They forget that a book starts with an idea, whether or not it has text, and illustration is at its service.
Successful illustration extends, embellishes, illuminates, but never obliterates the idea.
Once Upon a Drawing highlights over 50 years of work by internationally renowned children s book illustrator and author, Marcia Brown. She received her first Caldecott Medal for Cinderella in 1955, followed by Once a Mouse in 1962, and Shadow in 1983. The variety of materials presented in Once Upon a Drawing highlights the spontaneous inspiration, the sustained vision, and the exacting discipline Brown brings to the art of illustrating books for children. The exhibition is curated from the Marcia Brown Papers housed in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives at the University Libraries . It will be held from Friday, March 14 - Saturday, March 15.