Schlam, Carolyn: - Carolyn Schlam is an award-winning American painter, sculptor, and author, born and raised in New York City. She studied painting with Norman Raeben, youngest son of the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, in Carnegie Hall Studios and glassmaking at Urban Glass in Brooklyn. She is the author of The Joy of Art: How to Look at, Appreciate, and Talk About Art; The Creative Path: A View from the Studio on the Making of Art; The Zen of Art: With Notes on the Art of Life; and various illustrated books for children. Visit her at www.carolynschlam.com.