10 - Celebrating 10 Years of Chocolate Me!: Interview with Shane W. Evans

Shane W. Evans is a multi-talented artist and visionary who combines his world travelswith his art to influence creative expression in others. Evans studied at SyracuseUniversity School of Visual and Performing Arts and graduated in 1993 and begantraveling the world. In addition to contract work in illustration, graphic design and webdesign for major companies, Evans has conceptualized and illustrated numerouschildren’s books.Many of Shane’s books have been featured in the media such as The Oprah WinfreyShow, The Today Show, NBA Inside Stuff, Reading Rainbow and Late Night with DavidLetterman. Shane has received much acclaim within the children’s literary field for hiswork on children’s books such as "Osceola," "The Way The Door Closes," "Shaq andthe Beanstalk," and "Take It To The Hoop Magic Johnson" His accolades range frombeing honored by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2002 National Book Festival, The BostonGlobe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction forChildren. He is also the illustrator of the popular books Chocolate Me!, Mixed Me!written by actor Taye Diggs. Look for their forthcoming picture book, My Friend! topublish in 2021.Shane Evans’s talent does not stop at illustration and children’s books. His design workincludes unique, one-of-a-kind hand-crafted furniture pieces, clothing, CD cover art,photography and a number of other custom-made items. To learn more about Shaneand his work please visit her at http://shaneevans.com.Connect with Charnaie online in the following places:Blog: http://hereweeread.comPersonal Website: charnaiegordon.comPodcast Email Address: [email protected] Charnaie on the following social media platforms under the username@hereweeread: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, PinterestFeel free to share this podcast on your social media platforms to help spread the wordto others. Thanks for listening!