Writing Group Featuring Ariel Aberg-Riger
Come hear a presentation by Kirkus Prize winner and SCA resident Ariel Aberg-Riger!
Ariel will be discussing visual storytelling, her residency with the SCA, and the murals she is erecting in Springville inspired by local archival material.
Ariel Aberg-Riger is a visual storyteller who creates engaging, accessible stories about history, science, policy, and other forces that shape our lives. Her work explores issues of equity and social justice, on topics that range from environmental racism to the public library, and has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Teen Vogue, and more. Her debut book America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History won the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature and was a 2024 Finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, in a addition to being named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Public Library, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and more. She is a big believer in the power of melding forms and morphing mediums to tell expansive stories. She lives with her wife and two kids in Los Angeles, California.
Date
- Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Expired!
Time
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Featured Artist
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Ariel Aberg-RigerVisual StorytellerAriel Aberg-Riger is a visual storyteller who believes in the power of melding forms and morphing mediums to tell expansive narratives. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, and Teen Vogue, and her debut book America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History met with critical acclaim (2023 Kirkus Prize, 2024 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist, multiple Best Book of the Year as well as Best Book of the *21st Century* lists). Beyond the page, she’s performed her visual stories with the Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall, projected them onto the side of an abandoned grain elevator, exhibited them in galleries, painted them throughout towns as murals, and mailed them across the country as the co-founder of the Buffalo Correspondance School. She lives with her wife and two kids in Los Angeles, California.
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