TCNJ’s fall exhibition, “Visual Voyage: Exploring the Media and Styles of Award Winning Children’s Book Illustrators,” is set to open from Oct. 22 through Dec. 14. The display will showcase more than 50 works of art by renowned picture book artists.
The 20 artists included in Visual Voyage are internationally known and represent the highest caliber of children’s book illustrators reflected in the number of whom have been awarded Caldecott Medals and Honor Medals; Coretta Scott King Medals and Honor Medals and Pura Belpré Medals and Honor Medals, among other awards.
Featured artists include Mary Azarian, Eric Carle, Floyd Cooper, Gérard DuBois, Trina Schart Hyman, Steve Jenkins, Leo Lionni, Ted Lewin, E. B. Lewis, Emily Arnold McCully, Brian Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney, Peggy Rathmann, Jan Reynolds, Faith Ringgold, William Steig, Duncan Tonatiuh, Chris Van Allsburg, David Wisniewski, and Paul O. Zelinsky.
To celebrate its opening, Dr. Nick Clark, Chief Curator of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, will deliver a lecture on Invention and Appropriation in 20th-century Picture Book Art. The lecture will take place on Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. in the Gallery, just before the exhibit’s inaugural opening from 5-7 p.m.
Caldecott Award winner E. B. Lewis will also visit the Gallery on Nov. 7 at 12:30 p.m. to talk about his career as an artist and illustrator.
The curator is Dr. Deborah Thompson, Associate Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at TCNJ. The Visual Voyage is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue and scholarly essay written by Dr. Barbara Kiefer, the Charlotte S. Huck Professor of Children’s Literature at The Ohio State University.
TCNJ’s Art Gallery is located in the AIMM Building on TCNJ’s campus, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from noon until 7 p.m. and Sundays from 1-3 p.m.
The exhibit and its related programs are open and free to the public. For more information visit tcnj.edu/artgallery or call 771-2633.
