Michael McBride

The MACC celebrated Black History with the illustrations of the noted Tennessee artist Michael J. McBride. His exhibition featured more than 60 of his illustrations for children’s books. Works in this collection celebrated the Gullah-Geechee language and culture of the Carolinas, and they also paid tribute to the great African-American artist Helen LaFrance. McBride is a master of figurative art. His virtuosity in painting people came through in his sensitive renderings of a child and his grandmother.

You can listen to Michael McBride discuss the art of illustrating children’s books in our podcast MACC Talk. Among other things, he discusses how to break into the children’s book business and how to use your imagination to maximum effect.