The Art in Life: Children’s Book Illustrations
In this iteration of The Art in Life, we’re exploring the art of children’s book illustrations: . We’re bringing you three perspectives:
- Dub Leffler (Bigambul), Children’s book author and illustrator
- Henry Cole, Children’s book illustrator
- Christy Ottaviano, Children’s book publisher at Little, Brown Books
“There is no distinction for us between art and life,” said Yolngu Aboriginal Australian artist Wandjuk Marika. This proclamation draws attention to the arbitrary distinctions we often make in western cultures between “fine art” and “craft,” “design” and other often-unhelpful labels. As museums, we actively work to break down such distinctions. As museum professionals, we are aesthetically minded people who see art all around us. And, as a global community, many of us are finding ourselves unable to visit the “fine art” institutions we love most. Because of all of these factors and more, the Fralin Museum of Art at UVA and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA have partnered to present THE ART IN LIFE, a series of programs that explore the artistic creativity, innovation, challenges and aesthetic decisions of practices that usually aren’t considered fine art.
This program is happening once. Look for your time zone to see what time it’s happening for you:
USA EST: Thursday, May 6, 7 pm
USA CDT: Thursday, May 6, 6 pm
USA PDT: Thursday, May 6, 4 pm
Australian EST: Friday, May 7, 10 am