Illustration Show Photos: 36th Annual Children’s Illustration Celebration

 

Top row left to right: Paul Dubois Jacobs, Bryan Collier, Maurice Harouche, Kate Feiffer, Aaron Becker, Raul Colon, Mark Teague, Middle row: Nancy Sippel Carpenter, Carol Joy Munro, Heidi Stemple, Kathryn Brown, R.W. Alley, Front row: Marc Brown, Jason Chin, Jane Dyer, Holly Thompson, Diane deGroat, Sara Levine, Naila Moreira, Leslea Newman, Barbara Diamond Goldin, Micha Archer, Zoe Alley
Susannah Richards, Jane Dyer, Grace Lin, and Diane deGroat
Richard Michelson, Marc Brown, R.W. Alley and Zoë Alley
Courtney Waring chats with Grace Lin
Susannah Richards, Richard Michelson, and Heidi Stemple
R.W. Alley and Marc Brown, in a Paddington meets Arthur moment!
Jane Dyer chats with her newest and teeniest fan
Aaron Becker and Richard Michelson
Richard Michelson signing books
Horn Book Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz with sister and mother, Jason Chin, and Richard Michelson (with Bobbi Reno in the back)
Richard Michelson addresses the audience
Richard Michelson holding up gallery friends Paddington and Arthur
Richard Michelson and Marc Brown

 

Richard Michelson and Marc Brown with his R. Michelson Galleries Award for Lifetime Contribution to Children’s Literacy
Listening to Marc Brown’s acceptance speech
Kate Feiffer, Richard Michelson, Jennifer Michelson
Courtney Waring, Bryan Collier and Eliza Brown swap stories

 

Richard Michelson and his cousins Deborah and Sara Levine
Attendees during the reception
Richard Michelson and Mark Teague
Kate Feiffer and Elana Chernick-Kritz
Kate Feiffer and Aaron Becker deep in conversation

 

Beth Sidel and Nick Orsini chat with Heidi Stemple
Heidi Stemple, Paul Gulla, and Huan Li
Huan Li and Richard Michelson
Getting a closer look at the Mo Willems’ work on display
Jennifer and Richard Michelson
Leslea Newman and Richard Michelson
Raul Colón signing books
Bryan Collier and Richard Michelson
Richard Michelson and Micha Archer
Marc Brown signing books
Raul Colon, Grace Lin, and Kathryn Brown
Courtney Waring, Bryan Collier, Jason Chin
Heidi Stemple, Kathryn Brown, Micha Archer, and Leslea Newman
Meghan Zaremba live-streaming the speech (follow us on instagram @r.michelson.galleries)
Haley Kean chatting with friends
Eliza Brown and A’Knesha Davis-Darkwah of the Carle Museum
Gallerinas Meghan Zaremba and Haley Kean
Artists having a snack after the show