April 5, 2023

“Oge Mora: Illustrations” Exhibition Now at PDS

“OGE MORA: ILLUSTRATIONS”: The Anne Reid ’72 Gallery at Princeton Day School presents an exhibition of collage and mixed media work on paper by Oge Mora through April 21. A reception is on Tuesday, April 11 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

The Anne Reid ’72 Gallery at Princeton Day School presents “Oge Mora: Illustrations,” an exhibition of collage and mixed media work on paper from books such as The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, Saturday, Thank You, Omu!, Everybody in the Red Brick Building and Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed The World. It is on view through April 21 with a public reception on Tuesday, April 11 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient. Her second book, Saturday, won the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award. Mora’s artwork has been praised by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She also made the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list in Arts and Style. Mora grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and resides in Providence, R.I. She is a fan of all things colorful, patterned, or collaged, and enjoys creating warm stories that celebrate people coming together.

This exhibition was created in conjunction with Imagine the Possibilities, sponsored by the John D. Wallace, Jr. ’78 Memorial Guest Artist Series Fund.

Princeton Day School is at 650 Great Road. For more information, visit pds.org.