The opening panel features commentary by guest co-curators Steven Heller, a noted author and illustration and design historian; Leonard S. Marcus, one of the world’s foremost authorities on children’s books and the illustrators and authors who create them; and special guest Annie Lionni, the artist’s granddaughter and steward of Lionni’s art and legacy. The panel will be chaired by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Norman Rockwell Museum.