Jane Breskin Zalben devotes her time to her work and to traveling around the world lecturing on children's books and encouraging children and aspiring artists and writers. Beni's First Chanukah, the first in a series of Jewish Holiday books for children, was inspired by and dedicated to her sons, Alexander and Jonathan. Zalben's acclaimed picture books and novels explore basic issues of friendship, family, self-reliance, and inner strength. Synopsis: Circles and squares Squiggles and wiggles and stripesWhen Janson the mouse discovers the art of such greats as Picasso, Matisse, and Warhol, the bright, bold colors and shapes capture her imagination and spark her creativity. She was a recent chair of the Society of Illustrator's The Original Art Exhibition. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. ![]() Jane was a writer/artist-in-residence at Vassar's Publishing Institute and was on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York City for eighteen years, where she taught courses in the illustration, design, and writing of children's books. Mousterpiece: A Mouse-Sized Guide to Modern Art by Jane Breskin Zalben. Zalben has been involved in many workshops, including "A Sense of Wonderment: Children's Book Illustration" at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York, and exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Justin Schiller Gallery (where she was given a show of her work along with Maurice Sendak), Every Picture Tells a Story, Elizabeth Stone Gallery, Bush Gallery, and the American Institute of Graphics Art Show. A book designer as well as an artist, she is as concerned with type and layout as she is with illustration. Jane's began her career as a graphic designer and worked for several New York publishing houses, including Scribner's, where she was the art director of children's books. Janson), has the advantage of living in an actual art museum, tucked into the corner of a. She is a well-known author and illustrator who has published about fifty books for young readers. Janson, the mouse in Jane Breskin Zalben’s Mousterpiece (named after the art historian H.W. in art from Queens College, and then went on to study lithography at the Pratt Graphics Center. Jane Breskin Zalben was born in New York City, where she attended the High School of Music and Art. Afterwards, her artistic spirit broke out and she entered her own little world of art, copying famous art but in her own way. These books have the theme artistic endeavors the genre picture books for children and the subject girl artists. Every night after the museum was closed she explored the different galleries. "A mouse-sized guide to modern art"-Cover. Summary In the corner of a museum lived a happy mouse named Janson. ![]() Includes notes about the artists and works featured. Then have the class draw, paint or color, and cut out circles, squares, triangles, tiny dots and squiggles-or any shapes they choose. Janson the mouse, who lives in a museum, becomes an acclaimed artist by copying the styles of paintings she sees there. You can use a different artist each week, focusing on one style and movement.
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