Dickens, A Celebration In Pictures:
Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrators Group
August 25, 2012 - October 31, 2012 at the Yonkers Riverfront Library
From NYC: Metro North, Grand Central Station to Yonkers station. The library is located across the street. The gallery and Yonkers Rm 4th floor.
featuring EXHIBITING CBIG MEMBERS:
Lisa Cinelli, Deborah Cuneo, Diana Ting Delosh, Peggy Dressel, Doris Ettlinger, Laura Goetz, Leeza Hernandez, Mike Herrod, Sara Kahn, H. Ruth Karpes, Lisa Lavoie, Doreen Marts, Donna Miskend, Sawaka Norii, Marilyn Papas, Clare Pernice, Roberta Rivera, Vicky Rubin, Cheryl Taborsky, T. T. Tyler, Wallace West
UPDATED GALLERY HOURS as of 10/9: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the gallery will be open only during the events on Oct. 13, 23 and 27. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will be able to join us.
SEPTEMBER 13
(ages 3 up)
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian loc: children's rooms
11am – 12pm Craft session with Doreen Mulryan Marts, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
12 – 1:30pm book signing with Doreen Mulryan Marts loc: art gallery
(ages 5 and up)
1:30 – 2:30pm Drawing Dickens’ characters: demo and instruction with Wallace West, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(teen through adult)
2:45 – 3:45pm Dickens Discussion Panel, moderated by Donna Miskend, CBIG exhibit curator with GUESTS: Elizabeth Bird, Youth Materials Specialist NYPL and children’s book review blog creator A Fuse #8 Production, Fred Kaplan, (in absentia, Q&A selections read from interview. Full transcript posted here ) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center CUNY, biographer (Dickens, A Biography), Mike J. Quinn, founder Friends of Dickens NY chapter, actor and writer, Catherine Robson, Associate Professor of English NYU specializing in 19c British literature and culture, faculty member of the Dickens Project. loc: Yonkers room
4 – 5:00pm Art demo about his illustration process with Wallace West, CBIG artist art gallery
4 – 5:30pm Creating Dickens Comic Book Art, demo, and discussion Where To Go From There, with Carol Burrell, Editorial Director Graphic Universe/a.k.a Klio web comic artist
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian loc: children's rooms
11am – 12pm Craft session with Doreen Mulryan Marts, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
12 – 1:30pm book signing with Doreen Mulryan Marts loc: art gallery
(ages 5 and up)
1:30 – 2:30pm Drawing Dickens’ characters: demo and instruction with Wallace West, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(teen through adult)
2:45 – 3:45pm Dickens Discussion Panel, moderated by Donna Miskend, CBIG exhibit curator with GUESTS: Elizabeth Bird, Youth Materials Specialist NYPL and children’s book review blog creator A Fuse #8 Production, Fred Kaplan, (in absentia, Q&A selections read from interview. Full transcript posted here ) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center CUNY, biographer (Dickens, A Biography), Mike J. Quinn, founder Friends of Dickens NY chapter, actor and writer, Catherine Robson, Associate Professor of English NYU specializing in 19c British literature and culture, faculty member of the Dickens Project. loc: Yonkers room
4 – 5:00pm Art demo about his illustration process with Wallace West, CBIG artist art gallery
4 – 5:30pm Creating Dickens Comic Book Art, demo, and discussion Where To Go From There, with Carol Burrell, Editorial Director Graphic Universe/a.k.a Klio web comic artist
loc: Yonkers room
5:45 – 6:45pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens
5:45 – 6:45pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens
participating performers: Marilyn Baranoski, Kevin Quinn, Mike J. Quinn, Francie Scanlon,
6 – 8pm Artist Reception and book signings. loc: art gallery
Dorothy Smith
Book signing list posted at the library.
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available all day.
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available all day.
OCTOBER 13
(ages 3 up)
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian CANCELLED
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian CANCELLED
(ages 5 and up)
11am – 12pm Dickens Read and Craft session with T. T. Tyler, CBIG artist
(ages teen - adult)
ADDED 12:30 - 1:30PM Art demo about her illustration process with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
1 – 2pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens loc: art gallery
2:30 – 3:30pm Dickens And His Illustrators, a talk with James Armstrong, playwright (adaptations A Christmas Carol and Dickens Condensed)
(ages teen - adult)
ADDED 12:30 - 1:30PM Art demo about her illustration process with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
1 – 2pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens loc: art gallery
2:30 – 3:30pm Dickens And His Illustrators, a talk with James Armstrong, playwright (adaptations A Christmas Carol and Dickens Condensed)
(ages 3 up)
ADDED 2:30 - 3:30PM Craft a paper puppet (victorian teddy bear & The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come from A Christmas Carol) with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(ages teen - adult)
3 – 3:30pm book signing with Michael Patrick Hearn loc: art gallery
3:45 – 4:45pm A Conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary scholar, author (The Annotated
Christmas Carol) followed by book signing until closing. loc: art gallery
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available
all day.
EVENT ADDED: OCTOBER 23
(ages - adult)
3-4:30pm Lecture on the life and works of Charles Dickens with Ilja Wachs, Professor and Chair in Outstanding Teaching and Donning, Sarah Lawrence College, hosted by Susan Kart, Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery Curator/Professor of African Art, Sarah Lawrence College
To Get There From NYC: Metro North, Grand Central Station to Yonkers station. The library is located across the street. The gallery and Yonkers Rm 4th floor.
Associated EVENT Hudson River Museum Program at Yonkers Riverfront Library: OCTOBER 27
12pm - 2pm Family Reading and Conversation A Christmas Carol
as part of their program on civil war era children's books. loc: art gallery
Read the transcripts:
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Conversation with Donna Miskend (exhibit curator/CBIG artist) and the Artists of the Children’s Book Illustrators Group (CBIG) (art)
A
Conversation with Donna Miskend and Mike J. Quinn (theater)
See bios of our event participants HERE check back for updates
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This exhibition programming is underwritten by the Yonkers Public Library Foundation. Additional material provided by the Morgan Library & Museum, Esther Raushenbush Library, Sarah Lawrence College and Museum Pam Horovitz, Hudson River Museum. Yonkers Riverfront Library is located at One Larkin Center in downtown Yonkers, and is handicapped accessible. Parking is available at the nearby Buena Vista Parking Garage.
The exhibit and all events are free and open to the public. For further information check back here for the schedule or call (914) 337-1500.
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