Stephen T. Johnson is a Caldecott-award winning artist, illustrator, book creator, and more. He is the artist of the new Scherzo sculpture installed outside the Marshalltown High School this summer. Following an appearance at the morning's storytime, where we'll share a couple of his amazingly interactive children's books, Stephen will be available for people of all ages to stop by and connect with him in the large meeting room. Copies of some of his children's books will be available for sale and signing, thanks to Beaverdale Books.
For those interested, Stephen will give a short presentation at noon about his work, including the new sculpture in our community. This program is made possible thanks to the Marshall County Arts and Culture Alliance.
Here's Stephen's bio from his website:
Stephen T. Johnson’s visually arresting and conceptually rich body of work forges connections between words, objects and ideas. His art spans a broad range of concepts and contexts and can be seen in site-specific public art commissions, gallery and museum exhibitions, and original award-winning children’s books such “Alphabet City,” a Caldecott Honor and a New York Times Best Illustrated book of the year.
His drawings and paintings are in numerous private collections including those of musician Paul Simon and actress Cherry Jones, and in the permanent collections of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, and the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
Among his public art is a 66-foot mosaic mural at the DeKalb Avenue Subway Station in Brooklyn New York, a 58-foot mosaic mural at the Universal City/Studio City Metro Station in Los Angeles, California, and 33 glass panels for the Dallas Love Field Airport, in Dallas, Texas.