European Illustrators Visit Aotearoa

Illustration of a picture frame with the word "picture" in it, and illustration of a book with the word "me" on the cover. Illustrations are whimiscal and colorful in nature.

Wellington 10–20 September 2024
Christchurch 27–28 September 2024

Picture Me, a celebration of illustration for children,
brings the rich tradition of European children’s books
to Aotearoa New Zealand in a lively festival of art and ideas.

With events for adults and children, Picture Me will include discussion panels, networking,
an illustration exhibition and a mural painted by the illustrators over the course of the festival.

Workshops will engage children in the world of books through drawing, humour
and reading—in multiple languages.

 

Festival Guests

Aurore Petit illustrates for adults and children, and her many children’s books include the explorations of family A Mother Is a House and My Baby Sister Is a Diplodocus. Antje Damm is a celebrated children’s writer and illustrator whose picture book The Visitor was a New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book. Piotr Socha is a graphic designer and illustrator, and the son of a beekeeper. His books published internationally, notably The Book of Bees and The Book of Trees.
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Supported by the Franco-German cultural fund, the Polish Book Institute and Creative NZ, Picture Me is a collaboration between Gecko Press, the Goethe-Institute, the French Embassy, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, and the Alliance Française.

 

 

 

 

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