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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:46:03 -0500
Allen Say's Journey: The Art and Words of a Children's Book Author," the first retrospective exhibition of the art of award-winning children's book author and illustrator Allen Say opened July 28, 2000 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. This comprehensive survey dedicated to the art of Allen Say features fifty-five original watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings, including works from Say's Caldecott award-winning book "Grandfather's Journey," and will preview paintings from his newest book, "The Sign Painter," due for release this fall. The exhibition will run through February 11, 2001.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum Store has produced a set of twenty notecards featuring artwork from Mr. Say's books. Four each of five images from the covers of "Grandfather's Journey," "Emma's Rug," "Tree of Cranes," "Tea with Milk," and "A River Dream" are included in this boxed set which retails for $14.95.
To find out more about the exhibition, related public programs
(several family-related programs and workshops, including a book signing for "The Sign Painter" with the author in early October), or the Japanese American National Museum, visit our website at www.janm.org. To order the notecard sets or books by Allen Say, please call the Museum Store Order Line toll-free at 888.769.5559. For wholesale orders, please call 213.830.5609.
Sincerely, Vicky K. Murakami Museum Store Coordinator Japanese American National Museum 369 East First Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Received on Thu 31 Aug 2000 01:46:03 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:46:03 -0500
Allen Say's Journey: The Art and Words of a Children's Book Author," the first retrospective exhibition of the art of award-winning children's book author and illustrator Allen Say opened July 28, 2000 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. This comprehensive survey dedicated to the art of Allen Say features fifty-five original watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings, including works from Say's Caldecott award-winning book "Grandfather's Journey," and will preview paintings from his newest book, "The Sign Painter," due for release this fall. The exhibition will run through February 11, 2001.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum Store has produced a set of twenty notecards featuring artwork from Mr. Say's books. Four each of five images from the covers of "Grandfather's Journey," "Emma's Rug," "Tree of Cranes," "Tea with Milk," and "A River Dream" are included in this boxed set which retails for $14.95.
To find out more about the exhibition, related public programs
(several family-related programs and workshops, including a book signing for "The Sign Painter" with the author in early October), or the Japanese American National Museum, visit our website at www.janm.org. To order the notecard sets or books by Allen Say, please call the Museum Store Order Line toll-free at 888.769.5559. For wholesale orders, please call 213.830.5609.
Sincerely, Vicky K. Murakami Museum Store Coordinator Japanese American National Museum 369 East First Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Received on Thu 31 Aug 2000 01:46:03 PM CDT
