Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick has been curated by Louise Weinberg, Collections Manager. This exhibition is mounted on the walls overlooking the Panorama with original artifacts and photographs documenting the design/construction process by the great architectural model makers Raymond Lester Associates in the three years before the opening of the fair. In conjunction with the release of the book, and marking the culmination of an ongoing collaboration with Selznick, the Queens Museum of Art presents Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick, featuring 29 drawings, maquettes, and storyboards that so magically capture the expanse of the Panorama, the experience of viewing it, and the process of writing about it. Ben, an adolescent boy growing up in Gunflint Lake, Minn., in the 1970s has lost his loving mother in a car accident his true father is unknown to him and a second disaster (telephone. For Brian Selznick, bestselling children’s book author, artist, and Caldecott Award Winner, it proved to be a locus of memory and he cast the Panorama as a leading character in Wonderstruck, released by Scholastic Press, Inc. From its beginnings as the main attraction of the New York City Pavilion at the 1964-65 World’s Fair to its contemporary role as a crowd pleasing destination for museum visitors of all ages, the Panorama has served as muse, impetus for reflection, and an idyllic escape.

Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick parallels the preparation of the author/illustrator’s latest novel, Wonderstruck, with the construction of the Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum of Art, a mythical location steeped in nostalgia. In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-. wonderstruck get the book sneak peek watch a video sign language explore the stars Place alternate information here if user has javascript disabled or does not have the correct version of Flash Player.

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