Discussion: The Reasons Behind a Choice – Meeting With the Illustrators Exhibition Jury 2022

If you saw my brief encapsulation of a selection of the art included in the Illustrators Exhibition here at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair then you may be curious about the process. As I was quick to discover, American children’s books were submitted, but only one single book included (kinda puts you in your place, which is not a bad thing). But how did the panel decide on what to and not to include? This panel provided a glimpse into the criteria and how you go through 3,873 artists from ...