In December, I accompanied my daughter's class to the exhibit The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats opens at The Jewish Museum. The museum educator did a fabulous job and the kids were really engaged. But I didn't have a chance to take in the exhibit the way I really wanted to. So this past weekend, I went back, with my husband, but without kids, and took my time. It was worth it! While seeing a painting up close is certainly different from seeing a reproduction (seeing the brushstrokes, the thickness and texture of the paint), somehow that felt even more true to me when it comes to collage. I, at least, can't tell from reading Ezra Jack Keats's work that the illustrations are often collage, but when you see the originals up-close, it's a different story. The exhibit closes soon, so go if you can!
If you've already seen the exhibit, what did you think?
What other children's book illustrators work primarily in collage? Lois Ehlert and Eric Carle come to mind. Who else?
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Find Your Inner Artist (or Stop-Motion Animator)
On Thursday, I took my girls to our local library branch for this program on the works of Ezra Jack Keats. We all (including me!) had a chance to make Keats-inspired collages, ostensibly of our neighborhood. Can you guess which one of us did which collage? Here they are:
The workshop was run by an educator from the Jewish Museum in connection with its exhibit, The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats. The woman who led our program, who is an artist herself, did a fantastic job. It looks like the museum is doing the workshop at one more branch, so go check it out!
Then today we went to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, to see the exhibit Jim Henson's Fantastic World. It was absolutely fascinating and the fact that there were plenty of TV clips allowed me and my husband to take turns viewing the exhibit while the other of us would watch the TV clips with the kids (on comfy beanbags!). Not to mention that we got to make our own stop-motion animations! I know this doesn't involve books but since Henson is known, at least in part, for educational television, I figured I'd throw it in.
What book-related exhibits or activities have you been to lately?
The workshop was run by an educator from the Jewish Museum in connection with its exhibit, The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats. The woman who led our program, who is an artist herself, did a fantastic job. It looks like the museum is doing the workshop at one more branch, so go check it out!
Then today we went to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, to see the exhibit Jim Henson's Fantastic World. It was absolutely fascinating and the fact that there were plenty of TV clips allowed me and my husband to take turns viewing the exhibit while the other of us would watch the TV clips with the kids (on comfy beanbags!). Not to mention that we got to make our own stop-motion animations! I know this doesn't involve books but since Henson is known, at least in part, for educational television, I figured I'd throw it in.
What book-related exhibits or activities have you been to lately?
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