Picture books

According to Ken Marantz, professor of art education at the Ohio State University from 1971 to 1991, picturebooks (which he spelled as one word) are “such rich repositories of visual art, so readily available compared with the resources housed in galleries and museums, that I believe we must take the fullest advantage of them.” Moving beyond the traditional 32-page picturebook aimed at young readers, this year’s symposium highlights comics and graphic novels as visual art geared toward middle schoolers and teens.