Robert Lawson, Illustration for The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, 1936. The Morgan Library & Museum, 1970.16:1-37, Gift of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. © 1936 Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, renewed 1964 Munro Leaf and John W. Boyd. Used by permission of Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
“Moo” ment
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Join us for a late evening of movement and community!
How can a still picture feel full of movement?
Inspired by our exhibition Under the Cork Tree: The Story of Ferdinand as part of The Carle After Dark series, “Moo”ment invites families to explore the many ways artists use line, gesture, shape, and expression to capture action and stillness.
Throughout the Museum, movement experiences will encourage guests to stretch, pose, freeze, sway, and observe how bodies communicate without words. Families can experiment with drawing challenges, respond to movement through mark-making, and explore how a single line can suggest speed, energy, emotion, or calm.
In the Art Studio, artists of all ages can create work inspired by motion, using open-ended materials to capture a leap, a swirl, a pause, or a moment of quiet.
Story Times at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m. will feature books filled with movement, rhythm, and expressive characters.
Come move, make, observe, and pause as we discover how artists bring energy to the page, and how even the smallest “moo”ment can tell a story.
