NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, presents today Into the Garden: Painted Paper Construction by Takayo Nodo - Duvoisin Gallery, on view through July 6, 2009. Into the Garden: Painted Paper Constructions by Takayo Noda presents complete illustrations and selected preparatory materials for Song of the Flowers by children’s book author and illustrator Takayo Noda.

Examples of the illustrator’s preparatory materials provide insight into the illustrator’s creative process in which imaginative landscapes, flower and insect forms are realized as bold painted-paper relief sculptures. Hands-on activities are provided for visitors in the exhibition space.