This presentation explores the challenges of creating a place of beauty for children in the midst of an adult culture hellbent on creating new consumers and preparing young people for their place in the workforce. The plight of museums and an increasingly reactionary book industry are considered.
Pete Cowdin
Co-founder/Director, The Rabbit hOle
Pete Cowdin is an artist and a writer. He co-founded The Rabbit hOle in 2015 with his partner, Deb Pettid. Before that, they operated the Reading Reptile, a beloved and occasionally insurgent children’s bookstore, where they raised five children and befriended many book creators. He enjoys himself.