Brooklyn Talks: Oliver Jeffers and Mary Annaïse Heglar

Dive into our interactive exhibition Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea during an evening of conversation and storytelling. An author and visual artist working across painting, bookmaking, illustration, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers animates his practice with curiosity and humor. To celebrate his latest children’s book, I’m Very Busy, Jeffers gives a behind-the-scenes look into his creative practice—and shares why the ocean is key to caring for our planet. He is joined in conversation by Mary Annaïse Heglar, a New Orleans–based author known for essays exploring the climate crisis and environmental grief.

Copies of I’m Very Busy will be available for purchase, and the program is followed by a book signing.

Support for Brooklyn Talks is provided by Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Endowment.

Tickets are $25 ($15 for Members) and include after-hours access to Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea. Not a Member? Join today!

This program will include ASL interpretation. For accessibility accommodations, email access@brooklynmuseum.org.