Art, London, 1975-76
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS
The House in the Night, Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Starred reviews: Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly; Junior Library Guild Premiere Selection; 2008 Parents' Choice Approved
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, Joyce Sidman, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Starred reviews: The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal; an ALA Notable Book; Best of the Best Books of 2006 by the Chicago Public Library; National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book; the ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for Illustration; Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2006; The Original Art 2007 Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators; The Bologna 2008 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition
The Hidden Folk, Lise Lunge-Larsen, Houghton Mifflin, 2004
The Bologna 2005 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition, Minnesota Book Award, starred review School Library Journal The Sun in Me - Poems about the Planet, edited by Judith Nicholls, Barefoot Books, 2003
The Original Art 2003 Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Houghton Mifflin, 2001
The 2001 Golden Kite Award in Picture Illustration by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an ALA Notable Book, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Award, CCBC Sibert Award Honor Book, A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Riverbank Review Book of Distinction Finalist, Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Books for Children, The Bologna 2001 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition
Grandmother Winter, Phyllis Root, Houghton Mifflin, 1999
The Bologna 2000 Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition, starred review The Five Owls
INCLUDED IN, partial list
An Engraver's Globe, edited by Simon Brett, Primrose Hill Press, Great Britain, 2002
ENDGRAIN, Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press, Canada, 1994
Engravers Two: A Handbook Compiled for the Society of Wood Engravers, Simon Brett, Silent Books, Great Britain, 1992
EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, and GRANTS, partial list
Exhibitions of the Society of Wood Engravers, juried traveling exhibits throughout Great Britain: 2008, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988
Regional Juried Exhibits of the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College: 2007, 2005, 2000, 1997 (Hon. Men.), 1993
Annual Regional Juried Exhibitions of the Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH: 2000, 1996, 1989, 1988, 1986, Merit Awards in Printmaking 1996, 1988, 1986
Black and White, McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH, 2000
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Foundation Annual Juried Exhibits: 1993, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, Yankee Print Awards in 1986 and 1987
Group Invitational, Paul Bowen, Beth Krommes, Jim Peters, Federico E. Rodriguez, Plymouth State College, 1990 Certificates of Design Excellence in PRINT's Design Annuals: 1999, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985
Individual Artist Fellow for the Year 1991 from the NH State Council on the Arts
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