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From the Directors The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
September 8, 2018 –
We’ve been working together for March 24, 2019
over forty years. We’ve shared Eric Carle’s tale of a caterpillar’s
studios, offices, garden design, house transformation into a butterfly is one
of the most iconic children’s books of
renovations and nearly every part of all time. Learn about its history, view
our lives together. That’s why this issue’s the original collages, and celebrate its
golden anniversary with special
focus on “Four Hands in the Studio” activities for all ages.
resonates so strongly with us. Many This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the
Hsin-Yi Foundation, with additional support from Penguin Young Readers.
of the booths you visit at Paradise City Illustration ™ & © 2018 Eric Carle LLC. All rights reserved.
are collaborative efforts. Usually each 125 West Bay Road, Amherst, MA 413.559.6300
partner (and they are often married www.carlemuseum.org
partners) brings a particular vision and skill to a combined body of
work, and their collaboration makes the work that much stronger.
That creative conversation often takes them places that they couldn’t
reach on their own.
An artistic partnership (which is also a business relationship) can
take many forms. Sometimes the artists combine all of their talents to
work on everything together. Or they may share a studio, tools and
materials but each follows his or her own muse, only collaborating
on certain projects or commissions along the way. One of our
first experiences as creative partners was our handmade handbag
business. Geoffrey designed the patterns and cut and stitched
the handbags, bringing his aptitude for geometry, architectural
construction and handwork into the equation. Linda, whose
background is in fine art, quilted and appliqued the fronts of the
bags, drawing elaborate figures freehand with a sewing machine.
Neither of us could have produced this very successful line of work
by ourselves, and every piece was a collaborative effort.
The two couples in “Four Hands in the Studio” are quite different
from each other. Adam and Sarah Spector met in college, married
and began sharing a studio after graduation. On the other hand,
Frances Kite lived in Kansas and Aaron Mascai in Chicago. They
participated in many of the same craft shows around the country
for 30 years, but it wasn’t until they met up again at Paradise City
in 2011 that they fell in love, married and set up a studio together.
You’ll see that each couple shares a booth, and you’ll see examples
of work that are both individual and the result of working together.
Friends and family often exclaim, “How can you live together and
work together, too?” We’ve done it our whole lives. We think it not
only makes whatever we create better, whether it’s a handmade
object or the Paradise City Arts Festivals, but it also deepens our
relationship in indescribable ways.
See you around the shows!
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