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‘CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN ‘TO OPEN JULY 1 AT KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART

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KATONAH, N.Y. — The Katonah Museum of Art will present the exhibition, “Children Should be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art,” in the Beitzel and Righter Galleries, July 1–October 21.

“Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Books Art” will bring together approximately 85 works of original children’s illustrations in a comprehensive survey of the best American picture-book art of the last decade.

Organized collaboratively by the Katonah Museum of Art and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the exhibition celebrates the tenth anniversary of the museum’s Learning Center and the fifth anniversary of the Carle Museum.

This exhibition explores the theme of the changing image of the child. “Children Should Be Seen” is the first exhibition on the theme of the image of the child in contemporary picture book art ever to be presented in the United States or, to the curators’ knowledge, anywhere in the world.

The core of the exhibition consists of artworks dating 1997 to 2007 and is grouped by the following sub-themes: The New Child, The Child and Family, The Child At School and At Play, The Child In the Community, The Child In History, The Questioning Child and The New Picture Book. These sub-themes highlight American picture book artists’ interpretations of six childhood formative stages and experiences.

The Katonah Museum of Art is on Route 22 at Jay Street. For information, 914-232-9555 or www.katonahmuseum.org.