#sean qualls

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Sean Qualls • American picture book illustrator

Sean Qualls has illustrated many non-fiction books for children. Pictred above is a sampler of illustrations for: Grandad Mandela, Lullaby ( based on a poem by Langston Hughes); Lower right: an untitled painting; lower left, illustration for the book Why am I Me?

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The Idea in You by Questlove, illustrated by Sean Qualls

The Idea in You by Questlove, illustrated by Sean Qualls. Abrams, 2024. 9781419738265 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Everyone has ideas. But how do you find one when you need it? The narrator explains that you can start by reaching up and grabbing a star to use as you like, as a metaphor for the germ of an…

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The Idea in You by Questlove, illustrated by Sean Qualls

The Idea in You by Questlove, illustrated by Sean Qualls. Abrams, 2024. 9781419738265 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Everyone has ideas. But how do you find one when you need it? The narrator explains that you can start by reaching up and grabbing a star to use as you like, as a metaphor for the germ of an…

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Black Business 1890, by Sean Qualls.

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Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM)!

Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

Author - Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrator - Sean Qualls   

Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.

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GOWANUS NIGHT HERON CASE STUDY: The God Box #1 (acrylic, paper, newspaper, pencil, and mirror paper) The inspiration behind the God Box is a literal interpretation of the idea that we were created in the image of God. If this is true, then God may appear different to everyone. The God Box is a tool of self reflection, so that one may see themselves when contemplating the existence/nature of God. Sean Quall's work explores unknown, obscure and forgotten people/moments from history and mythology, combined with his love of vintage advertising graphics. His work also examines our relationship to perfectionism and our self concept. With his recent geometric paintings, Sean hopes to reveal how idiosyncrasies and imperfections make people and things more attractive, not less. Sean is also a highly sought-after illustrator and has created art for books by Spike Lee, Toni Morrison and Zindzi Mandela to name a few. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where on occasion you can also find him djing or sharing his work with the community. SeanQualls.com https://www.instagram.com/sean_qualls/ SeanGQualls@gmail.com All Case Study artist boxes are available to purchase for $150 at the Gowanus Open Studios event. Or email gowanusnightheron@gmail.com for availability and sales info.

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Amiable with Big Teeth

By Claude McKay.

Cover art by Sean Qualls.

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Loving v. Virginia was the landmark civil rights decision by the United States Supreme Court that invalidated laws preventing inter-racial marriage. Virginia had strict anti-miscegenation laws which prohibited marriage between 'whites' and 'coloreds'. The couple who brought these charges to the court was Mildred and Richard Loving—a black woman and her white husband—who were sentenced to a year in prison for marrying each other. The Supreme Court overturned the Lovings' convictions in a unanimous decision on June 12, 1967, now colloquially known as "Loving Day".

The case has been receiving renewed attention thanks to a number of recent works. From Chronical Books, Loving V. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland is a gorgeous "documentary novel" based on the case. For younger readers, there’s The Case for Loving by Selina Alko with illustrations by the author and Sean Qualls, available from Scholastic Books. Finally, in theaters now, Loving directed by Jeff Nichols, starring Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, who is Oscar-nominated this year for her performance.

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Supernatural actors who were on Criminal Minds *incomplete*

George Darrow DJ Qualls -  SPN: Garth CM: Richard Slessman (season 1 episode 1)

Timothy Omundson - SPN: Cain CM: Phillip Dowd (season 1 episode 6)

Dameon Clarke - SPN: Jack Montgomery (Rugaru) CM: Christopher Crawford (season 1 episode 7)

Jeff Kober - SPN: Randall CM: Leo (season 1 episode 9)

Mark Rolston - SPN: Alastair CM: Sheriff Hall (season 1 episode 11)

Michael Massee - SPN: Kubrick (Bad Day at Black Rock) CM: Jacob Dawes (season 1 episode 14)

Michael B. Silver - SPN: Martin Flagg (Movie Writer “Hollywood Babylon“) CM: Sam Shapiro (season 1 episode 14)

Roger Aaron Brown - SPN: Joshua (Angel) CM: Warden Charles Diehl  (season 1 episode 14)

Robert Curtis Brown - SPN: Father Gil (”Sin City”) CM: Peter Greisen (season 1 episode 16)

Eric Johnson - SPN: Brady (Sam’s college friend/demon) CM: Sean Hotchner (season 1 episode 16)

Jack Conley - SPN: Sheriff Al Britton (”Yellow Fever”) CM: Agent John Summers (season 1 episode 21)

Mary Page Keller SPN: Joyce Bicklebee (Leviathan Real Estate Agent) CM: Katie Cole (season 2 episode 2)

Nicki Aycox - SPN: Meg Masters (season 1) CM: Amber Canardo (season 2 episode 3)

Kayla Mae Maloney -  SPN: Leah Gideon (season 5 The Whore) CM: Polly Homefeldt (season 2 episode 7)

Andrew Rothenberg - SPN: Lukcy (Skinwalker “All Dogs Go to Heaven”) CM: Motel Manager (season 2 episode 7)

Samantha Smith - SPN: Mary Winchetsers CM: Helen Douglas (season 2 episode 14)

Jim Parrack - SPN: Agent Nick Munroe (Siren) CM: Paul Mulford (season 2 episode 21)

Steven Williams - SPN: Rufus Turner CM: Captain Al Wright (season 2 episode 22)

Alexander Gould - SPN: Cole Griffith (”Death Takes a Holiday“) CM: Jeremy (season 3 episode 5)

Jim Beaver - SPN: Bobby Singer CM: Sheriff Williams (season 3 episode 7)

John Lafayette - SPN: George Darrow (Crossroad Blues) CM: Dr. Lorenz (season 3 episode 8)

James Otis - SPN: Famine (My Bloody Valentine) CM: Dr. Nash (season 3 episode 8)

Fredric Lehne - SPN: Yellow Eyes/Azazel CM: Jack Vaughan (season 3 episode 12)

Scott Michael Campbell - SPN: Tim Janklow (hunter season 5) CM: Peter Redding (season 3 episode 15)

Dee Wallace - SPN: Mildred Baker (Banshee Episode) CM: Dr. Jan Mohikian (season 4 episode 7)

Courtney Ford - SPN: Kelly Kline (Jack’s mother) CM: Austin (season 4 episode 9)

Mark Pellegrino - SPN: Lucifer/Nick CM: Lieutenant Evans (season 4 episode 10)

Mitch Pileggi - SPN: Samuel Campbell CM: Norman Hill (season 4 episode 11)

Sierra McCormick - SPN: Lilith (Blonde Little Girl) CM: Lynn Robillard (season 4 episode 13)

Mercedes McNab - SPN: Lucy (Vampire "Fresh Blood") CM: Brooke Lombardini (season 4 episode 14)

Spencer Garrett - SPN: Edward Carrigan (God ”A Very Supernatural Christmas” CM: (season 4 episode 21)

Christopher Cousins - SPN: Dr. Garrison ("Bedtime Stories") CM: Tom Barton (season 5 episode 1)

Travis Aaron Wade - SPN: Cole Trenton CM: J. Turner (season 5 episode 4)

Gattlin Griffith - SPN: Jesse Turner (Cambion)   CM: Robert Brooks (season 6 episode 9)

Adrianne Palicki - SPN: Jessica Moore CM: Sydney Manning (season 6 episode 13)

Rachel Miner - SPN: Meg Masters (Last vessel) CM: Jane Gould (season 6 episode 15)

Sebastian Roché - SPN: Balthazar CM: Clyde Easter (seasons 6 & 7)

Chad Lindberg - SPN: Ash CM: Tony (season 6 episode 19)

Tricia Helfer - SPN: Molly McNamara (”Roadkill”) CM: Izzy Rogers (season 7)

Robert Englund - SPN: Dr. Robert (season 6 episode 11) CM: Detective Gassner (season 7 episode 19)

Jamie Luner - SPN: Annie Hawkins (hunter season 7) CM: Madison Riley (season 8 episode 13)

Jack Plotnick - SPN: Ian ("It's A Terrible Life") CM: Tanner Johnson (season 9 episode 7)

Jon Gries - SPN: Martin Creaser (crazy hunter) CM: Clifford Walsh (season 9 episode 13)

Tahmoh Penikett - SPN: Gadreel CM: Michael Hastings (season 9 episode 14)

Ashton Holmes - SPN: Ephraim (Rit Zien Angel) CM: Finn Bailey (season 9 episode 17)

Matt Cohen - SPN: Young John Winchester/Michael CM: John Franklin (season 10 episode 6)

Lex Medlin - SPN: Cupid ("My Bloody Valentine") CM: Allen Archer (season 10 episode 14)

Sterling K. Brown - SPN: Gordon Walker CM: Fitz (season 10 episode 19)

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I love the textures in these urban painting by the children’s book illustrator Sean Qualls

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Thanks, @bookish, for the chance to gush about WHY AM I ME? by Paige Britt, illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, and why I think it’s a perfect picture book for sharing in classrooms.

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Kamehameha IV, by Sean Qualls.

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📚15 Picture Books for Mother’s Day

My little dark baby,

My little earth-thing,

My little love-one,

What shall I sing

For your lullaby?

— Langston Hughes, Lullaby (For a Black Mother)

Esteemed poet, Langston Hughes, penned poems and books—for children and adults—that covered various subjects that explore Black life. Sunday, May 9th is Mother’s Day, and Hughes “celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby” in a beautiful picture book illustrated by Sean Qualls. In their review, Publishers Weekly expresses that the book is, “A quiet but welcome introduction to the writer’s work for the very young.” What a lovely gift this will make for anyone looking for books about a mother’s love, poems by Hughes, or calming nighttime reads. Included on our Mother’s Day book list are also books about nanas and grandmas, new and foster moms, mamas who affirm, dream, and do so much more. 

Go HERE to see the 15 book titles for Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

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What is the creative potential of an empty box? See how area artists answered this question in Case Study, the latest project from your friends at Gowanus Night Heron!

More than two dozen artists were invited to reimagine simple acrylic cases, and the results will be on view during Gowanus Open Studios, this Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, and Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, from noon to 6 p.m. both days. The Case Study locations are as follows:

Case Study: Social Structure Treasure Island 183 Lorraine St. / GOS map location 108

Case Study: Faith, Healing, Feeling Shapeshifter Lab 18 Whitwell Pl. / GOS map location 49

Case Study: Organica/Gowanus Makeville Studio 125 8th St. / GOS map location 89

Case Study: Light and Obscurity Arts Gowanus Offices 540 President St. / GOS map location 43

A portion of Case Study sales will go to Arts Gowanus and Gowanus Mutual Aid.

If you can't make it to all four locations, no worries! Unsold Case Studies works will be on view at the Gowanus Open Studios closing party, 6:30-9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse at 165 2nd St. Participating artists: Natale Adgnot, Johanna Aenderl, Nora Evita Aresti, Tania L. Balan-Gaubert, Lauren Bierly, Emily Chiavelli, Jessica Dalrymple, Yvena Despagne, Valeria Divinorum, Miska Draskoczy, Keith Duquette, Arielle Jennings, K Haskell, Karen Mainenti, Hermann Mejia, Stephanie Norberg, Avani Patel,  Anne-Sophie H. Plume, Sean Qualls, Bonnie Ralston, John Richey, Rick Secen, Andrew Smenos, Sonjie Feliciano Solomon, Tamara Staples, Johnny Thornton, Marlene Weisman, and Kasia Zurek-Doule About: Gowanus Night Heron is an artist-run event collective committed to celebrating the community and creative spirit of Gowanus. Gowanus Night Heron was founded by artists Bonnie Ralston, Miska Draskoczy, and Kasia Zurek-Doule and held its inaugural event, a pop-up show on the banks of the canal, in early June.

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BROADWAY

(Something Rotten)

-Christian Borle

-Brian D’Arcy James

-Heidi Blickenstaff

-Brad Oscar

(Falsettos)

-Tracie Thoms

-Betsy Wolfe

-Anthony Rosenthal

-Brandon Uranowitz

(Random)

-Jeremy Jordan

(Charlie ATCF)

-Mike Wartella

-Ben Crawford

-Ryan Sell

-John Rubinstein

-F. Michael Haynie

-Emma Pfaeffle

-Trista Dollison

(The Band’s Visit)

-Ari’el Stachel

-Adam Kantor

-Etai Benson

(Anastasia)

-Christy Altomare

-Ramin Karimloo

-Derek Klena

(Lightning Thief)

-James Hayden Rodriguez

-Jorrel Javier

-Kristin Stokes

TV/MOVIES

(Lord of the Rings)

-Elijah Wood

-Sean Astin

-John Rhys-Davies

-Billy Boyd

(Doctor Who)

-Billie Piper

-Catherine Tate

-Arthur Darvill

(Stranger Things)

-Gaten Matarazzo

-Noah Shnapp

-Caleb McLaughlin

-David Harbour

-Sadie Sink

(Voice Actors)

-Jess Harnell

-Rob Paulsen

-Tom Kenny

-Bill Fagerbakke

(2017 IT)

-Jack Dylan Grazer

-Jaeden Lieberher

-Wyatt Oleff

-Jeremy Ray Taylor

-Chosen Jacobs

(Supernatural)

-Mark Sheppard

-Jeffrey Dean Morgan

-Jim Beaver

-DJ Qualls

-Curtis Armstrong

(Gotham)

-Sean Pertwee

-Robin Lord Taylor

(Walking Dead)

-Scott Wilson

-Michael Cudlitz

-Laurie Holden

(Random)

-Jeff Goldblum

-Anthony Michael Hall

-Katrina Law

-Creed Bratton

OTHER

-Tapeface

-Don Rosa

-Dan Parent

-Nostalgia Critic (and company)