Wednesday, June 10, 2015

FAIRY TALES EXHIBIT

FAIRY TALES
Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrators Group 

On view in the Youth Wing at 
10 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn tel: 718.230.2100

June 11 - September 25, 2015 

exhibiting members:
guest speaker: Michael Patrick Hearn
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For an interview with some of the artists, CLICK HERE
EVENT: Saturday, September 19 at 2pm: The Magic of Fairy Tales, a conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian and curator, Donna Miskend
FREE and open to the public
Brooklyn Central Library
HOURS mon-thurs 9am-9pm Fri-Sat 9am-6pm Sun 1pm-5pm

Thank you to the Brooklyn Public Library for hosting us. And a special thank you to Barbara Wing, Mgr. of Exhibitions! 
This exhibit is underwritten by the Brooklyn Public Library

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

ABFE Children's Book Art Auction 2015

CBIG members join other notable children's book illustrators in contributing work to the American Booksellers Foundation annual auction. The private auction was held on May 26th and a recap of the evening will appear here in a future post. Meanwhile view some photos here. While many of the works sold that evening, there is a new round of work available, both prints and original art) at the public auction running from June 1-8. LINK  Funds raised from the auction go to support the Kids Right to Read Program and Banned Book Week, fight against censorship by making books available to kids in schools and in bookstores. Iconic titles such as To Kill A Mockingbird and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax are among books previously unavailable to kids in many areas across the country.