The Art of “No Mush Today”: Picture Book Illustrations by Nicole Tadgell

Artist Reception

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at the ARTSWorcester Celebration Gallery at Quinsigamond Community College. Artist gallery walk will take place from 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public and will feature refreshments.

The Art of "No Mush Today" is an exhibition of selected illustrations by Nicole Tadgell from the recently released children's book, No Mush Today by Sally Derby. A graduate of Wheaton College with a Bachelors Degree in Art, Tadgell has made her career as an artist with a primary focus on illustrating children's books, including Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Reismeyer Elvgren, Lights Out by Angela Shelf Medearis, A Day with Daddy by Nikki Grimes, Fatuma's New Cloth by Leslie Bulion, and I'll Do The Right Thing by Jean Alicia Elster.

Tadgell works primarily in watercolors because she loves the freedom of the medium. She explains, "Watercolors are my medium of choice. I love the fluidity, and unpredictable surprises. I'm always learning something new with watercolor. Illustrating picture books is an interesting mix of compromises between author, illustrator, and publisher. It's also a unification of ideas between the author's text and the illustrator's interpretation."

Gallery hours

The Quinsigamond Community Celebration Gallery hours are Monday - Friday,
9:00 am -7:00 pm, is located off the main hallway of the Administrative Building at Quinsigamond Community College, and is free and open to the public.

Address

Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston Street, Worcester, MA

Information

Contact Jan Seymour, Executive Director:
(508) 755-5142 or
www.artsworcester.org
email:info@artsworcester.org

Coming soon to the ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery

On view from February 6 through 27 is the Fifth Annual Colleges of the Worcester Consortium Art Exhibition, a juried exhibition showcasing the wealth of artistic talent that exists within the local colleges.

At the ARTSWorcester Quinsigamond Community College Gallery

On exhibition from January 14 through March 27, 2009 is Horizons, paintings by Erika Davis Wade.

Currently at the ARTSWorcester Gallery at the Hanover Theatre

On exhibition through March 31, 2009 is Out of the Woods, works by Karen Nunley.