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Kam Mak, Illustration for My Chinatown: One Year in Poems (HarperCollins). Courtesy of Kam Mak. © 2002 Kam Mak.
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture-Book Art
November 15, 2007 - March 9, 2008
East Gallery
This exhibition presents a survey of the best American picture book art of the last decade. The show is grouped into sections highlighting six formative stages and experiences of childhood: The New Child, The Child in the Family, The Child at School and Play, The Child in the Community, The Child in History, and The Questioning Child. A final section samples innovations in The New Picture Book.
The exhibition was co-organized with Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, New York.
This exhibition was made possible by a generous grant from Helen and Peter Bing. Additional funding for the exhibition was provided by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Featured Artists
Cecilia Concepcion Alvarez,
Molly Bang,
Istvan Banyai,
Byron Barton,
Harry Bliss,
Don Brown,
Eric Carle,
Margaret Chodos-Irvine,
R. Gregory Christie,
Bryan Collier,
Raúl Colón,
Nina Crews,
Pat Cummings,
Etienne Delessert,
Tomie dePaola,
Diane Dillon,
Leo Dillon,
Olivier Dunrea,
Richard Egielski,
Michael Emberley,
Leslie Evans,
Valorie Fisher,
Denise Fleming,
Marla Frazee,
Carmen Lomas Garza,
Jean Gralley,
Kevin Hawkes,
Kevin Henkes,
Yumi Heo ,
Bagram Ibatoulline,
Maira Kalman,
G. Brian Karas,
Ezra Jack Keats,
Boris Kulikov,
Ted Lewin,
E. B. Lewis,
Leo Lionni,
Kam Mak,
James Marshall,
Petra Mathers,
Robert McCloskey,
Michael McCurdy,
Scott Menchin,
Wendell Minor,
Yuyi Morales,
Jon J Muth,
Christopher Myers,
Kadir Nelson,
Robert Andrew Parker,
Brian Pinkney,
Jerry Pinkney,
Giselle Potter,
Marjorie Priceman,
Alice Provensen,
Vladimir Radunsky,
Chris Raschka,
Peggy Rathmann,
Peter H. Reynolds,
Allen Say,
Amy Schwartz,
Brian Selznick,
Maurice Sendak,
Dr. Seuss,
David Shannon,
Marc Simont,
Peter Sís,
David Small,
Chris K. Soentpiet,
Art Spiegelman,
Gennady Spirin,
William Steig,
Javaka Steptoe,
John Steptoe,
Melissa Sweet,
Gabi Swiatkowska,
Hudson Talbott,
Chris Van Allsburg,
Rosemary Wells,
David Wiesner,
Mo Willems,
Vera B. Williams,
Dan Yaccarino,
Ed Young,
Paul O. Zelinsky
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