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 July 10, 2000 – September 14, 2000 Explore the whimsy of David Wiesner's award-winning illustrations. Original watercolors from Tuesday, Free Fall, Sector 7 and other books are featured as well as sketchbooks and preliminary drawings, in this traveling exhibition from the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. Artist || Lecture || Ice Cream Social 
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A PERSONAL LOOK Thurs., August 10 Meet David Wiesner, the author of one of this year's Caldecott Honor books, Sector 7, as he shares insight into his art through slides and discussion.
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 AWARDS 2000 Caldecott Honor 1992 Caldecott Medal 1989 Caldecott Honor
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ICE CREAM SOCIAL Thurs., August 10 Celebrate the wonderful artistry of children's author and illustrator David Wiesner. View the exhibit, meet the artist, purchase books and have them signed!
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ABOUT DAVID WIESNER Driven by his rich imagination, David Wiesner has been drawing since his days as a child in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Action comics and Mad Magazine inspired him in grade school. By high school, he was creating silent movies and wordless comic books. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. in illustration. Wiesner's books include Sector 7, June 29, 1999, Tuesday, Free Fall and Hurricane. Wiesner has also illustrated countless children's books authored by others. His paintings have been displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. David Wiesner and his wife, Kim Kahng, live in Brooklyn, New York with their two children, Kevin and Jaime.
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Central Library • 801 S.W. 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon Educational tours of the exhibit are available by calling 503.988.5340. Thanks to The Library Foundation for their support of this exhibit and its programs.  
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