The "You Can’t Outgrow a Picture Book” exhibition includes over 39 original works by author and children’s book illustrator Bryan Collier. Through the use of colors, shapes, textures and tones with watercolor and collage, Collier tells stories of many salient moments in black history and everyday life.
Collier is known for illustrating contemporary children’s classics—e.g., the award-winning “Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Doreen Rapaport. Throughout his career, Collier has written over 30 books and has won numerous awards, including the 2001 Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration in his debut work, “Uptown,” the 2001 Ezra Jack Keats Award for New Illustrator, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards, Parenting magazine's Reading Magic Award and the Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award for a first-time author and illustrator. Collier is also a four-time recipient of a Caldecott Honor award for “Martin's Big Words,” “Rosa,” “Dave the Potter” and “Trombone Shorty.”
