1. Painter and Poet: The Wonderful World of Ashley Bryan April 1, 2017 – January 21, 2018 Key Images

2. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Stephen, 2015, illustration for Freedom Over Me: Eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016), diluted tempera and black marker pen on paper. Collection of The Ashley Bryan Center, EXL

3. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Stephen Dreams, 2015, illustration for Freedom Over Me: Eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016), diluted tempera and black marker pen on paper. Collection of The Ashley Bryan Center, EXL

4. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), final illustration for The Negro Speak of Rivers,2014, from Sail Away pp (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015), collage on paper. Collection of The Ashley Bryan Center, EXL

5. Ashley Bryan (American, b
Ashley Bryan (American, b. 1923), Pepukayi (Wake Up,Ma-Shona people), 1975, found objects and mixed media. Collection of The Ashley Bryan Center, EXL

6. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), final illustration for All creatures GREAT and small, 2009, from All Things Bright and Beautiful pp (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010), collage on paper. Collection of The Ashley Bryan Center, EXL

7. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), The birds’ colors were mirrored in the waters, ca. 2002, from Beautiful Blackbird (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003), mixed media collage on paper. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, gift of the artist in memory of Trinkett Clark,

8. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Rocking Jerusalem, 1974, from Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals (Atheneum Books, 1974), linoleum cut on rice paper. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, gift of the artist,

9. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Dancing vignette, 1977, from The Dancing Granny p. 19(Atheneum, 1977), ink and brush on paper. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, gift of the artist,

10. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), The Adventures of Aku, 1976, title page from The Adventures of Aku (Atheneum, 1976), tempera and gouache on board. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, gift of the artist,

11. Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Mrs
Ashley Bryan (American, born 1923), Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile, 1998, from Why Leopard Has Spots (Fulcrum Publishing, 1998, p. 6), linoleum cut. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts, gift of the artist,

12. Ashley Bryan in his studio, 2016. Photo courtesy High Museum of Art.