TAM Volunteers: Caldecott Program at Tacoma Art Museum

Hello ARC Volunteers-
Below is the information to distribute about our program, Picture This: The Evolution of Children's Book Illustration. Feel free to forward it on to interested parties. Attached is the PDF version of our postcard.
Thank you,
-Jana

Jana Wennstrom
Volunteer Programs Coordinator
TACOMA ART MUSEUM
T: 253.272.4258 x3030
 
 
Picture This: The Evolution of Children's Book Illustration
Saturday, March 28, 2009
1-5 pm

Cost: $10 includes museum admission; $5 members. Educator clock hours available.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged as space is limited. Please call 253.722.2455 or
email Education@TacomaArtMuseum.org.

About the program:
In 1938 the Caldecott Medal was established to annually recognize the
most distinguished children's picture book by an American illustrator.
Tacoma Art Museum's Art Resource Center recently acquired the
complete collection of Caldecott award titles. The ARC Volunteers
present this half-day program to explore the changes in children's book
illustration these books represent over the past seven decades.

Jennifer Duffy, King County Librarian and Caldecott Committee Member, will open the
program with an overview of the selection process. She will be followed by Linda Pavonetti
and James Cipielewski, both Associate Professors in Reading and Language Arts at Oakland
University, who will discuss the history of illustration, turning points in the evolution of
children's picture books in the context of social events, developments in education, as
well as impacts on literacy. Richard Jesse Watson, award winning illustrator and author of
numerous picture books, will discuss his first hand experiences with changes in the industry.
Susan Anderson-Newham, Early Learning Supervising Librarian in the Pierce County Library
System, will share her experiences teaching with picture books that have received the
Caldecott and discuss their appeal over time.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition
David Macaulay: The Way He Works. Macaulay received the
Caldecott award for his book Black and White in 1991.