SFA to open “The Global Artistry of Leo and Diane Dillon”

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS—Art work by a highly-acclaimed husband and wife team of children’s book illustrators is featured in “The Global Artistry of Leo and Diane Dillon,” which the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will open at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

The exhibition focuses on the global nature of the Dillons’ work, which ranges from African and Native American folktales to Asian and Scandinavian epics, from fantasy to science fiction. The major theme of their illustrations is that all people, whatever their culture or race, have universal experiences, explained Christian Cutler, director of SFA galleries.