Get inspired by Maurice Sendak at the Toronto Public Library!
You have just four more weeks to visit the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library to see Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons, an exhibition of original artwork by the author and illustrator of beloved children’s books, including Where the Wild Things Are. The exhibition is free and open to the public everyday!
The late Maurice Sendak’s imaginative work and his unapologetic approach to capturing the experience of being a child continues to inspire writers, artists, and readers of all ages.
Max and Jenny, ink on paper, circa 1960s. © Maurice Sendak: All Rights Reserved
Award-winning picture book author and illustrator Barbara Reid summed up her admiration for Sendak this way: “I can’t say what inspires me most: Sendak’s Little Bear drawings, his unsentimental kinship with children, or his not giving a fig about adult fussing.”
Little Bear with Owl, ink and watercolour, circa 1960s. © Maurice Sendak: All Rights Reserved
Earlier this month, we were very lucky to have had Barbara Reid visit the Toronto Reference Library and Lillian H. Smith branch to share some of her incredible plasticine skills and help inspire some young artists to create their own Wild Things!
If you aren’t familiar with Barbara Reid’s work, I’d recommend you check out The Party, The Subway Mouse, or most recently, Sing a Song of Bedtime!
Barbara shared some tips on how to create layers and textures out of plasticine and helped get the Wild Rumpus started with her enthusiasm for Where the Wild Things Are!
Barbara Reid sharing a few helpful tips
The supplies
Young artists and paren'ts hard at work!
Here are just a few of the amazing Wild Things that were created here at the Toronto Reference Library. I think Maurice Sendak would approve – each one tells a story!
We’ve also seen some fascinating Wild Thing characters come to life in the TD Gallery, thanks to some very creative visitors!
Come see the exhibition and join the conversation in the gallery, on our website, or on social media: how Maurice Sendak has inspired you? #SendakTPL
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