The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art travels exhibitions all over the world, including Asia and the Middle East. If your museum is interested, please see our many offerings, including "The Art of Free to Be . . . You and Me" "Fuzuê! Invention & Imagination in the Art of Roger Mello," and "Elephant & Piggie in WE ARE ART! (A Mo Willems Exhibition)." Share the joy of picture book art with your community! #EricCarleMuseum #PictureBookArt #Exhibitions #travelingexhibitions #MoWillems #elephantandpiggie #RogerMello #freetobeyouandme #EricCarle https://lnkd.in/ejPf26yk

Want to work at The Carle? We're #hiring! The Carle is currently seeking applications for the following roles: - Collections Manager and Chief Registrar (Full-time) - Per-Diem Bookseller and/or Guest Services Staff (Flexible, per-diem schedule with weekend availability required). - Administration and Development Internships (Eight weeks, open to students) - Special Project Trinkett Clark Internship (Twelve weeks, open to students) Staff applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and prospective student interns must submit an online application by February 1, 2025. Click the link below to learn more about our open opportunities, and for application requirements and instructions. We look forward to meeting you! https://lnkd.in/eh2EKhfz

What a year it's been! In 2024, we... ?? ...Presented six exhibitions of spellbinding picture book art across three galleries ?? ... Added 400 works to our permanent collection (which now includes more than 11,000 works of art by more than 320 artists!) ?? ... Welcomed 700+ educators to our professional development programs ?? ... Engaged 7,000+ attendees in our online programs ?? ... Hosted 60 authors on-site for readings, signings, storytimes and more ?? ... and spent 365 days sharing our love of picture book art with the world. ?? Thank you to the visitors, members, artists, educators, students, parents, dreamers and art-lovers of all ages who made this year so very special. Visit our website to view our Annual Report – we can't wait to draw the dream forward together in 2025. #EricCarleMuseum #picturebookart #museum #artsprofessionals

?? Happy 22nd birthday to us! And happy birthday to our co-founder, Bobbie Carle, who would have been 86 today. ?? Born Barbara Morrison in 1938, Bobbie Carle was an early childhood educator committed to creating opportunities for children of all abilities. In the 1980s and 1990s, she and husband Eric made several trips to Japan where they visited museums dedicated to the art of picture books. It became their mission and legacy to open a similar museum in the United States. On Bobbie's birthday in 2002, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opened its doors for all to enjoy. Above our front desk, we proudly display Bobbie and Eric's mission: "It has been our dream to build a museum for children and families, teachers and librarians, scholars and everyone interested in the art of the picture book—a museum to delight, entertain, surprise, and educate." We're so grateful to realize this dream every day! ?? ? #EricCarleMuseum #PictureBookArt #TheCarle

It's almost here..."Free to Be…You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs" opens this Saturday, November 16! ?? ?? ?? Our newest exhibition celebrates the profound and enduring impact of the groundbreaking 1972 record and its subsequent picture books and TV specials. Featuring original artwork from the 1974 publication by Barbara Bascove and Arnold Lobel, this celebration also brings Marlo Thomas' radical project to life with music, video, photographs, and ephemera. ?? Don't forget to check out our special pop-up shop for the exhibition, where you can snag groovy T-shirts, totes, stickers, and postcards: carlemuseum.myshopify.com ?? Laurie Glick, Illustration for Free to Be. . .You and Me record cover. ? 1972, Free To Be Foundation, Inc. Used by permission.

We're jumping for joy—The Carle has received a capital grant from Mass Cultural Council & MassDevelopment! ? A note of thanks from our executive director Jennifer Schantz: “We are extremely grateful to be one of the recipients of a 2024 capital grant…The funds from this grant make so much of our necessary work possible, ensures the security and functionality of our building and helps protect our precious collection of picture book art. “We feel so fortunate for all of the ways Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment support arts and culture in Massachusetts.”

Alert, pasta-lovers! Strega Nona fall is here ? Fun Fact: Tomie dePaola illustrated an astonishing 200 books (!)—11 of which come from his Strega Nona series. Learn more about the illustrator, whose work is in The Carle's collection, in this 2011 interview: https://bit.ly/4806SFh

Major news! ? We're thrilled to receive IMLS funding for the development of "North American Indigenous Picture Book Art, Past-Present-Future"—an exhibition planned for 2027 that will celebrate and center Indigenous picture book artists and document the chronology of their contributions to children’s literature. Read more ??

New faces at The Carle! Join us in welcoming five new trustees to our board: David Bittler, Shelley Isaacson, Ajuan Mance, Waleska Santiago-Centeno, and Gabe M. Wolosky. Learn more about our board and our newest trustees ??

Celebrate Latinx Voices with our reading list ??? From tender tales to bilingual adventures, these books from Latinx authors and artists share dazzling stories of family, fun, home, and heritage—and make a great addition to any bookshelf. See the full list of #LatinxVoices reads at The Carle Bookshop: bit.ly/4euQJcV ?? Nosotros Means Us by Paloma Valdivia (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2021)