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Children's Book
Illustration Exhibit
November 10th, 2013 - January 15th, 2014
Opening Reception: November 10th from 4-6 pm
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Celebrate with us! Twenty-four years of
exhibiting the finest in original
Children's Book Art. Our artists have garnered an
astounding
12 Caldecott Medals
and 29
Caldecott Honor Awards.
Opening
reception on Sunday, November 10, 4:00-6:00 pm. Ceremony and
entertainment begins at 5:00.
Exhibit on
view through January 15th 2014.
24 reasons to come to our 24th
Annual Illustration Exhibit
- Because Jon J Muth will
be here exhibiting his original watercolors
from the NY Times Bestselling Poems to Learn by Heart by
 Caroline Kennedy.
- Because Marc
Brown will be
here exhibiting his newest watercolors from Marc Brown's
Playtime Rhymes.
- Because Barry
Moser has a new book of
cat poems by Patty MacLachlan
and you will fall in love with every one of those cats. And
because Kathy
Brown also has a new
book with Patty MacLachlan. It's about
making friends and here is your chance to make friends with Kathy
and Patty.
- Because Jane Dyer will be
exhibiting her illustrations for Jane Yolen's
Wee
Rhymes and her illustrative
collaboration with Brooke Dyer for Maria Modugno's
Santa
Claus and the Three Bears.
- Because we just led with 4 POETRY titles, and
we know you love poetry.
- Because we will have a special video
presentation by our Paris
correspondent, Mo Willems.
- Because Norton Juster
will be presenting Leonard Marcus with
the sixth annual Reader to Reader Norton
Juster Award for service to the world of
Children's Literature (and can you think of anyone more deserving?
We couldn't either).
- Because we'll be screening the video for Neil Waldman's new
book Al
and Teddy, and proceeds help support the
Dolan Academy, which is sending disadvantaged young artists to
college.
- Because we are handling the estate of N.M. Bodecker and the
drawings are AMAZING. This will be the first opportunity to own
Bodecker drawings.
- Because Tom Wartenberg
will be here signing his book A Sneech is a Sneech and other
philosophical discoveries, and you will
learn the philosophical precepts behind Mo's Pigeon, and Seuss'
Sneech.
- Because it is only a short 8 mile drive to
our good friends at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art where
you can meet
Chris Van Allsburg earlier in the day (and because Chris might just be
making a surprise appearance at our gallery-but don't tell anyone.)
- Because Barbara McClintock
will answer the age old question, Where's Mommy
if you ask her. And she can also tell you about the
presentation/concert she has coming up soon with singer Natalie Merchant
at the Eric
Carle Museum .
- Because Rebecca Guay's
one-woman exhibition is still going on in our upstairs gallery and
it is not to be missed.
- Because there will be a rare opportunity to
view and purchase original artwork by Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Alice Provensen, Ezra Jack Keats and Tomie dePaola and Trina Schart Hyman.
- Because we represent the Estate of Dr. Seuss and we
will tell you about his very own original hat collection coming to
our gallery next spring.
- Because art from Diane deGroat's 3rd
book written by NY Times gazillion selling author Ree Drummond,
Charlie
Goes to School is on view, as well as Scott Fischer's Scary School
book covers.
- Because Caldecott winning artist Mordicai Gerstein just
might win his 2nd Caldecott with The First Drawing
and because 2X Caldecott winning artist Nonny Hogrogian has a
brand new book starring One Fine Day's
fox -- 41 years after her last appearance in a Caldecott-winning
book.
- Because you can have the perfect weekend
holiday by viewing Wendell
Minor's exhibition
Wendell Minor's America -- 25 Years of
Children's Book Art at the Norman Rockwell Museum Saturday
in Stockbridge, and then visit us to see the original art from his
latest book collaboration with Florence Minor.
- Because we will be exhibiting the winning
illustrations from the 2013 SCBWI-New England Conference (if
you haven't joined SCBWI, you should!) poster contest winner David Bird.
- Because nobody paints horses like Ruth Sanderson.
And because we will have new work on view by E. B. Lewis, Raul Colón, Kadir Nelson, and Scott Fischer.
- Because Jarrett J Krosoczka's
new book Peanut
Butter and Jellyfish isn't released until
next year, but you can meet these two good friends at our gallery
now. And because G. Brian Karas' book Tap Tap Boom Boom
with Elizabeth
Bluemle isn't released until next year
and you can get a sneak preview now.
- Because where else can you see original
drawings by Raul Colón, E.B. Lewis, David Hyde Costello, Kadir Nelson, Tony DiTerlizzi, Chris Raschka and Jules Feiffer in one
room.
- Because you missed last year's party and
all your friends have told you what an amazing time they
had.
- Because you were at last year's party and had
a great time meeting more than 50 of the illustrators and writers
behind your favorite children's books... and you can't wait for
this year's celebration.
Plus we'll
have surprise
guests and more!
The Eric Carle Museum will be on hand with books for your favorite authors
and illustrators to sign (please -- no books brought in -- buy your
books here and help support the Carle Museum ).
Any one of these reasons should be reason enough to
come, but 24 reasons together means you have no excuse not to be
here.
The exhibit will be on view from November 10
until January 15.
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About R. Michelson Galleries
For over 35 years, R. Michelson Galleries has been
acknowledged as a leader in discovering and nurturing the careers of
many of our country's best known figurative artists. Art originally
exhibited in our galleries now hangs in many of the most prestigious
museums in America ,
including New York 's Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Institute of
Chicago. We are proud to be the first American art gallery to feature
the art of children's book illustration alongside and on an equal
footing with the more traditional fine arts. R. Michelson Galleries is
located in Northampton , Massachusetts , the #1 art town in America ,
in which "the most prominent visual arts space is R. Michelson
Galleries."
--John Villani, The 100 Best
Small Art
Towns in America
R. MICHELSON GALLERIES
132 Main Street
Northampton , MA 01060
WEBSITE
www.RMichelson.com
CONTACT
Richard Michelson
RM@RMichelson.com
Paul Gulla
PG@RMichelson.com
PHONE
413.586.3964
HOURS
Mon-Wed 10-6, Thu-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5
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