Eric Carle ❤️ Japan

The Five College Center for East Asian Studies and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art are pleased to present a workshop for K-12 in-service educators at the Eric Carle Museum. It will focus on the special exhibition, Eric Carle Loves Japan. Participants will tour the exhibition and learn about Carle’s collaboration with Japanese artist Kazuo Iwamura as well as his visits to picture book museums and other sites in Japan. There will also be a hands-on learning activity.

Image: Eric Carle, Illustration for Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura (Orchard Books). Collection of Eric and Barbara Carle. © 2001 Penguin Random House.

• • Starts:
  • May 20, 2023
• • Ends:
  • May 20, 2023
• • Time Detail:
  • 10 am - 12:30pm (EST)
• • Learning Format:
  • In-Person
• • Location details:
  • Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA
• • Type of Course:
  • Workshops
• • Audience:
  • K-12 in-service educators
• • Offered to:
  • Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
• • Registration and Info:

  • Attendees will receive a certificate of completion for 3 contact hours and Kazuo Iwamura’s picture book Hooray for Spring! Participants are invited to stay after the workshop to continue conversations over lunch (optional) and visit the rest of the Eric Carne Museum of Picture Book Art. Limited to the first 25 registrations.