Then and Now and In Between

"Tomie dePaola: Then" closed on Friday, December 20, 2013, at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH.  "Then" featured artwork from junior high school through the mid-1970s.

"Tomie dePaola: Now" will open at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, on Friday, September 19, 2014, four days after Tomie's 80th birthday on Monday, September 15, 2014.  "Now" will feature artwork from the mid-1970s until "now."

In between the exhibits of "Then" and "Now," there is a wonderful electronic exhibition on the University of Connecticut website.

Andrew Maloney of Simmons College created the electronic exhibit "A Life in Art: The Tomie dePaola Papers," with the help of Terri Goldich, Curator, Northeast Children's Literature Collection (NCLC).  Andrew interned during the summer of 2013 at NCLC where most of Tomie's archives are stored.  NCLC is at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut.

http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/exhibits/electronic.htm
"A Life in Art: The Tomie dePaola Papers"
Click on "View the Exhibit."

(Adults might want to view pages 9, 93 and 107 of the 140-page PDF before showing to children.)

The Picture Index begins on page 137.

Tomie on TV... Online

WMUR-TV (ABC), Manchester, NH, featured Tomie on its Thanksgiving Day edition of "New Hampshire Chronicle."  Co-host Erin Fehlau and videographer Chris Shepherd visited Tomie at the "Tomie dePaola: Then" exhibit at Colby-Sawyer College, and at his home.  The "Chronicle" episode will be archived online for a brief period.  Here's the link to it:

www.wmur.com/new-hampshire-chronicle/Thursday-November-29th-Tomie-dePaola-Then-and-Now/-/13383450/23260064/-/y145ebz/-/index.html

Tomie dePaola: "Then" and "Now"

Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, is organizing two exhibitions of Tomie dePaola's artwork to celebrate his 80th birthday. (His 80th birthday is on September 15, 2014.)

Tomie dePaola: Then
Art from Junior High School through the mid-1970s.
November 7 - December 20, 2013
Opening Reception on Thursday, November 7, 2013, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Tomie dePaola: Now
Art from the mid-1970s until now.
Fall 2014

(To be clear, this is an announcement of two exhibitions.  The exhibitions and Opening Receptions are open to the public.)