Sponsored by the Friends of Greenwich Library "Mother Goose Re-Imagined" opened December 6, 2012 with a huge reception... artists, authors, families and children came to celebrate the opening of this wonderful new show featuring the Children's Book Illustrator Group of New York (CBIG).
CBIG was founded in 1987 by a group of Brooklyn children's book illustrators. Now with more than 50 members this versatile group has experience in children's publishing, editorial illustration, commercial design, animation, fine art and teaching art.
The new and re-imagined illustrations of the classic Mother Goose stories in a wide range of mediums - collage, watercolor, oil, pen and ink and photography adorn the bright yellow walls of the gallery and will be on exhibit through January 16, 2013. Accompanying the work on the walls will be the original rhymes and "re-imagined" texts by some of the artists.
Curators for the show include Jamee Becker, Martha Deegan and Linda Butler all members of the
Flinn Gallery art committee - a volunteer committee that selects, hangs and curates six different exhibitions a year in the gallery. The curators have also created a cozy reading corner in the gallery for this particular show featuring a multitude of Mother Goose books - so bring the children in to read and see the work.
On January 6 beginning at 1pm there will be an artist talk, demonstration and docent tour.
Meet some of the artists and discover the inspiration and personal connections behind the work on exhibit with a special art demonstration by artist Roberta Rivera. Artists Lisa Lavoie, Marilyn Papas, Roberta Rivera, Clare Pernice, H. Ruth Karpes and Donna Miskend, President of CBIG will participate.
All artwork in the exhibit is for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Friends of Greenwich Library.
