Bologna Italy Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition 2022

Information

Title: Bologna Italy Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition 2022
Period: Saturday, December 17, 2022 to Sunday, January 22, 2023
Open: 10:00am to 6:00pm (Last admission 5:30pm)
Closed: Mondays except January 9
Year-end and new year holidays; December 29 to January 3,December 27,January 10
Venue: Art Museum & Library, Ota (Exhibition room 1, 2,3 and the slope)
Admission Fees: Adults 500(*400)yen
*For group of 20 people or over, Library card holders, “Fratto Ryomo Tobu Free Pass” holders
※Free for the age 65 or over, the age of 18 or younger, Disability certificate holders and their one accompany.
※Free for families accompanying children age of 15 or under on Sunday, 8 January.

Please cooperate the followings to prevent the expansion of covid-19.
• If you are planning to visit the museum as a group, please be sure to contact us in advance.
• Please refrain from visiting if you are not feeling well.
• when you come to the museum, please cooperate in wearing a mask and thoroughly disinfecting your hands.
• Admission may be restricted so that the exhibition room is not overcrowded.
• It may be changed or canceled depending on the infection status.

Exhibition overview

We are to exhibit the winning works of the competition for picture book illustrations organized by the “Bologna Children’s Book Fair”, an international trade fair specializing in children’s books, in Bologna, Italy.
Illustrators can apply their 5 original illustrations as a set regardless whether it has been published or not, this competition has been considered as a gateway for fledgling illustrators.
78 artists from 29 countries and regions including Japan were selected in 2022.
Please take a look at the unique and attractive works drawn by various techniques.
Enjoy both picture books and original illustrations at our museum that holds more than 18,000 children’s books from 60 countries around the world.