Free to Be…You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs celebrates the profound and enduring impact of the groundbreaking 1972 record and its subsequent picture books and TV specials. The exhibition features original artwork from the 1974 publication by Barbara Bascove and Arnold Lobel along with original illustrations by John Steptoe, Susan Jeffers, Jerry Pinkney, Leo and Diane Dillon, Lonni Sue Johnson, Stacey Schuett, Susan Stillman, and Martha Perske from Free to Be…A Family, published in 1987. The exhibition also displays art from the 35th anniversary edition, including pieces by Joe Mathieu, Peter Reynolds, Tony DiTerlizzi, and LeUyen Pham. Music, video, photographs, and ephemera bring the multimedia enterprise to life and illustrate the origins and impact of Marlo Thomas’s radical project.
The exhibition will showcase approximately 50 works, including first edition books, the classic album cover, period photographs, audio recordings, newspaper articles, and other ephemera.
Wed – Fri 10am – 4pm
Sat 10am – 5pm
Sun 12pm – 5pm
Mon & Tue CLOSED
Adult $15
Youth (ages 1 - 18), Student, Teacher, or Senior (65+) $8
Members FREE
Central Gallery
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road
Amherst, MA
42.321104614461, -72.5329501
Free to Be. . . You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs
