UNIVERSITY PARK —The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State invites families and friends with young children to gather at 11 a.m. on Saturdays for ‘Stories for Little Eyes and Ears,’ a story and discussion focusing on a work of art in the museum’s permanent collection.
The spring 2017 schedule, with book and artwork to be discussed, includes:
■ Jan. 28, ‘Simon’s New Bed’ by Christian Trimmer with illustrations by Melissa van der Paardt and ‘Private Lives’ by Roy DeForest
■ Feb. 4, ‘Traveling Butterflies’ by Susumu Shingu and ‘World Beyond’ from ‘The Odyssey Series’ by Beverly Pepper
■ Feb. 11, ‘Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business’ by Esphyr Slobodkina and ‘Monochrome in Gray’ by Esphyr Slobodkina
■ Feb. 18, ‘Millions of Cats’ by Wanda Gag and ‘Gray Horizontal’ by Will Barnet
■ Feb. 25, ‘Freight Train’ by Donald Crews and ‘Gathering the Mail’ by Reginald Marsh
■ March 18, ‘Are You My Mother?’ by P.D. Eastman and ‘Mother with Son (Lucy Knapp Mygatt and Son, George)’ by John Brewster Jr.
■ March 25, ‘Flotsam’ by David Weisner and ‘Peacock Blue and Yellow Seaform Set with Yellow Lip Wraps’ by Dale Chihuly
■ April 1, ‘The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big, Hungry Bear’ by Audrey and Don Wood and ‘Still Life with Strawberries’ by Richard La Barre Goodwin
■ April 8, ‘Sidewalk Flowers’ by JonArno Lawson with illustrations by Sydney Smith and ‘Aspects of the City’ by Dorothy Dehner
■ April 15, ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ by Ray Cruz and ‘Dutch Interior with Four Figures’ by Walter McEwen
■ April 22, Earth Day, ‘The Lorax’ by Dr. Seuss and ‘Forest Scene’ by William Trost Richards
■ April 29, ‘The Little House’ by Virginia Lee Burton and ‘Leaving Town’ by Morris Kantor
Exhibitions on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through Sunday, April 30, are ‘Eva Watson-Schütze: Pictorialist Portraits,’ ‘Morris Blackburn: Prints and Paintings in Process’ and ‘A Kaleidoscope of Color: Studio Glass at the Palmer.’
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is located on Curtin Road and admission is free. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays and some holidays.
