Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson

Event Details

Time: December 13, 2011 to May 6, 2012
Location: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Street: 125 West Bay Road
City/Town: Amherst, MA 01002
Website or Map: http://www.carlemuseum.org
Phone: (413) 658-1100
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: The Eric Carle Museum
Latest Activity: Dec 23, 2011

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Event Description

In The Central Gallery
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson

December 13, 2011 - May 6, 2012
Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson, an educational consultant for Major League Baseball and vice chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and illustrated by the award-winning Kadir Nelson is a story about her father, baseball legend Jackie Robinson. The original art for the book as well as numerous preliminary sketches will be on view in the museum’s Central Gallery from December 13, 2011 until May 6, 2012. It will complement the art, also by Nelson, for We Are the Ship, a history of the Negro Leagues, which will be in the East Gallery from February 7 until June 10, 2012.