Illustration Show Photos: 29th Annual Children’s Illustration Celebration

Front row: Priscilla Alpaugh Cotter, Karen Romagna, Shelly Rotner, Diane deGroat, Rich Michelson, Norton Juster, Jeanne Birdsall, Lisa Yee, Florence Friedmann Minor, Carol Weis, Mark Teague, Liz Goulet Dubois, Grace Lin Second row: Jerry Pinkney, Beth Ann Bogert, Doris Ettlinger, Kristen Balouch, Lisa Falkenstern, Lesley Breen Withrow, Rob Dunleavy, Erin Stead, Philip Stead, Yoshi Kogo, Emily Arnold McCully, Barbara Diamond Golden, Jane Dyer, Leslea Newman, Ellen Wittlinger, Mordicai Gerstein, Kate Feiffer, Bob Marstall, Barbara McClintock, Jarrett Kosoczka, Robin Preiss Glasser, Tony DiTerlizzi, Angela DiTerlizzi, R.W. Alley, Amanda Putnam Third row: Nancy Sippel Carpenter, Meg Sodano, Micha Archer, Jason Hart, Raul Colon, Wendell Minor, Brian Lies, Gordon C. James

 

Gallery owners Richard and Jennifer Michelson
Norton Juster’s Devotion to Literacy Award honoree Jerry Pinkney
Gordon C. James and Robin Preiss Glasser sharing illustration tips
Richard Michelson with Caldecott book creators Philip and Erin Stead
Mark Teague signs a book for Susannah Richards
Philip Stead, Wendell Minor, Richard Michelson, and Raul Colón
Tony DiTerlizzi and Mark Teague with Richard Michelson
Gallery owner Richard Michelson running for office
Grace Lin signs for a fan
National Book Award Finalist, Jarrett Krosoczka (Hey Kiddo) mobbed by fans (including Ellen Wittlinger, Lisa Yee, Florence Minor, and Jeanne Birdsall
The crowd welcomes new illustrators to the gallery

 

 

Illustrator Doris Ettlinger with her artwork
Paddington aficionados R. W. Alley and Diane deGroat with Richard Michelson
Richard Michelson, Gordon C. James, Susannah Richards, and Erin Stead
The Eric Carle Museum selling books at the event

Editor Kait Feldman and illustrator Charles Esperanza
Framer extraordinaire Don Robinson and Gallery staffer Natalie Djondo
Framer Don Robinson, Gallery alumnus Mara Kahrmann,
Authors Barbara Goldin, Leslea Newman, Jennifer Michelson, Nancy Sippel Carpenter, and Carol Weiss

 

Angela DiTerlizzi and Norton Juster entertain a fan

 

NESCBWI Emerging Artist Award winner Amanda Putnam and friends
Gallery Manager Paul Gulla and family

 

Brian Lies and Bob Marstall

 

Barbara McClintock with the back of Mark Teague and the side of R.W. Alley

 

Norton Juster with Gallery Assistant Manager Elana Chernick-Kritz

 

Kate Feiffer, Richard Michelson, and Norton Juster

 

Jeanne Birdsall and Jane Dyer with Gallery alumnus Mara Kahrmann
Liz Goulet Dubois, Lesley Breen Withrow, and crew

 

Robin Preiss Glasser signs for a very fancy fan
Susannah Richards chatting with Jeanne Birdsall
Jerry Pinkney, Wendell Minor, and Florence Friedmann Minor

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