The Cartoon Art Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of original cartoon art in all its forms. The Museum encourages the appreciation of this original art form for it’s artistic, cultural, and historic merits.
Founded in late 1984 by a small group of cartoon art aficionados, The Cartoon Art Museum began as a traveling museum; exhibitions were installed in local museums and corporate spaces. In 1987, with an endowment from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz and from one of the founding trustees, Malcome Whyte, The Cartoon Art Museum was able to find an exhibition space in San Francisco’s downtown area in the historic Print Center Building. In December of 2001 the museum moved to its current location at 655 Mission Street.
Since then The Cartoon Art Museum has produced multiple exhibitions each year as well as numerous publications, each focused on one of the many facets of cartoon art. The permanent collection, comprised of over 6,000 original pieces of art, includes art from comic books, magazines, newspapers, advertisements, and animated movies, as well as sculpture and video. Works date from the 1730’s to the present.
For more information about exhibitions and events, check out the website at www.cartoonart.org
Harvey Art Show with Credits!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6oIH2Ozs0
The Cartoon Art Museum's Opening Reception for "From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics" with special guests, Harvey Comic historians Mark Arnold and David Holt, Friday, August 1, 2008.
SF Art Examiner: Cartoon Art Museum Celebrates Opening of New Museum Store
http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y200...