Monsters and Miracles: A Journey Through Jewish Picture Book Skirball Cultural Center California LA Metro: Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara, Ventura County - United States Literature Sat 1 May to Sun 1 Aug 2010
Literature
Sat 1 May to Sun 1 Aug 2010
2010
May 2010
Saturday 1 May 2010
Sat 1 May to Sun 1 Aug. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
Admission: Included with Museum admission: $10 General; $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2–12; Free to Skirball Members and Children under 2; Free to all visitors on Thursdays Celebrating the historical and cultural roots of the Jewish picture book, Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books features a colorful array of more than 100 original illustrations and texts from picture book classics and popular favorites. The exhibition guides audiences through the history of Jewish picture books, presenting a diversity of artistic media-paintings, drawings, computer-generated images, papercuts, and collage-and an eclectic collection of texts, from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are to Lemony Snicket's The Latke Who Could