Thank You For Making it Our Biggest Show Yet!

Wow, our 22nd Annual Children's Book Illustration Art Show & Book Signing was a fun-filled wonderful day! Chemers Gallery was packed to the brim with art & book lovers eager to meet our talented illustrators & authors and view the original children's book illustrations on display. HUGE thanks to everyone who joined us, especially artists Michael Hague, Brett Helquist, Molly Idle, Stacy Innerst and John Parra, authors Paul Brewer, Kathleen Hague, Kathleen Krull and Roseanne Greenfield Thong, and our extraordinary volunteers from Chapman University! We'd also like to thank the Orange County Children's Book Festival for arranging for the illustrator talks and demos to be filmed, as well as Theresa Battel and Ann Heusted for donating super-yummy cheeses and cookies for the day!

If you missed the big day, take a look at some of the pictures provided by Max Kosydar and Guillermo LeFranc - thanks, guys! (You can see the whole photo album on our Facebook album.)

What an amazing crowd!

Cathy and John Parra with Cathy's brand-new piece of art from Waiting for the Biblioburro

Brett Helquist signs one of the Series of Unfortunate Events

Molly Idle has a very serious discussion with our friends Lauren and Leilani

Husband and wife illustrator/author team http://www.chemersgallery.com/ & Kathleen Hague, hard at work

Darla brings her Beatles books to be signed by authors Paul Brewer and Kathleen Krull and illustrator Stacy Innerst

Just a couple of our fabulous Chapman University volunteers

Vanessa reads to the children during Story Time

Karen gets everyone's attention to announce the illustrator talks & demos in the tent

Stacy Innerst signing away

Barbara introduces herself to Molly Idle

Karen with John Parra and civil rights leader Sylvia Mendez

Our volunteers were the best!

These kids were oh-so-excited about their books!

Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer have a mountain of Beatles books to sign

From left to right: Molly Idle, Kathleen Hague, Roseanne Greenfield Thong, John Parra, Michael Hague, Stacy Innerst, Brett Helquist, Paul Brewer, Kathleen Krull

The whole gang is here!

We still have signed books and lots of other goodies for under $100 for those last-minute holiday gifts, so come on in!

Chemers Gallery Holiday Hours
Sun 12/22 12pm - 4pm 
Mon 12/23 10am - 7pm
Tue 12/24 10am - 2pm ish
Wed 12/25 Merry Christmas!
Thurs 12/26 10am - 6pm
Fri 12/27 10am - 6pm
Sat 12/28 10am-5pm
Sun 12/29 - Thurs 1/2/2014 Closed for R&R and Inventory
Back to normal hours Friday January 3rd

Happy Holidays!

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