About The Workshop
Don't miss a beat in preparing a portfolio with pizzazz. Martha Rago, Associate Creative Director at HarperCollins and Dave Tabler, Director of Sales for theispot.com, will provide invaluable insights into portfolios, cover art, dummies, and hand-outs that will capture the heart of any art director!  Sharing what attracts their attention and showing the evolutionary progression of some sample projects, the ARTbeats faculty will expand your opportunities for landing that illustration job. Please bring your portfolio for display. Send in up to five jpg images from your portfolio by March 31 for the afternoon open critique session with the faculty and participants.

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Staff Biographies

		MARTHA RAGO Martha Rago's first position was at G.P. Putnam's Sons as assistant to the Art Director, Nanette Stevenson. The varied list included classics from Wanda Gag and Margot Tomes, new works from both established greats such as Eric Carle, Tomie DePaola, Ed Young, Marc Simont as well as newer illustrators such as Patricia Palocco and Elise Primavera. Over the next five years she progressed from Senior Designer at E.P. Dutton to Art Director at Farrar, Straus and Giroux; then on to Henry Holt as Creative Director. Martha worked closely with well known artists such as Ted Rand, Peter Sis and Eric Carle, and newer artists such as Peter McCarty, Denise Fleming, Laurie Keller, Bryan Collier, Randy Cecil and Julie Paschkis, who won awards and critical acclaim during this time. After ten successful years at Henry Holt, Rago was offered the opportunity to join HarperCollins as Executive Art Director. She is currently the Associate Creative Director at HarperCollins.  www.harpercollins.com

		DAVE TABLER Dave Tabler, the son of a librarian, grew up devouring picture books.  He yearned to become an artist, but was quickly reminded he can't draw to save his life. Fortunately his art history BA from the University of Maryland has stood him in good stead.  He's had the privilege of working with over 3,000 commercial artists in his 30 year career. Tabler has served as director of sales for theispot.com since 1999. Prior to that he was a sales representative with Illustration Showcase for 17 years. He has guest lectured on portfolio presentation and artist self-marketing at Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Arts, Parsons, Pratt Institute, and Moore College of Art. www.theispot.com