Jon klassen

Since October of 2004, Nucleus has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community by offering quality art, art-related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, we have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures. Having exhibited both local artists and artists from abroad, and catering to an international customer base, we offer an extensive collection of original contemporary, illustrated, graphic, commercial…

“Here is the cover for "The Skull". It's a 115 pages, told in five parts, and it's about a girl named Otilla who runs away from home and finds a house in the woods with a skull living in it. It comes out July 2023 from @Candlewick and I am pretty excited about it 💀”

Since October of 2004, Nucleus has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community by offering quality art, art-related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, we have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures. Having exhibited both local artists and artists from abroad, and catering to an international customer base, we offer an extensive collection of original contemporary, illustrated, graphic, commercial…

November 20, 2023 We interviewed Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett about their latest collaboration (Klassen as illustrator, Barnett as author), How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney ? Klassen and Barnett are both award-winning children’s book creators. This is our second interview with them together and

No children responded to my essay on the “adult problem” with kids books, somewhat proving the point. Adults aplenty chimed in, many of them people who work in children’s lit and …

“drew some skull stuff last year & just made a folder for them.”

Four new picture books tackle the subject in sensitive, reassuring ways.

Since October of 2004, Nucleus has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community by offering quality art, art-related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, we have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures. Having exhibited both local artists and artists from abroad, and catering to an international customer base, we offer an extensive collection of original contemporary, illustrated, graphic, commercial…