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But I was able to soothe my nerves by getting immersed in the incredible art in the museum. I was just astounded by the collection, and the museum could only show a tiny fraction of it.
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They let me see their high tech storage area and the art just goes on and on. It's amazing.
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Because the art they have is quite priceless. For example, original art by HR Rey:
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and originals from Madeleine:
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As I was walking through the museum, I was filled with such gratitude that a place like this exists. A place that preserves and treasures children's book art for the art it is.
My other favorite part of the museum is the hallway. I know that seems weird, but they are making the hallway into a tile wall with tiles by children's illustrators such as:
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my favorite illustrator Elisa Kleven
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and good friend (and great artist!) Mary Newell DePalma.
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I think art schools that teach children's book illustration should have field trips here! I regret not seeing all of this when I was in school. However, at least now I have my next trip to the Mazza Museum to look forward to.
2 comments:
I hope you and Anna and Meghan and Linda all have tiles there someday! It does look like an amazing place, I'd never even heard of it.
I love the Mazza Museum so. One the favorite days of my life was the first time I visited...
-Aaron
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