Hope to see you at the Richmond Hill Art & Studio
Tour. Sat., Oct. 13th & Sun., Oct. 14th. 10am – 5pm. Start your self-guided art tour at Richland Academy. 11570 Yonge St., north of Elgin Mills. I’ll be there with my colourful friends–Ryan the grey rhinoceros and Finn the yellow fish. Richmond Hill Studio TourCanscaip Vaughan Writers’ Club www.DanceInTheRain.ca
I am thrilled that my artwork will be featured in Richmond Hill’s 2018 Studio Art Tour. To promote the tour I will be doing a demonstration at The Richmond Hill Central Library (south/west corner of Yonge St. & Major Mackenzie Rd. W.) on Fri., Sept. 28th from 2pm – 5pm. I am currently working on a collection of 11 mosaics based on the characters in my books titled, “We Are Colourful Friends” and “Our Colourful Cookies”. Witness the pieces coming together to form an orange starfish. Town of Richmond Hill Richmond Hill Public Library
For your reference, the Richmond Hill Studio Art Tour is on Sat., Oct. 13th (10am – 5pm) & Sun., Oct. 14th, 2018 (10am – 5pm) and I will be at Richland Academy.
For Immediate Release
The Richvale Lions Club sponsors four FREE interactive literary workshops for York Region primary students. Enter today for a chance to win!
Richmond Hill, ON – November 8th, 2017 — Thanks to the financial support provided by the Richvale Lions Club, four York Region primary schools will enjoy the interactive educational literary workshops created by Dance in the Rain Publishing for FREE.
Dance in the Rain Publishing offers five one-hour workshops, based on the books, “We Are Colourful Friends” and “Our Colourful Cookies.” Workshop sessions uniquely bridge art, literacy, mathematics, technology and publishing. The author-lead presentations are sure to delight both student and teacher.
“I feel fortunate to have the support of the Richvale Lions Club. The club’s commitment to children’s literacy continues to inspire me to create fun and engaging activities for children,” said author/illustrator Josephine Vaccaro-Chang.
Hugh Adams, President of the Richvale Lions Club, stated that, “The International Lions consider children’s literacy a priority. We are very pleased to partner with Josephine and her “colourful friends” to do something locally.”
How to qualify for the FREE workshops
For three years running, the Lions Club has made it possible for Dance In The Rain Publishing to offer copies of their books for free or at reduced prices. Now, for the first time, four schools will have the opportunity to enjoy a one-hour workshop for free! For more information about the workshops, please visit: www.DanceInTheRain.ca.
About the Richvale Lions Club
Since 1963, the Richvale Lions Club has a history of service in Richmond Hill. Over the years, the club has sponsored and supported many projects in the community including hospitals, schools and parks. While vision care awareness is a cornerstone of the Lions community, the organization champions other causes such as diabetes awareness, cancer research and children’s literacy.
About Josephine Vaccaro-Chang
She is the author and illustrator of “We Are Colourful Friends” and co-author/illustrator of “Our Colourful Cookies.” Her favourite colour is purple and she likes to do arts and crafts. Josephine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Toronto and is a certified Teacher of English as a Second Language.
For more information, please contact:
Josephine Vaccaro-Chang
Dance In The Rain Publishing
Phone: 905-787-9656
E-mail: Josephine@DanceInTheRain.ca
Website: www.DanceInTheRain.ca
Thank you to Ann and Ed Law for hosting our 2017 Culture Days event at Memook Creative Hub in Markham.
Ed Law, Josephine Vaccaro-chang, Sigal Haber, Sharelynne Phillips, Ruby (sculpture) and Ann Law
If you’re attending Word On The Street on Sun., Sept. 24th at Harbourfront (Toronto) visit The Fringe Beat Section, booth #KB10 and enter a draw for a chance to win a JK/SK interactive author visit with Josephine Vaccaro-Chang and her colourful friends. Also, take a picture with Ruby (six foot red flamingo) inspired by the book titled, We Are Colourful Friends.
Thank you to everyone that attended the book launch for Our Colourful Cookies. It was a pleasure writing this book with my daughter Amanda Chang and I look forward to our next book together.
Each person that purchased a book received a complimentary colourful cookie. The cookies were very popular! Thanks again to all the bakers and our friends at Aromas World Kitchen for your support.
Details of our interactive author visits are available at: www.DanceInTheRain.ca
Join Amanda and I as we launch our new book titled, “Our Colourful Cookies” on International Friendship Day–Sun., July 30th at The Richmond Hill Farmers Market located at 43 Church St. S. (Elgin Barrow Arena). 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
We’re baking colourful cookies for the event with our friends at Aromas World Kitchen. Thanks for your support Paola Tamang
I recently had the pleasure of presenting to Ms. Bevacqua’s kindergarten class at Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School (YCDSB). After the presentation the teacher mentioned that she has written two books about kindergarten and we met to discuss how she might proceed with getting her books into print. We decided to partner on the project and her books will be launched on Sat., July 15th, 2017 from 12pm – 2pm at the Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library.
Open the Door to Kindergarten is a helpful guide which introduces parents and students to the wonderful world of kindergarten. This insightful book provides a peek into the fun-filled activity centres found in a typical Kindergarten classroom.
Dani’s Kindergarten Tour is a simple pattern text for young readers.
Light refreshments will be served at the book launch and the author/illustrator will be available to sign books. Also, the first thirty children will receive complimentary loot bags.
Here’s a picture a Kindergarten student drew of us. I’m the taller one. 🙂
Tamara Hecht, the President of The Vaughan Writers’ Club & Moe Vyas, Membership Chairperson were recently on Daytime TV with Jacqueline Betterton. Here is a link to their interview.
http://rogerstv.com/media?lid=237&rid=17&gid=276735
We have several upcoming events and you are welcome to join us:
Hope to see you there.
Josephine
