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This
Is Our Land: Discovering America and the World through Original
Illustrations from Children’s Books
Exhibit
Opens November 18, 2006 at
Creative Discovery Museum and
Hunter Museum of American Art
Chattanooga,
TN — This Is Our Land: Discovering America
and the World through Original Illustrations from Children’s
Books includes 80 original artworks by 80 well-known
illustrators depicting pastimes and natural wonders form all
50 US states, together with images of life in 20 countries
around the world. Its theme is “exploration of place”,
discovering a neighborhood, learning about nature, exploring
one’s roots locally, or finding America and the world
through travel.
This
Is Our Land will be on view at Creative
Discovery Museum and Hunter Museum of American Art beginning
November 18, 2006 through January 4, 2007. The exhibit
will be divided alphabetically by state between the two museums,
with the depictions of Alabama through New Jersey being on
display at the Hunter Museum. CDM will be displaying the images
from New Mexico through Washington, D.C. and the 20 countries.
The
exhibit will aid in promoting the value of geographical knowledge,
while encouraging a lifelong love of reading. This Is
Our Land is sponsored locally by Chattanooga Association
for the Education of Young Children, United Way of Greater
Chattanooga, and Project Ready for School. This exhibit is
organized by Meridian International and has been made possible
in part through the generous support of Stephen O. Lesser
of Los Angeles, with additional support from the Center for
the Book at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
CDM
Background:
Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top
children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit
educational organization dedicated to educational enrichment
for children ages 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive,
hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking.
CDM focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual
Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition
to its exhibits, CDM provides local residents and visitors
with special events, educational programming, teacher resources
for the classroom, field trips, after school programming,
early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps,
art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local
library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied
Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission.
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Creative
Discovery Museum is a non-profit, educational organization
dedicated to the enrichment of children through interactive,
hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking.
Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts.
?September through February, the Museum is closed on Wednesdays,
open Sundays from noon to 5 p.m., and opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
all other days. ? March through May, the Museum is open noon
to 5 p.m. on Sundays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Museum is open
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days each week. ?The Museum is
closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
Ticket prices are $7.95 for adults and $6.95 for children
ages 2 to 12. The last ticket is sold one hour prior to closing.
Family memberships with unlimited visitation are $70 annually.
Call 423-756-2738 for more information.
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