Film: Story & Pictures By

Artists & Authors
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Auditorium

Non-Member Adult $15

Non-Member Youth $8

Museum Members: Free

Tickets

Story & Pictures By is the first feature documentary to take audiences behind the scenes to meet the boundary pushers who create children’s picture books. The film follows Christian Robinson, Yuyi Morales, and Mac Barnett—the stars of the new “golden age” of children’s literature—as they create experimental work that reflects the mysteries of childhood, champions the marginalized, and provides children with windows and mirrors, even when the creators’ own lives are not fairytales. Through rare archival, untapped insights, and stop-motion paper animation, we also come to understand why classics such as Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and The Snowy Day changed the art form and stand the test of time.

Film starts at 6:30 pm. The museum will open at 5:30 for ticketholders to view the galleries and enjoy light refreshments. Recommended for ages 12 and up.

Children’s picture book author and illustrator Christian Robinson paints at his desk in a workshop filled with art supplies and illustrations.
Children’s book author and illustrator Yuyi Morales works on her latest picture book at her desk while surrounded with sketches, paints, and art supplies.
Mac Barnett, a children’s picture book author, laughs as he reads aloud from his book “Sam and Dave Dig a Hole” to a group of children at an elementary school.
A group of children have big smiles on their faces as they sit on the floor of a school library listening to a story being read aloud by picture book maker Mac Barnett.

Director: Joanna Rudnick

Producers: Joanna Rudnick, Korelan Matteson, and Tim Horsburgh

Runtime: 86 minutes