From: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art <marketing@carlemuseum.org>
Date: May 8, 2015 at 7:03:18 AM EDT
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Subject: Don't Miss David Macaulay, Berkshire Theatre Group, and our Annual Children's Book Festival!
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Give   Join   Making Art   Picture Books We Love  Be a part of Colorful Bugs, our community art project!   Enjoy a short film about artist Uri Shulevitz with special thanks to producer Kate Geis for filming and editing. Upcoming at The Carle Click on links in blue for full event details. Free with Museum Admission unless otherwise noted ($ indicates fee) GIFT NEWS We are delighted to announce a $300,000 gift from the Hsin-Yi Foundation in Taipei, Taiwan, to underwrite Eric Carle exhibitions for ten years in the West Gallery. We are so grateful! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced the National Medal Winners on April 21. While The Carle was not named a medalist, we were still thrilled - at the age of only 12 - to be named a finalist. We thank the more than 80 friends who Shared their Story on the IMLS page. We are grateful for your support and will continue to strive for excellence in all we do. View some of the "stories" our friends shared on our website. PROGRAMS & EVENTS DROP-IN PROGRAM: Open Book, Open Play May 15, 22, June 12 and 19, 2015 10:30am - 11:30am   (Toddlers and Preschoolers with parents/caregivers/teachers)  Berkshire Theatre Group presents Atlantis, Lost! And Other Legends of the Strange Waves May 23, 2015 11:00am and 1:00pm $6.50 (Members $5.50) Museum Admission extra Advance tickets 413.658.1126. Children's Book Festival: Bees, Butterflies, and Other Bugs June 6, 2015 10:00am - 4:00pm     Creative bug costumes welcome! Special guests this year include Angela DiTerlizzi and Tony DiTerlizzi, and artists of the Western Massachusetts Illustrators' Guild (WMIG). Activities include:   fun art projects a workshop with Luminarium Dance Company a presentation with Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory story times book signings an exhibition by WMIG artists. A Full schedule will be available on our website very soon! Meet David Macaulay   June 14, 2015 1:00pm   (1PDP) Book signing to follow program.* *Limit one book from home/unlimited books from The Carle Bookshop. Can't make it to the event? You may reserve signed books online or contact The Carle Bookshop at (413) 658-1132 or shop@carlemuseum.org. IN THE ART STUDIO Every Day Art Program: Imaginative Assemblages   Through May 26, 2015 All day Every Day Art Program: Beautiful Bug Collages May 27 - June 23, 2015 All day     SIMMONS AT THE CARLE Simmons at The Carle Information Sessions    June 14, 2015 10:30am - 12:00pm July 18, 2015 3:00pm - 4:30pm August 8, 2015 3:00pm - 4:30pm     Learn about the four graduate degrees in children's literature available at The Carle. Registration required. For more information about Simmons programs, email gsa@simmons.edu. Pictured here: a recent Simmons at The Carle class meets with artist David Wiesner.  Graduate Study in Children's Literature at the Carle    Special Topics: Folk & Fairy Tales  (2 graduate credits) Mondays, 3:30 - 7:30 pm, June 1-22, 2015   Creators & Aesthetics: Eric Carle (2 graduate credits) Saturdays, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, June 6-27, 2015   To learn more about these programs, visit the Simmons College website, or email gsa@simmons.edu. Photo by Jim Gipe   EXHIBITIONS The Art of Eric Carle: Bees, Butterflies, and Other Bugs West Gallery Through August 30, 2015 This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Hsin-Yi Foundation. Illustration from The Lamb and the Butterfly © 1988 by Eric Carle Gallery Closed During Exhibition Installation Central Gallery Through May 19th Gray Matter: David Macaulay's Black and White May 19 - November 29, 2015   Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Tall Tales and Short Tales: The Art of Uri Shulevitz East Gallery Through June 14, 2015 Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Illustration from The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968] © 1968 by Uri Shulevitz

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