JULES FEIFFER’S CHILDREN’S WORKS HONORED
at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is holding the first-ever retrospective of Feiffer’s children’s works, “The Time of My Life,” from April 2 to June 30. The exhibit, which includes more than 100 pieces is at the Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. The majority of the exhibit is in the 4th Floor Special Collections Room, open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., though work is on display throughout the library. Tours can be arranged outside these hours. Special tours for groups can be arranged outside these hours by calling the library at 414-229-4345.

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The exhibit is co-sponsored by the UWM Libraries, the UWM School of Education’s Center for Children’s Literature, and the university’s Cultures and Communities program.

The exhibition gives visitors insights into how the artist/writer develops a children's book from start to finish, as well as looking at Feiffer's approach to a totally new audience. Among the pieces in the exhibit are drafts, letters, proofs, cover paintings, and very early Feiffer works like a Mother’s Day card for his mother and a birthday card for his father. The idea for the UWM exhibit grew out of a trip Feiffer made to UWM two years ago to honor a friend, children’s author Florence Parry Heide. Feiffer and Heide collaborated on “Some Things Are Scary.”

Of his new career as a children’s author, Feiffer says: “I love it as much as anything I've ever done in my life.”

For more information, see www.soe.uwm.edu.