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Join us June 13 for a Members' Exhibition Preview for The Art of Grace Lin, on view from June 14, 2025–January 4, 2026

The Carle is the international champion for picture book art. We collect, preserve, and present picture book art for audiences passionate about art and books.

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The Art Studio will be closed on June 5 for a special event

The East Gallery is closed for installation through June 13.

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Current Exhibition

Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers

April 19 - November 9, 2025

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Photograph of two people reading a book together.

Current Exhibition

Artful Collaboration: Eric Carle & Ann Beneduce

September 7, 2024 - September 7, 2025

A young child draws with green and blue colored pencils to extend a piece of a map onto a larger piece of white paper.

Event

Everyday Art Project: Marvelous Maps

June 4 - July 13, 2025

Collage your own marvelous map!

Close up of hands working with collage materials, papers, pencils, tape, and glue.

Event

Back to Basics: Storytelling with Cut Loose Collage Workshops

September 25, 2025 at 6 - 8 pm

Join local collage artist Michael Sjostedt and rediscover the simple joy of artmaking.

Upcoming Events

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Special Storytime: Dr. Lee Francis IV

Wednesday, June 4 2025
11 - 11:30 am

Join Dr. Lee Francis IV (Pueblo of Laguna) for a reading I Am A Pueblo Indian Girl (1939), one of the earliest Native children’s books authored by his great aunt, Louise Abeita.

Illustration of girl riding Chinese dragon.

Members' Preview for The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place

Friday, June 13 2025
5:30 - 8 pm

A special Members’ preview of The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place, on view June 14, 2025–January 4, 2026.

painting of a black man and his daughter riding horses

Special Storytime: Stephanie Seales

Saturday, June 14 2025
11 - 11:30 am

Join our special guest Stephanie Seales, author of My Daddy is a Cowboy, which recently won a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.