Golden Books to Infinity

I had been looking forward to seeing the Little Golden Books exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery since I heard there was some of Richard Scarry's work there. He is one of my favorite illustrators.

Several of my friends told me it was a great time to visit because there was also the Infinity Boxes exhibit sprinkled throughout the museum also.

They were right. The Golden Book exhibit was neat to see... the illustrations were so detailed and stylized, but the Infinity Boxes were super cool too.

They were so interactive and fascinating to look inside.

Total selfie material.

We had a lot of fun looking at them... Aaron to infinity.

While walking around I had to stop at this piece. Not only is it very cool how you can see the artwork through the little glass sphere, but the large installment is actually made up of different colored spools of thread!

I couldn't resist.

Illustrator spotlight: Carla Bartow (local, not local)

I got these Carla Bartow goodies for Aprille and Tina and was finally able to deliver them so now I talk about them! (I hate to ruin a surprise).

I had seen Carla's work at the Genesee Center for Arts and Education and just loved her style. It wasn't until I saw her work at Orange Glory that I put together that she worked at that delightful eatery too. When I saw this bag on her instagram feed, it reminded me so much of the delicious food she used to make there I had to order one for myself while I was ordering Tina one!

I say "used to work". Carla moved to Portland but I still follow her on Instagram so I can see the amazing work she does. I had to get Aprille, who prefers tea over coffee, this "Tea-Rex" print. Carla doesn't live in Rochester anymore but her hand carved block printing still counts as shopping local to me!

You can find Carla Bartow's work for your own walls on Etsy too.