DIANA SCHOENBRUN has worked as an illustrator, designer, puppet builder, writer, and teacher while living in New York City. She is a two-time gold medal award winner of special format books from the Society of Illustrators. Diana teaches Illustration at City Tech and FIT in New York City. She enjoys collaboration and has worked with many creatives, including a funny pink pig with lovely eyelashes—aka Miss Piggy. Diana has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and received her MFA in Illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). When she can, she loves to travel to faraway places where she enjoys sketching or going on long hikes with her family.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Illustrator of The Gift Inside the Box, written by Adam and Allison Grant, published by Dial
Illustrator of Take Your Octopus to School Day, written by Audrey Vernick, published by Alfred A. Knopf
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
CAG, Comics Advocacy Group, 2024, Mini-Grant recipient
Society of Illustrators, MoCCA Festival 2019, Gold Medal for Subway Friends
Society of Illustrators, Comic and Cartoon Art Annual 2016, Gold Medal for A Walk in Brooklyn
Society of Illustrators, Stevan Dohanos, 2nd Place honor
American Illustration
3x3 Annual
Uppercase Magazine
Creative Quarterly
Errratum
Illozine
FILM CREDITS
Puppet builder and Miss Piggy specialist for the Disney films, The Muppets (2011), The Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
CRAFT BOOKS
Beasties: How to Make 22 Mischievous Monsters That Go Bump in the Night
Puppet Play: 20 Puppet Projects Made with Recycled Mittens, Towels, Socks, and More
CLIENTS
The Metropolitan Opera, The New York Times, The Washington Post's The Lily and By the Way, Lotic.ai, BARK, Penguin Random House, Illustoria, Highlights Magazine, Cricket Magazine, Nintendo, Andrews McMeel, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin, Razor & Tie Music, Anti-Social Music
WORKSHOPS
Etsy, Makerfaire, The American Folk Art Museum NYC, and Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco