City Of Fort Worth: Maurice Sendak Exhibit To Feature Original Artwork, Activities

Press release from City of Fort Worth:

November 08, 2021

Experience something wild at the Fort Worth Public Library’s Central location.

Original artwork by Maurice Sendak, the beloved children’s author who wrote more than 100 picture books during his 60-year career, will be displayed from Nov. 13 to Jan. 31, 2022. The exhibit and related activities are free and will be open to the public.

Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition will feature some of Sendak’s original paintings and illustrations, and also will feature fun activities for all ages.

Sendak may best be known for his book “Where the Wild Things Are,” published in 1963 and subsequently honored with the Caldecott Medal. Other well-known titles of his include “Chicken Soup with Rice” and “In the Night Kitchen.”

In addition to the exhibit and activities downtown, other Fort Worth Public Library locations will celebrate this unique exhibit with fun, interactive programming for adults, children and families. Take a look at the schedule. 

The Fort Worth Public Library’s Central location is at 500 W. Third St.

Born in Brooklyn in 1928 to Jewish immigrant parents from northern Poland, Sendak grew up idolizing the storytelling abilities of his father, Philip, and his big brother, Jack. Aside from a few night classes in art after graduating high school, Sendak is a largely self-taught artist. Throughout his career, he has taken characters, stories and inspirations from his own neighbors, family, pop culture, historical sources and long-held childhood memories.

He won numerous awards as both an artist and illustrator, including a Caldecott Award, a Newberry medal, the international Hans Christian Andersen Award, a National Book Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and a National Medal of Arts. His books continue to be read by millions of children and adults and have been translated into dozens of languages and enjoyed all over the world.

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