Friday, March 6, 2015

Master Storytellers Exhibit

due to popular demand
EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 27, 2015
I've curated a show you don't want to miss with amazing illustrations for children and teens. Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10458

Special guest:
Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian, and author of Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustrations, and the forthcoming Annotated Edgar Allan Poe,  for a conversation about classic stories in children's books by master storytellers: Hans Christian Anderson, Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, the Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame and more. Saturday, April 11, 2015

Workshops for school groups, and to close out the show, join artist Roberta Rivera for a workshop on using pen and ink May 30.
Visit www.cbig-nycExhibits.blogspot.com or http://www.nycgovparks.org  and here for a schedule. Subscribe to my blog (at the right).

Schedule of events:

Saturday April 11

12pm - Artist panel with Nancy Doniger, Hyo Taek Kim, Carol Klio Burrell, Dave Kopka moderated by Donna Miskend

1pm - A conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn

followed by reception

Saturday May 30 at 11am - 12 open to the public

Learn Pen and Ink with Roberta Rivera

April/May school groups are scheduled with Carol Burrell, Donna Miskend and Lucy Aponte of the Poe Park Visitor Center.

The exhibition is underwritten by the NYC parks department.