Celebrating the Life of an Artist: Marcia Brown, Class of 1940, (1919-2015)
by February 19, 2016
-Friday, April 8, 2016, 2:00 - 5:00PM
Patricia and J. Spencer Standish Room
University at Albany Science Library
Video of the event
Please join us to celebrate the life of Marcia Brown, New York State College for Teachers Class of 1940, an internationally renowned illustrator and author of children's books. She was a three-time winner of the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's highest award for excellence in children's' book illustrations, for three of her books: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954); Once a Mouse (1961); and Shadow (1982), and six more of her books are Caldecott Honor Books.
Speakers confirmed include:
Anita Silvey, author and former editor of The Horn Book
Jeanne Lamb, New York Public Library
Dr. Kendra Howard Smith, Associate Professor, University at Albany
David Mitchell, Curator, Miriam Snow Mathes Historical Children's Literature
John Solum, Music Teacher and Friend of Marcia Brown
More speakers to be confirmed
Marcia Brown's original artwork on display
Reception will follow the program
Please RSVP
Sponsored by the University Libraries' M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives