
Brought to you by: The City of Lake Worth and Lake Worth Public Library
Enjoy live mural painting, street painting with chalk and a special arts and literacy session with world renowned artist and children’s book illustrator Edel Rodriguez.
Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban-American artist, illustrator and children’s book author. He was the art director at Time Magazine for 14 years and in the course of his career as a commercial illustrator, his work has been published by a great number of nationally- and internationally-distributed magazines such as The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, Newsweek and Fortune Magazine among others. In 2016 Edel was named “Top 50 Most Creative People of the Year” by Ad Age among Kerry James Marshall, David Bowie, Samantha Bee and Beyonce.
His children’s book illustrations are numerous and can be found in the children’s section of the Lake Worth Public Library as well as online. A collection of Edel’s works is on exhibit at the Cultural Council’s gallery from March 10 through April 15.