Child's play in Hofstra museum art exhibit
Quick Read"Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood" art and toy exhibition, is at Hofsta University through April 18.
Photo credit: American Illustrators Gallery Photo | Jessie Willcox Smith, "A Broken Head and Heart," 1906, charcoal and watercolor. One of the works from the "Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood" exhibit at Hofstra University.
When curator Donna Barnes asked museum and gallery directors or private collectors to loan art to the Hofstra University Museum's "Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood" exhibit, their response was a smile. "Everyone has memories of childhood," Barnes says, "so they were all enthusiastic about lending a painting, a toy - whatever we needed."
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