The Very Virtual Benefit & Auction
September 24, 2020
Held in lieu of the Museum’s annual Gala due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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Featured guests:
Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton,
Tami Charles
Sandra Boynton and Yo-Yo Ma
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Melissa Sweet,
David Wiesner

Auction artists
Sophie Blackall
Sandra Boynton
Eric Carle
Bryan Collier
Diane Dillon
Tony DiTerlizzi
Vashti Harrison
Oliver Jeffers
Grace Lin
LeUyen Pham
Jerry Pinkney
Christian Robinson
Maurice Sendak
Don Tate
Raúl The Third
Evan Turk
Rosemary Wells
Mo Willems

Nancy Schön

Thirteenth Annual Carle Honors 2018
September 27, 2018
Guastavino's

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Honorees:
Artist: Paul O. Zelinsky
Angel: The Sendak Fellowship & Workshop, represented by Lynn Caponera and Dona Ann McAdams
Mentor: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
Bridge: The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, represented by Elena Pasoli
Host: Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Auction artists:

R.W. Alley

Eric Carle

Catia Chien

Elisha Cooper

Diane Dillon

Terry and Eric Fan

Jules Feiffer

Will Hillenbrand

Rashin Keiriyeh

Steve Light

Brian Pinkney

Jerry Pinkney

Antoinette Portis

Christian Robinson

Alex Rowe

Dan Santat

Melissa Sweet

Chris Van Allsburg

Rosemary Wells

Brendan Wenzel

JooHee Yoon

Paul O. Zelinsky

Artwork by the late Ezra Jack Keats, Richard Scarry, Simms Taback, and Leonard Weisgard generously donated by family of the artist and friends of The Carle.

Illustration from Rapunzel retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, copyright © 1997 by Paul O. Zelinsky. Used by permission of Dutton Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Eleventh Annual Carle Honors 2016
September 28, 2016
Guastavino's

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Honorees:
Artist: Allen Say
Angel: Lee & Low Books, Represented by Jason Low
Mentor: Regina Hayes
Bridge: Steven Heller

Presenter: Gregory Maguire

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Auction artists:

• Sophie Blackall
• Ashley Bryan
• John Burningham
• Eric Carle
• Lulu Delacre
• Ezra Jack Keats
• Steven Kellogg
• Jarret Krosoczka
• Grace Lin
• David Macaulay
• Robert McCloskey
• Will Moses
• S. D. Nelson
• Frank Remkiewicz
• Allen Say
• Peter Sís
• Hervé Tullet
• Chris Van Allsburg
• Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
• Leonard Weisgard
• Rosemary Wells
• Mo Willems
   

Illustration from Tree of Cranes by Allen Say (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991). © 1991 by EIZO, Inc. Reproduced with permission.

Ninth Annual Carle Honors 2014
September 18, 2014
Guastavino's

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Honorees:
Artist: Jerry Pinkney
Angel: Reach Out and Read - Represented by Brian Gallagher and Dr. Perri Klass
Mentor: Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith
Bridge: Françoise Mouly

Presenters: Tony and Angela DiTerlizzi

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Auction artists:

• Aaron Becker
• Eric Carle
• Tony DiTerlizzi
• Oliver Jeffers
• Maira Kalman
• Jeff Kinney
• Tom Lichtenheld
• John Bemelmans Marciano
• Françoise Mouly
• Brian Pinkney
• Jerry Pinkney
• Richard Scarry
• Art Spiegelman
• Erin Stead
• William Steig
• Simms Taback
• Chris Van Allsburg
• Garth Williams

Illustration from The Lion and The Mouse (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) © 2009 by Jerry Pinkney. Reproduced with permission.

Seventh Annual Carle Honors 2012
September 20, 2012
Guastavino's

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Honorees/Presenters:
Artist: Lane Smith – Anita Silvey
Angel: Kent L. Brown, Jr. – Floyd Cooper
Bridge: Christopher Cerf – Mo Willems & Joey Mazzarino
Mentor: Frances Foster – Barbara McClintock & Natalie Merchant

Co-Chairs:
Jules Feiffer and Kate Feiffer
Norton and Jeanne Juster

Auction artists:

• Eric Carle
• Floyd Cooper
• Lucy Cousins
• Tony DiTerlizzi
• Boris Kulikov
• Barbara McClintock
• Kadir Nelson
• Sergio Ruzzier
• Peter Sis
• Lane Smith
• David Ezra Stein
• Gabi Swiatkowska
• Chris Van Allsburg
• Mo Willems
• Paul O. Zelinsky
• Lisbeth Zwerger

Fifth Annual Carle Honors 2010
September 30, 2010
Guastavino’s

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Honorees/Presenters:
Artist: David Macaulay — Chris Van Allsburg
Angel: Allan and Kendra Daniel — Betsy Pochoda
Bridge: Nancy Schon — Leonard S. Marcus
Mentor: Stephen Mooser & Lin Oliver

Co-Chairs:
Les and Zora Charles
Chris and Lisa Van Allsburg

Auction artists:

• Eric Carle
• Raul Colon
• Pat Cummings
• Leo and Diane Dillon
• Denise Fleming
• Marla Frazee
• Brian Karas
• Beth Krommes
• Jarrett Krosoczka
• Betsy Lewin
• Grace Lin
• David Macaulay
• Barry Moser
• Jon J Muth
• Jerry Pinkney
• Marjorie Priceman
• Peter Reynolds
• Uri Shulevitz
• Art Spiegelman
• Bob Staake
• Dan Yaccarino

Poster Artist — Eric Carle

Illustration from Building Big © 2000 by David Macaulay. Reproduced with permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Third Annual Carle Honors 2008
September 23, 2008
The University Club

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Honorees/Presenters:
Artist: Maurice Sendak — Leonard Marcus 
Angel: Jim and Vanita Oelschlager — Jane Curley
Bridge: Jim Trelease — Barbara Elleman
Mentor: Susan Hirschman — Leonard S. Marcus

Co-Chairs:
Tony Kushner
Gregory Maguire
Twyla Tharp
Chris Van Allsburg
Paul O. Zelinsky

Auction artists:

• Ashley Bryan
• Barry Moser
• Brian Selznick
• Eric Carle
• Etienne Delessert
• Hilary Knight
• Jane Dyer
• Jerry Pinkney
• Kevin Henkes
• Lois Ehlert
• Melissa Sweet
• Mo Willems
• Mordicai Gerstein
• Paul O. Zelinsky
• Petra Mathers
• Quentin Blake
• Richard Yarde
• Robert Sabuda
• Rosemary Wells
• Steven Kellogg
• Tomie dePaola
• Tony DiTerlizzi
• Wendell Minor

Illustration from Where the Wild Things Are © 1963 and 1988 by Maurice Sendak