Free Day & Guest Cartoonist: Christopher Eliopoulos
Saturday, January 28
10:00 am–5:00 pm
Cost: Free! Museum admission is free all day.
Enjoy free admission all day! Also, at 10:30 am, join Christopher Eliopoulos, illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series, Ordinary People Change the World. He will talk about his work, provide a drawing demo, and sign books, including the new release, I am John Lewis, after the talk.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Christopher Eliopoulos began working with writer Brad Meltzer on a series of books about heroes everyone can look up to in 2014. He has since illustrated 22 books for the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series, Ordinary People Change the World, and celebrates the newest book, I am John Lewis, this January. Eliopoulos started his cartooning career as a letterer for Marvel and has worked on comics, including Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius and Pet Avengers. His website is chriseliopoulos.com.
A longtime Peanuts fan, Chris Eliopoulos’s work is featured in the current exhibition, The Spark of Schulz: A Centennial Celebration, on view through March 12. Image: Chris Eliopoulos, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (tribute artwork), July 2022. Collection of the Charles M. Schulz Museum. © Chris Eliopoulos
