[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RafaStudio.jpg” title_text=”rafastudio” admin_label=”Fullwidth Image” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”||120px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”922.6px” custom_margin=”|auto|-42px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”735.5px” custom_margin=”||-70px|||” custom_padding=”|4px|2px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Rafael L\u00f3pez is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. His illustrations bring diverse characters to children\u2019s books and he is driven to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people. Born and raised in Mexico City to architect parents, L\u00f3pez was immersed in the rich visual heritage, music and surrealism of his native culture.<\/p>\n
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You<\/em> written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor became a #1 New York Times Children\u2019s Picture Books Bestseller securing the Schneider Family Book Award from the American Library Association. The Year We Learned to Fly<\/em> written by Jacqueline Woodson was a New York Times Bestseller and Kirkus Prize Award finalist. He also collaborated with Woodson on The Day You Begin<\/em> which became a New York Times #1 Children\u2019s Picture Books Bestseller and received the Jane Addams Children\u2019s Book Award and National Cartoonist Society Book Illustration Award. His illustrations for Dancing Hands, How Teresa Carre\u00f1o played the piano for President Lincoln<\/em> written by Margarita Engle received the American Library Association Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal. He also secured the 2016 Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal for illustration for Drum Dream Girl<\/em> and the 2010 Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal for Book Fiesta<\/em>. In 2017 he was awarded the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators, New York Original Art show for his work on Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics<\/em>. In 2019 he created the American Library Association Latino Heritage Festival poster and in 2012 was selected by the Library of Congress to illustrate the National Book Festival poster. He is the recipient of the 2017 Tom\u00e1s Rivera Children\u2019s Book Award, multiple Pura Belpr\u00e9 honors and two Am\u00e9ricas Book Awards.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”692.7px” custom_margin=”1px|||||” custom_padding=”59px|||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n He is a founder of the Urban Art Trail movement in San Diego\u2019s East Village creating a series of large-scale murals that brought the community together. His murals can be found in urban areas, at children\u2019s hospitals, public schools, under freeways and at farmer\u2019s markets around the country. L\u00f3pez\u2019s community work with murals is the subject of the children\u2019s book Maybe Something Beautiful, How Art Transformed a Neighborhood.<\/p>\n In 2022 he served as the first Guest Artist of the Smithsonian Postal Museum teaching workshops to children and families. That same year he created 57 portraits for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. The illustrator lives and works in an industrial loft in downtown San Diego and at his home\/studio in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RAFAEL LOPEZ STUDIORafael L\u00f3pez is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. His illustrations bring diverse characters to children\u2019s books and he is driven to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people. Born and raised in Mexico City to architect parents, L\u00f3pez was immersed in the rich visual heritage, […]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Rafael L\u00f3pez is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. His illustrations bring diverse characters to children\u2019s books and he is driven to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people.<\/p> Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You\u00a0<\/em>written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor focuses on differently abled kids working together to create a garden. The book is a 2019 #1 New York Times Children\u2019s Picture Books Bestseller and won the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award from the American Library Association for artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. His illustrations for Dancing Hands, How Teresa Carre\u00f1o played the piano for President Lincoln<\/em> received the American Library Association, 2020 Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal for work that\u00a0best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. He previously was honored with the 2016 Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal for his illustrations for Drum Dream Girl<\/em>\u00a0and the 2010 Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal for\u00a0Book Fiesta<\/em>. His 2018 picture book release, The Day You Begin<\/em>\u00a0written by Jacqueline Woodson was a New York Times #1 Children\u2019s Picture Books Bestseller and the recipient of the 2019 Jane Addams Children\u2019s Book Award and National Cartoonist Society Book Illustration Award. In 2017 he was awarded the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators, New York Original Art show for his work on\u00a0Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics<\/em>. In 2019 he created the American Library Association Latino Heritage Festival poster and in 2012 was selected by the Library of Congress to illustrate the National Book Festival poster. He is the recipient of the 2017 Tom\u00e1s Rivera Children\u2019s Book Award, three Pura Belpr\u00e9 honors and two Am\u00e9ricas Book Awards.<\/p> Born and raised in Mexico City to architect parents, Rafael L\u00f3pez was immersed in the rich visual heritage, music and surrealism of his native culture.<\/p> His clients include Amnesty International, Apple, Atheneum Books, Charlesbridge Publishing, Chicago Tribune, HarperCollins, Henry Holt & Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, \u00a0IBM, Intel, Lee & Low books, Library of Congress, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Penguin Books, Scholastic Books, Simon & Schuster, the Grammy Awards, United States Forest Service, United States Postal Service, The Washington Post and the World Wildlife Fund. His work has been selected into multiple juried shows with illustrations featured in publications like Communication Arts, the American Illustration Annual, Graphic Design USA and the Huffington Post.<\/p> He is a founder of the Urban Art Trail movement in San Diego\u2019s East Village creating a series of large-scale murals that brought the community together. His murals can be found in urban areas, at children\u2019s hospitals, public schools, under freeways and at farmer\u2019s markets around the country. L\u00f3pez\u2019s community work with murals is the subject of the children\u2019s book\u00a0Maybe Something Beautiful, How Art Transformed a Neighborhood.<\/em><\/p> L\u00f3pez was commissioned to create seven United States Postal Stamps including the\u00a0Latin Music Legend Series<\/em>. His stamps have been featured on the cover of the commemorative stamp yearbook and exhibited at the Smithsonian. In 2008 and 2012 he was asked to create official posters for the Obama\/Biden campaign to win the pivotal Latino vote. The illustrator lives and works in an industrial loft in downtown San Diego and at his home\/studio in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7945,"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/7945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}