AUTHOR EVENT: BOOKISH
Bookish: An Indie Shop for Folks Who Read is thrilled to welcome Sean Fitzgibbon for an in person event to celebrate his graphic non-fiction work, What Follows is True: Crescent Hotel, on Saturday, April 8, 2-3 PM in Fort Smith. The author will be discussing and signing copies of his new book. Pick up your copy on Saturday, April 8 at Bookish!
Artist Sean Fitzgibbon explores unusual, real places and events through his work. His documentary-style graphic nonfiction, What Follows is True, explores the Crescent Hotel’s strange two years as the Baker Hospital, one of the darkest and most controversial legends in the town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
More info HERE
Saturday, April 8, 2-3 PM • Bookish • Fort Smith, AR
21C EXHIBIT
Original pages from Sean Fitzgibbon’s book “What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel” will be exhibited at 21c Museum Hotel in downtown Bentonville from mid April through early October. Be sure to check out the exhibition.
Artist Sean Fitzgibbon explores unusual, real places and events through his work. His documentary-style graphic nonfiction, What Follows is True, explores the Crescent Hotel’s strange two years as the Baker Hospital, one of the darkest and most controversial legends in the town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Exhibition: April - October, 2023 • 21c Museum Hotel • Bentonville
GetSmART! Learning Series: The Art of Crowdfunding
Is it time to find ways to fund your art project by yourself?
Join artist Sean Fitzgibbon to learn the ins and outs of funding your art project through platforms such as Kickstarter in this FREE online workshop. This event is organized by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of Arkansas Heritage.
Learn what crowdfunding is and what it isn’t; discover the pros and cons of using online fundraising platforms; and find ways to drum up a network of supporters to see you through. Fitzgibbon will walk participants through his thought process for how he decided to crowdfund, his failures and his successes, and his journey to publishing a successful, historical graphic novel about The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs.
Thursday, April 13, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Registration is free.
Register HERE
MODERN ROMANTIC PODCAST INTERVIEW
Join us on Sunday, April 16 at 1 pm CST for my live stream discussion with hosts Emily Kramer and Trey Pittman at the Modern Romantic Podcast. Celebrating and inspiring romanticism in today's world by connecting with artisans, storytellers, musicians naturalists, creators, makers, and passionate people doing remarkable things. Join us for the live stream and chat with us!
Sunday, April 14 • Livestream • Twitch: TheModernRomantic • YouTube: TheModRom • Twitter: ModRomPodcast • Facebook: TheModRom
LITERATI PRESS AUTHOR EVENT / EXHIBIT
Join us at Literati Press in Oklahoma City. Sean Fitzgibbon will be signing books and discussing his new graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel. Pick up your copy of this beautiful, haunting, and unique hardcover book and meet the author! Also, original pages from the book will be on display through the month of April in the Literati Press Gallery / Paseo Plunge, in the center of the state’s oldest arts district.
In What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel, Fitzgibbon tells the story of the Crescent Hotel, starting with the first visit with his family to the hotel when he was a child. He depicts the mythologies surrounding the Crescent Hotel’s strange years as the Baker Hospital, a Depression Era cancer hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This story is told using classic illustration skills blended with fine art compositions that produce atmospheric imagery, transporting readers into the hotel’s dark and bizarre past.
More info HERE
Sunday, April 30 • 2 PM • 3010 Paseo, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
