Jerry Pinkney Illustrations Brighten Up The Philadelphia Museum Of Art - Philadelphia, PA
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Currently, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Perelman Building) is celebrating the work of Jerry Pinkney. The exhibit honors the illustrator who is responsible for bringing legendary folk tales and forgotten narratives to life.
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Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2013
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Jerry Pinkey is an American illustrator of children's books. He won the 2010 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Lion & the Mouse, a version of Aesop's fable that he also wrote. He also has five Caldecott Honors. Source
The exhibit is located in the Perelman Building, a Philadelphia Museum of Art Annex. The building is across form the main building. This wonderful and very fun building represents the first major expansion of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In fact, we didn't even know what it was until a bus ferried the kids and I over from the main building for the Museum's Splash event, a program for children. The building is now a hot spot for kids and moms & dads, with five family-friendly exhibitions, Pay What You Wish family festivals, interactive art and play zones, and daily family programs. We explored every inch of the building as well as learned how to make embossed art. I was most impressed with the outside of the building. I spied over 20 examples of relief art, and that was only the front and the two winged sides; lord knows what's going on in the back of that thing.