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Around the World in 60 Minutes on Corroboree
Join Arliss Ryan and Eric Sponberg for an exciting and enlightening presentation chronicling their 6½-year circumnavigation in their 35’ sailboat, Corroboree. Designed for a general audience, the program is ideal for libraries, adult education centers, yacht clubs, social clubs, cruise ships, and travel and maritime organizations.
The Author
Author Arliss Ryan has published seven novels, numerous short stories, a sailing blog, and now Constellations, the world’s first fully illustrated poetry collection for adults. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan, where she met and married her husband, naval architect Eric Sponberg, who designed the boat they sailed around the world.
The Artist
Illustrator Kira Woodmansee created the art for Constellations in multiple stages, from simple composition sketches to elaborately layered digital paintings on her tablet. Each spread went through numerous refinements as she and Arliss harmonized the poetry and the art, working on opposite sides of the globe but united by the stars above.