The Arne Nixon Center will host a Celebration of Beatrix Potter on April 17-19, 2009, at the California State University, Fresno campus, in association with the Beatrix Potter Society, featuring:
- Judy Taylor – Beatrix Potter Society chairman and author of Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Country Woman, and Beatrix Potter: The Artist and Her World.
- Emma Laws – Frederic Warne Curator of Children’s Literature at the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- Selwyn Goodacre – Noted British collector and expert on Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll.
- Katherine Paterson – Author and Newbery Medal winner for her novels, Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved. Ms. Paterson is also the co-author of a musical play based on Beatrix Potter’s book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
- Performance of The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck musical, as produced by Fresno State’s Theatre Arts Department under the direction of Associate Professor J. Daniel Herring.
- The Arne Nixon Center’s annual Secret Garden Party.
Registration information and other details will be available soon at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
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