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Thu, Oct 15
|ON ZOOM
Build puppets with Abraham Matias and Learn about his journey
Learn about Pura Belpré Award winner Abraham Matias's illustration journey and embark on your own artistic process with a short, fun project to be done at home.
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
ON ZOOM
Guests
About the event
On October 15th we hosted Pura Belpré winner Abraham Matias for a virtual program.
Abraham is an illustrator, and recently a debut author. His book Popo the Xolo won the Pura Belpré award.
He is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, and moved to Chicago in 2005. His mom was born in Chicago. He finished high school there, and now lives in L.A. He took art classes in high school, but didn’t see illustration as a career, so he worked in graphic design, including in gaming and in entertainment studios. He showed examples of his work, and said he was always drawing on the side.