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EXHIBITS
UPCOMING
Lincoln, Life-Size
A new exhibit is planned to open at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut which will run from February 13 - June 6, 2010. Nineteenth century portraits of Lincoln will be enlarged to life size and juxtaposed with the original prints, allowing for visitors to see the "homely" 16th president as stunningly human.
PAST
Gordon Parks: Portraits. May 20, June 30th 2009
For six weeks an exhibit of famous and not-so-famous portraits taken by Gordon Parks was open to the public at The Gallery at Hermes in New York City. More than 300 attended the opening. Although Parks had never exhibited these images as a group during his lifetime, he once said: "The moments I spent making these portraits always flow back with the warmest of memories. They are people who I have admired and felt at ease with. And in most cases, I attempted to intertwine their personalities and their professions."
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DOROTHY KUNHARDT'S PAT THE BUNNY TO BE FEATURED AT THE CARLE
Exhibition in Amherst, Massachusetts on May 16, 2008
Amherst, Mass. (March 20, 2008) - The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. will welcome to its Central Gallery the original art from Dorothy Kunhardt's Pat the Bunny. The exhibition will include the handmade prototype of Pat the Bunny, fashioned by Mrs. Kunhardt in 1939, on view for the first
time as well as other original art and process materials; personal photographs and correspondence during the time period; and early reviews and advertisements for Pat the Bunny, on loan from the archives of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. The exhibition will run from May 16 through December 7, 2008.
Pat the Bunny has sold over 7 million copies since it was first published in 1940 and is the 6th all-time best-selling children's book in America. Dorothy Kunhardt was already a widely successful children's book writer and illustrator, and mother of four, when she cut and pasted together her idea for an interactive book for babies and young children, inspired by her 3-year-old daughter.
"It's like seeing the Rosetta Stone," Museum Director Nick Clark states upon seeing the modest, original version of the book, "we are honored to have the opportunity and privilege to exhibit a book so transformative in opening a child's eyes to reading through touch." The exhibition also includes
unpublished ink and watercolor illustrations Kunhardt considered for her 18-page classic. One is a whimsical picture of Judy galloping as she plays horse, with a colorful, braided cotton bridle for the "reader" to hold. The exhibit also features the first, second, and third editions of Pat the Bunny, which
have early illustrations that were later replaced. The original dummy copy of The Telephone Book, the equally charming, interactive sequel to Pat the Bunny, will also be on view.
Dorothy Kunhardt transformed words and pictures into familiar activities, like playing peek-a-boo, touching "Daddy's scratchy beard," and patting the soft fur of a toy bunny. Kunhardt gave the pleasure of books to the very youngest of pre-readers, and in the process, created the ground-breaking
genre of "Touch and Feel" books. Today, Pat the Bunny is promoted by the US Department of Education on "How to Help Your Child Become a Reader" and has served as a selection for the "I am Your Child" program, a National Public Awareness campaign devoted to making childhood development a top priority in the United States.
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