Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books at the Skirball Cultural Center
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books
On view now through August 1, 2010
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
Fun for all ages! Showcasing more than 100 illustrations and texts from time-honored classics and popular favorites, this new exhibition guides audiences through the colorful history of the Jewish picture book, from the sixteenth century to the present. On display are original works of art sure to inspire wonder—paintings, drawings, computer-generated images, papercuts, and collage—and an eclectic collection of texts, from illuminated Haggadot to Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are to Lemony Snicket’s The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story. Other featured authors and artists include Arnold Lobel, Daniel Pinkwater, Mark Podwal, Francine Prose, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Art Spiegelman, and William Steig, as well as luminaries Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky, and Ze’ev Raban.
Special interactive stations—Kick back and have fun at interactive stations designed especially for booklovers young and old. “Make a monster” using vibrant art materials; slip on headphones to hear celebrities such as Mayim Bialik, Allison Janney, Tony Kushner, and Henry Winkler read their favorite tales; and more!
MONSTERS AND MIRACLES: A JOURNEY THROUGH JEWISH PICTURE BOOKS IS CO-ORGANIZED BY THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER AND THE ERIC CARLE MUSEUM OF PICTURE BOOK ART, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS.
Download the Monsters and Miracles press release (PDF).
IMAGE CREDITS (top to bottom):Prince Rooster from Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tales Funnies © 2000 art spiegelman. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Mordicai Gerstein, But Jonah Sank to the Bottom of the Sea, illustration from Jonah and the Two Great Fish, 1997. Used by permission.
Simms Taback, Motke Rabinowitz’s Shtetl, illustration from Kibitzers and Fools: Tales my Zayda Told Me, 2005. Used by permission.
Lisa Brown, The Latke Was Suffering So Much That It Leapt Out of the Hot Pan and Out the Window of the Cottage, and Began to Run Screaming Down The Boulevard, illustration from Lemony Snicket, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, 2007. Used by permission.
Leonard Everett Fisher, Dybbuk Rising from the Grave, illustration from Barbara Rogasky, Dybbuk, 2005. Used by permission.
Mark Podwal, Ashmedai King of the Demons turning into King Solomon, illustration from Elie Wiesel, King Solomon and His Magic Ring, 1999. Used by permission.
RELATED PROGRAMS:
- Monsters and Miracles Family Sleepover (Saturday, June 26, 6:00 pm)
- Monsters and Miracles Tour (Sunday, June 6, 2:30 pm)
- Family Storytime (Sunday, June 6, 1:00 pm)
- Gotta Getta Golem! (Sunday, June 13, 11:30 am)
- Daniel Handler (a.k.a Lemony Snicket) and Lisa Brown (Sunday, June 13, 2:00 pm)
What’s waiting for you at the Skirball Cultural Center? Art and music, history and learning, food and shopping, and fun for all ages!
Hours
- Tuesday–Friday, 12:00–5:00 p.m.
- Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Closed Mondays
- In 2010, the Skirball will be closed to the public on the following dates:
- Friday, January 1
- Tuesday, March 30 (in observance of Passover)
- Wednesday, May 19 (in observance of Shavout)
- Sunday, July 4
- Thursday, September 9 (in observance of Rosh Hashanah)
- Saturday, September 18 (in observance of Yom Kippur)
- Thursday, September 23 (in observance of Sukkot)
- Thursday, November 25
- Saturday, December 25
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- Metro provides transportation to the Skirball via route #761. For more information about planning your trip to the Skirball, check the Metro trip planner at www.metro.net or call (800) COMMUTE.