Past Exhibitions

Fantasy, Facts, and Furry Friends: 19 Artists Receiving Caldecott Medal & Honor Awards Between 2001 and 2005

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

(6/1/05 – 10/30/05)
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Spiderwick: From Page to Screen

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

(9/22/07 - 1/27/08)
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Louis Darling: Drawing the Words of Beverly Cleary

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

(5/17/16 - 11/27/16)
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Lucca Comics and Games Festival, Gold 50th Anniversary

Palazzo Ducale di Lucca

Palazzo Ducale di Lucca

(10/15/16 - 11/1/16)
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Collecting Inspiration: Contemporary Illustrators and Their Heroes

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

(5/21/17 - 11/27/17)
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Never Abandon Imagination: The Fantastical Art of Tony DiTerlizzi

Norman Rockwell Museum

Norman Rockwell Museum

(11/11/17- 5/28/18)
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Never Abandon Imagination: The Fantastical Art of Tony DiTerlizzi

Mint Museum

Mint Museum

(6/22/19 - 11/3/19)
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Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration

Norman Rockwell Museum

Norman Rockwell Museum

(6/12/21 - 10/31/21)
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Fantasy and the Medieval Past

Delaware Art Museum

Delaware Art Museum

(9/29/21- 1/2/22)
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Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration

Hunter Museum of American Art

Hunter Museum of American Art

(5/20/22- 9/5/22)

Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration

Flint Institute of Arts

Flint Institute of Arts

(9/4/22 - 1/08/23)

Games Gallery

Young V & A

Young V & A

(coming July 2023)

Never Abandon Imagination Tony DiTerlizzi: Never abandon imagination.

Imagination is a world of possibility that exists within each of us. It is what makes us uniquely human. It is our creative fingerprint that touches and influences the world around us. Imagination is essential to art and science; to innovation and prosperity. It gives us hope, calls us to action and leads to change.

Whether it’s fairies, dragons, robots or aliens, all of my children’s book characters are siblings born of my imagination – an imagination strengthened through years of encouragement from family, teachers and friends. While so many others abandoned it during their transition from childhood to adulthood, I fiercely held onto mine, hoping for a day when I could share it to inspire the next generation of dreamers. Innovators. World changers.

Imagination empowers us to envision and create a reality of what could be. We must hold it dear, foster it and never abandon it.