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The Carle is the international champion for picture-book art. We collect, preserve, and present picture-book art for audiences passionate about art and books.

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Current Exhibition

The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place

June 14, 2025 - January 4, 2026

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Current Exhibition

Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers

April 19 - November 9, 2025

Illustration of people in raspberry patch.

Current Exhibition

Entwined Memory: Indigenous Stories of Creation, Place, and Continuity

August 8, 2025 - August 2, 2026

A green crayon draws on a piece of paper with red and yellow marks on it.

Event

Everyday Art Project: This, Then... That!

August 27 - October 5, 2025

Create your own comic!

Upcoming Events

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Back to Basics: Storytelling with Cut Loose Collage Workshops

Thursday, September 25 2025
6 - 8 pm

Join local collage artist Michael Sjostedt and rediscover the simple joy of artmaking.

a fox and other animals in front of a fallen oak tree

Special Storytime: Britt Crow-Miller

Saturday, September 27 2025
11 - 11:30 am

After 400 years in the forest, it’s time for Old Oak to fall. With a pop, frenzy of snaps, and a flurry of movement, she leans to one side and falls heavily to rest on the forest floor. But the woodland creatures soon discover Old Oak’s life is actually just beginning, and her legacy will serve the forest for hundreds of years to come.