The Bruce Museum offers a new adventure into the world of animals beginning March 26 when the exhibition “Wild Reading: Animals in Children’s Book Art” opens. Through more than thirty contemporary and historic illustrations, the show explores the colorful lives of wild animals, both realistic and exaggerated. Original works by artists such as Quentin Blake, Eric Carle, Wendell Minor, Maurice Sendak and others demonstrate the wide range of styles and visual elements used in children’s literature – from color, line, and shape to texture and composition.
A highlight of this exhibition will be taxidermy specimens including a fox, groundhog, rabbit, chipmunk, squirrel, raccoon, birds, and insects from the museum’s natural history collection, which will be paired with their illustrated counterparts.
An accompanying family gallery guide and family day will foster exciting cross-generational experiences for Museum visitors of all ages.
The exhibition, which is curated by Bruce Museum staff members Kathleen Holko and Mia Laufer, will be on view through July 3.
