Lorna Bennett
| Address |
223 Southridge NW |
| City |
Edmonton |
| Province |
AB |
| Postal
Code |
T6H 4M9 |
| Phone
Number (Cell) |
780-903-4444 |
| Email
Address |
lornabennettart@shaw.ca |
| Web
Address |
http://www.lornabennett.net/ |
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Other
Information |
| Artist
Type |
Illustrator |
| Target
Grades |
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Adult
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| Maximum
Audience Size |
prefer 30; max limit 60 |
| Presentations
Per Day |
4 |
| Full
Day Rate |
$500 |
| Half
Day Rate |
$300 |
| Presentation Requirements |
Students should come prepared with pencils and paper and a firm surface (not the floor) to draw on. |
| Subjects |
Fine art, with science, mathematics, language arts and social studies elements. |
| Touring
With Taleblazers |
Yes
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 Biography |
Lorna Bennett has worked as a designer, writer, illustrator, and animator. Her illustrations in Sandwiches for Duke won her a nomination for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, and Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Moon won an Alberta Book Award. Lorna currently devotes most of her time to artwork for children's picture and educational books, greeting cards, novel covers, technical illustration, multimedia, and animation. Lorna loves touring with the Young Alberta Book Society's Taleblazers Festival and teaching art in elementary schools. She attended Grant MacEwan Community College and the University of Alberta in the Arts/Fine Arts programs.
Lorna is a born and bred Albertan who especially loves mountain-biking in all seasons, skiing, hiking, horses, literature, making and listening to music, painting, photography, cooking, travel, and Edmonton's annual Heritage Days Festival.
Lorna is a staff Artist on the Wards at the U of A Hospital. |
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| Bibliography |
- M is for Mountie: An RCMP Alphabet, written by Polly Horvath. Sleeping Bear Press, distributed by H.B. Fenn, release due 2008
- Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Zodiac, written by Joan Marie Galat. Vancouver: Whitecap, 2007
- Hockey Trivia for Kids, written by Eric Zweig. Toronto: Scholastic, 2006.
- C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet written by Dawn Welykochy. Sleeping Bear Press, distributed by H.B. Fenn, 2004.
- Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Moon written by Joan Marie Galat. Vancouver: Whitecap, 2004.
- Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories in the Planets written by Joan Marie Galat. Vancouver: Whitecap, 2003.
- Life's on Fire Cookbook Series written by Sandi Richard. Edmonton: Cooking for the Rushed Publishing, 1999 - 2002.
- Ancient Cultures Textbooks, grade 4/5, Ontario School System, 2001/2002.
- Sandwiches for Duke written by Judy Ann Sadler. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2001.
- Cheki, Wahiyaw, Misikitiw, Apisesiw: Opposites in Cree written by Anne Anderson. Duval House Publishing, 2001.
- Nikinan: Our Home written by Anne Anderson. Duval House Publishing, 1999.
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| Presentations |
Lorna does an interactive presentation so make sure the students are prepared with pencils and paper and that they have a firm surface to draw on.
As well as her normal hour sessions, Lorna has a special half-day presentation that encompasses all grade four core curriculum: Science: light and shadow, Math: number concepts, Language Arts: creative metaphors, Social Studies: family heritage, mapping, geography. Limit: one grade four class per half day session. Students need colored pencils as well as pencils, erasers and paper. |
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| Awards |
- C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet shortlisted for the 2006 Rocky Mountain Book Award.
- Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Moon won an Alberta Book award
- Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Planets shortlisted for the 2003 Rocky Mountain Book Award.
- Sandwiches for Duke on Notable List of the Fall 2001 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
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