SONIA LYNN SADLER AWARD
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​Sonia Lynn Sadler Award for Illustration honors and celebrates the beauty, diversity, and power within the children's books. 

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In my work I want to explore culture. I want to show how the differences in cultures are minimal as compared to the likenesses. In other words we are all more similar than we are different.
                     ---Sonia Lynn Sadler

Sonia Lynn Sadler 

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Sonia Lynn Sadler Award
In 2013, Sonia Lynn Sadler passed away. In her honor, the Sonia Lynn Sadler Award for Children's Book Illustration was established so that her legacy will continue to inspire new generations for artists. 

The award is  is funded  by donated royalties  
​from the award-winning picture book  Seeds of Change.

The Artistic Life of Sonia Lynn Sadler

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Sonia Lynn Sadler, artist and designer, was born at Fort Riley, an army base in Kansas. Being an army brat meant traveling to different countries and living in five different states. She currently manages her time painting in Bowie, Maryland and West New York, New Jersey.  She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, studying fine art and illustration. She transferred to Parsons School of Design where she received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Fashion Design. The Hallmark Golden Key Award was presented to Sonia Lynn for her art work by the Hecht Co. in Washington D. C. Sonia Lynn has had a career in fashion, working for Anne Klein, Jones New York and Liz Claiborne. Her accessories have been featured in the New York Times and Women's Wear Daily. On her own she has begun work under her own name Sonia Lynn Sadler Arts, which encompasses fine art work, children's book illustration and a line of greeting cards featuring her art work. She died in 2013.

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