Snow is in the air here in New England …
Robert’s Snow is a fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund. In honor of illustrator Robert Mercer, who lost his fight with sarcoma in August of this year, artists from across the children’s publishing community have created a flurry of hand-painted wooden snowflake ornaments that will be auctioned online in the coming months. Proceeds from these auctions will support cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
You can view some of the 2007 snowflakes online, and you will be hearing more about individual snowflakes and their creators here and on more than sixty other kidlit blogs soon. In the meanwhile, New Englanders have two unique opportunities to view the incredible array of 2007 snowflakes in person :
Snowflakes will be on display at the Child at Heart Gallery, 48 Inn Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 beginning Wednesday, October 3 and continuing until October 22. There will be an Open House event on Saturday, October 6.
Snowflakes will also be on display at the Danforth Museum of Art, 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, beginning November 4 and continuing until December 2. A special sneak preview will be held October 31 through November 3 and there will be an Open House event on Sunday, November 4.
I think a road trip is in order. Anyone game?