This Inking Life exhibit preview posted
For those who are unable to make it to the “This Inking Life” cartoon exhibit can head over to Mike Lynch’s blog where he’s posted photos of the exhibit.
Exhibits
Continue reading
Rina Piccolo featured in ‘Inking Life: The Essential Cartoonist’ exhibit (UPDATE)
The work of Rina Piccolo creator of Tina’s Groove and one of the Six Chix will be on display in an exhibit called, “This Inking Life: The Essential Cartoonist.” The exhibit opened Saturday the 12th of this month and runs through October 1. On September 13th Rina and other cartoonists will be on hand to talk about their art. This event is free to the public.
Jeff Stahler’s cartoons and mother’s water colors on exhibit
From the Great Lakes Chapter of the NCS comes news that Jeff Stahler (Moderately Confused and editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch) will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in West Virginia during the month of September. The exhibit also includes watercolor paintings by Jeff’s mother Wanda. The exhibit is called, “Moderately Confused with Mom.”
Herblock exhibit opens at Library Of Congress
The venerable Herbert Block, best known as Herblock will have his own exhibit with the Library of Congress. The exhibit that opens today is small but only a preview of a much larger exhibit that will open up in 2009 to commemorate his 100th birthday.
Cartoonists Take Up Smoking exhibit in D.C.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine recently opened “Cartoonists Take Up Smoking,” an exhibit showing over 55 original editorial cartoons on the topic of smoking. The exhibit is part of a traveling show that was first unveiled in Kentucky but has also been on display in Seattle, Tscaloosa, and Birmingham.
Pat Oliphant sculpture ‘George Bush’ on exhibit in Smithsonian
Pat Oliphant’s sculpture, “George Bush” will be an exhibit item in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, which opened last Saturday…. The story is available online (registration may be required) and the photo of his sculpture is also available along with the story.
Baltimore City Paper catches up with KAL
Although recently being laid off as editorial cartoonist at the Baltimore Sun after nearly 17 years of service, Kevin “KAL”…
Joe Heller’s butterfly project story and photos posted
Awhile ago, I posted a notice that Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller was one of 41 artists to create artwork that would be displayed through out the city streets and then auctioned off to raise money for the Einstein Project. Joe’s work is now on display in the lobby of the Brown County Library at 515 Pine Street.
Dave Granlund’s work in display
MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist, Dave Granlund’s work is on display now through the during the month of July at the Danforth Museum of Art. The exhibit is called “Pulling It All Together” and features artwork from his recent book.
Jim Toomey’s Sherman’s Lagoon to be on exhibit
Jim’s original work will be on display in the gallery at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis from June 22 through July 30th. Jim is a resident of Annapolis and the local paper, The Capital has a very in-depth story about him and his “Sherman’s Lagoon” feature.
AAEC convention story round-up
The AAEC convention concluded this weekend and a few stories are still trickling in. From the prolific Editor and Publisher editor Dave Astor we have several stories: Editorial Cartoonists Group Seeks Funds Beyond Herb Block Grant:DENVER The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has used a lot of the $150,000 Herb Block Foundation grant it received in 2004 to improve its EditorialCartoonists.com site…. The first three are Pulitzer Prize winners from 2005, 2002, and 2004, respectively, while Sack has been a Pulitzer finalist.Cartoonists’ Award Sparks Protest:The Cartoonists Rights Network (CRN) has given its Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award to the 11 Danish artists who drew the Prophet Muhammad.Cartoonists from Cuba and Algeria at U.S. Confab:The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has two interesting guests at its convention here — a cartoonist from Algeria and another who recently defected from Cuba.Cartoonists from Cuba and Algeria at U.S. Confab:National Public Radio host Scott Simon discussed Judith Miller, Ann Coulter, Stephen Colbert, and the Danish cartoon controversy during keynote remarks at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) convention here Saturday night.And from the Denver Post comes this report: ‘toon townJust what state are editorial cartoonists in?Editorial cartoonists see the world through a much different lens than the rest of us (read: bent).
New York City Comics Art Festival round up posted
This weekend is New York City comics art festival. Tom Spurgeon over at the Comics Reporter has a great overview of the events.
Mikhaela Reid has photos of Glyph Awards and She Draws Comics exhibit
I don’t have pictures from the Glyph Awards ceremony, but I do havepictures from the convention it was attached to, the Fifth Annual EastCoast Black Age of Comics Convention (my boyfriend, social/politicalcartoonist Masheka Wood had a table and a book).
Bill Griffith’s Zippy part of Counter Culture exhibit
‘Zippy’ Comics Part of Exhibit About Diners:Eight “Zippy the Pinhead” strips will be part of an exhibition called “Counter Culture: The American Diner.”The show open tomorrow and runs through Oct. 2 at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, Calif.Bill Griffith’s “Zippy” comic is distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Jeff MacNelly exhibit of Sculpture
From Jim Borgman’s blog comes this pointer to an art exhibit in Virginia that is showcasing Jeff MacNelly’s sculptures that runs May 6th through the 28th in Washington VA. Visit Jim’s blog for more details.You can see some of the artwork online.