Art Collection

Various Illustrators*

Centennial Quilt
Acquired: 1991
Location: Junior Room

Created in honor of the 100th birthday of the library, the Centennial Quilt transforms the magic of books into unforgettable visual images. It contains squares of original artwork supplied by renowned children's illustrators and authors who illustrate their own books. The library sent blank muslin squares to illustrators throughout the country, along with a request to illustrate the square with a design of their choice and then return it to the library. Twenty-nine squares arrived and were joined by a Centennial square created by staff artist Melody A. Danley.

Talented members of the Faithful Circle Quilters Guild then devoted several months to the project, designing the color scheme and assembling the quilt from the squares provided.

*Illustrators include: Margot Apple, Frank Asch, Marc Brown, Eric Carle, Donald Charles, Tomie De Paola, Lois Ehlert, Ed Emberley, Mordicai Gerstein, Gail Gibbons, Syd Hoff, Thacher Hurd, Steven Kellogg, Hilary Knight, Guilio Maestro, James Marshall, Mercer Mayer, Bill Peet, Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson, Peter Sis, Lynn Sweat, Chris Van Allsburg, Marie Wabbes, Rosemary Wells, Cindy Wheeler, Brian Wildsmith, Don Wood, and Jane Yolen.