“When you hide another story in a story, that's the story I am telling the children.”
—Maurice Sendak
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 6:00 pm
Gallery Talk: "I'll Eat All of You": Sendak and Food
From child-eating lion of Pierre to the nostalgic bakery of In the Night Kitchen, Sendak’s stories are stuffed with food and eating. Not surprising from a man who actually tried to bite into his childhood copy of The Prince and the Pauper. Join us as we explore Sendak’s varied foodscapes and discover how he uses food to express love, power, and desire. This gallery talk will be led by Kathy Haas, Curatorial Assistant. Click here to RSVP.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 6:00 pm
Gallery Talk: Sendak and Music
What are someof Maurice Sendak’s favorite pieces of music? What do the Wild Things sound like? We’ll bring Sendak’s artwork to life in this gallery tour about the music that has inspired him and motivated his work. Join us as we look at Sendak's work and listen to a zany version of the “wild rumpus” from the opera of Where the Wild Things Are, a fragment of Mozart’s Requiem that haunted the artist while he worked on Outside Over There, and other pieces that Sendak has transformed into illustrations and stage designs over the past 60 years. This gallery talk will be led by Patrick Rodgers, Guest Curator for There's A Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak and Traveling Exhibitions Coordinator. Click here to RSVP.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 6:00 pm
Gallery Talk: The Other’s Story and the Other Story: Sendak as Illustrator of Other Authors
What is an illustrator’s responsibility to a book’s text, especially a text written by someone else? Explore how Maurice Sendak as a self-described “interpretive illustrator” chooses a style to fit the book in hand and makes pictures that serve the author’s text while adding something more, an Other Story, “something unique in this book, which perhaps not even the author was entirely aware of ... that you think is there.” This penultimate gallery talk will be led by Elizabeth Fuller, Librarian. Click here to RSVP.
Saturday and Sunday, March 21-22, 2009, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Signature Program: Sendak in Spring Festival
On this very first weekend of spring join us in celebrating Sendak with our annual festival for kids of all ages, Sendak in Spring! Sendak loves books, the Rosenbach loves books, and you do too, right?
Spend an afternoon with your family taking part in a variety of drop-in activities geared toward kids of all ages, including workshops, an exhibition of Maurice Sendak's work, and a children’s book fair, featuring Sendak favorites and other great titles.
Crowning the event will be performances of Wild Things Whirligig, an energetic children’s musical based on Sendak’s stories, created by Karen Saillant, Artistic Director of the International Opera Theater.
Seating is limited. To ensure your seats, you may pick up tickets at the Rosenbach beginning March 1. For advance ticket pickups, we ask that you pay museum admission for your family at that time. Tickets will also be available on event days. We are not able to accept ticket orders over the phone. Click here for additional information.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 6:00 pm
Gallery Talk: Imagination and Transformation in the Works of Maurice Sendak
Whether by accident, magic spell, or imagination the characters in Sendak’s stories constantly shift form. Max famously becomes King of the Wild Things, an unhappy boy becomes a wizard, kids become dancing bears, a baby sister disappears, and angels come and go. This gallery talk focuses on transformations like these and the often surprising ways that Sendak identifies with his storybook characters. This final gallery talk will be led by Karen Schoenewaldt, Registrar. Click here to RSVP.
May 3, 2009
Sendak exhibition closing day.
Events are free with museum admission, unless otherwise noted. Stay tuned for more!
