More than 200 well-known children’s book illustrators from around the world have been given a five-inch wooden snowflake to transform into an original piece of art – and the results, part of a campaign to raise funds for the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, can be seen at The Child at Heart Gallery in Newburyport, Massachusetts until Oct 22. After that the flakes will be on display at the Children’s Gallery at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham until Dec 2. If you are in or around the area, take yourself and your loved ones to see the exhibit, and help get the word out on the three upcoming snowflake online auctions (Nov 19–23, Nov 26–30 and Dec 3–7). You can read about Robert’s Snow and Robert’s Snowflakes – the books, the story behind the story and the fundraising campaign, now in its third year – here. Bidding is open to everyone, but be warned: inner warmth and beautiful ripple effects are to be expected from participating.
This and future posts about the campaign will be our blog’s two cents (doesn’t every bit count?) in what’s now a multi-blog effort to help spread the word and drive traffic to Robert’s Snow online: some of the illustrators who have participated in the campaign will be featured daily throughout the blogsphere, along with their snowflake. Illustrators’ appearance master schedule can be found at Seven Imp. Be sure to check it regularly to see just where these heartwarming flakes will be landing.
Grace Lin at In the Pages and Michelle Chang at The Longstockings are some of the highlights on Day 1 of a month-long fest of art & hope for cure!
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