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Make Way for Ducklings: The Art of Robert McCloskey at the MFA!

Our Monday Post, "No Way for Ducklings" reminded us to tell you about the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) current exhibition "Make Way for Ducklings The Art of Robert McCloskey."

The MFA says:

"With art from Make Way for Ducklings at its center, the retrospective presents more than 50 works, including studies for other books written and illustrated by McCloskey: Lentil (1940), Homer Price (1943) and Centerburg Tales (1951), which recall his youth in rural Ohio, and popular Maine tales including Blueberries for Sal (1948) and Time of Wonder (1957). Works are drawn primarily from the rich, but rarely exhibited holdings of the May Massee Collection at Emporia State University in Kansas.

"An exhibition highlight is the miniature bronze model for Nancy Schön’s Make Way for Ducklings sculpture, commissioned for the Boston Public Garden in 1985. As well as celebrating McCloskey’s achievements as author-illustrator, the retrospective also includes a selection of his independent work connecting him to prominent American painters such as Thomas Hart Benton and Edward Hopper."

Sounds like a good reason for a visit to the MFA!

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino

March 10, 2017
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014
Paul Revere Maps among those “Made In Boston” BPL Map Center Exhibition

You only have until March 10th to visit the exhibition "Made in Boston" at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of walking through this collection with Assistant Curator Stephanie Cyr while photographing it for a newspaper feature. She was excited to have this gathering of materials brought together, "…for the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution."

Boston Harbor in New England, [Cyprian Southack, 1769]

Before chatting with Stephanie, I had not thought of Boston as a center for map making. But, it was. And, this is your opportunity to see some of the early work of men like John Bonner, William Burgis, and Paul Revere

Yes, as an engraver, Revere was a map maker and two of his views (above) are on display.

As they always do, the Map Center and Library staff have created an interesting, thought provoking, and educational opportunity with this presentation.

If you are one of our readers from other places, you can see the exhibition on line here.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2014 Penny Cherubino, Southack image courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

February 14, 2014