Cartoon Art Museum Annual Fund--Please support the CAM!
Dear Friend of the Cartoon Art Museum (CAM),
The Cartoon Art Museum is well into its 23rd year of providing unique exhibitions of original art, important educational programs and continued opportunities for scholars. But lately, I have been troubled by reports that indicate that donations for arts funding are down in this country by almost five percent. As everyone knows, costs are not dropping, so you can imagine how that lost income impacts a small museum that dedicates itself solely to cartoon art. More than ever we need your support!
The big news is: we have received funding from the City of San Francisco to launch two new children’s and youth educational programs. I’m sure you know that arts programs in schools nationwide tend to be the first ones eliminated in any fiscal belt tightening. With this funding we are able to fill a void in our community by providing cutting edge literacy (The Comic Book Project) and animation (Talking Points) film programs. These are the most inspiring programs offered by the museum to date, and they also deserve your support. More importantly, the next generation deserves your support.
To recap, this year the museum produced Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, a fascinating glimpse into the variety of children book illustration over the past hundred years. With The Rejection Collection: Not in The New Yorker Cartoons, the museum offered a unique exhibition of hilarious cartoons that had never been seen by the public. The Peanuts Holiday Parade celebrated the work of our beloved “Sparky” Schulz in collaboration with the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa. The CAM explored the worlds of twelve different comic book and comic strip illustrators, from futuristic adventure to medieval fantasy, in Worlds of Wonder. Currently our exhibitions The Art and Flair of Mary Blair and Edward Gorey’s Dracula form perhaps the strongest artistic pairing in the history of the museum.
The CAM’s cartooning classes remain a dynamic year-round program, as do special presentations and book signings by artists such as John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy, The Ripping Friends), Patrick McDonnell (creator of the comic strip Mutts) and Tom Sito (Disney animator and former Hollywood Animation Guild president.) We have just hosted our fourth annual fundraiser at Pixar Animation Studios and our first annual Pixar Family Fun Day, which served over 400 adults and children from around the Bay.
Your generous response to our Annual Fund drive is essential to the museum’s continuing mission to exhibit this unique art form. Once again, Jeannie Schulz has stepped up and provided us with a “starting gift” of $30,000. This year, our challenge is to double her gift with the generosity and help of folks like-you!
Thank you, in advance for your 100% tax-deductible gift. To make your contribution, please use the enclosed envelope or call us at (415) 227-8666 (CAR-TOON), ext. 300. And remember the museum is still the best place going to hold that special event you’re hosting. Call us at the number above for more details.
Again, thank you for your support, and we hope to see you here soon!
Ron Evans
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Please note Annual Fund contributions are not applied toward memberships.
Please click here to donate money via PayPal. Checks may be made out to "Cartoon Art Museum" and mailed to Cartoon Art Museum; 655 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA 94105. For donations via Visa or MasterCard, please call (415) 227-8666, ext. 300. Thanks very much for your support!
The Cartoon Art Museum is well into its 23rd year of providing unique exhibitions of original art, important educational programs and continued opportunities for scholars. But lately, I have been troubled by reports that indicate that donations for arts funding are down in this country by almost five percent. As everyone knows, costs are not dropping, so you can imagine how that lost income impacts a small museum that dedicates itself solely to cartoon art. More than ever we need your support!
The big news is: we have received funding from the City of San Francisco to launch two new children’s and youth educational programs. I’m sure you know that arts programs in schools nationwide tend to be the first ones eliminated in any fiscal belt tightening. With this funding we are able to fill a void in our community by providing cutting edge literacy (The Comic Book Project) and animation (Talking Points) film programs. These are the most inspiring programs offered by the museum to date, and they also deserve your support. More importantly, the next generation deserves your support.
To recap, this year the museum produced Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, a fascinating glimpse into the variety of children book illustration over the past hundred years. With The Rejection Collection: Not in The New Yorker Cartoons, the museum offered a unique exhibition of hilarious cartoons that had never been seen by the public. The Peanuts Holiday Parade celebrated the work of our beloved “Sparky” Schulz in collaboration with the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa. The CAM explored the worlds of twelve different comic book and comic strip illustrators, from futuristic adventure to medieval fantasy, in Worlds of Wonder. Currently our exhibitions The Art and Flair of Mary Blair and Edward Gorey’s Dracula form perhaps the strongest artistic pairing in the history of the museum.
The CAM’s cartooning classes remain a dynamic year-round program, as do special presentations and book signings by artists such as John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy, The Ripping Friends), Patrick McDonnell (creator of the comic strip Mutts) and Tom Sito (Disney animator and former Hollywood Animation Guild president.) We have just hosted our fourth annual fundraiser at Pixar Animation Studios and our first annual Pixar Family Fun Day, which served over 400 adults and children from around the Bay.
Your generous response to our Annual Fund drive is essential to the museum’s continuing mission to exhibit this unique art form. Once again, Jeannie Schulz has stepped up and provided us with a “starting gift” of $30,000. This year, our challenge is to double her gift with the generosity and help of folks like-you!
Thank you, in advance for your 100% tax-deductible gift. To make your contribution, please use the enclosed envelope or call us at (415) 227-8666 (CAR-TOON), ext. 300. And remember the museum is still the best place going to hold that special event you’re hosting. Call us at the number above for more details.
Again, thank you for your support, and we hope to see you here soon!
Ron Evans
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Please note Annual Fund contributions are not applied toward memberships.
Please click here to donate money via PayPal. Checks may be made out to "Cartoon Art Museum" and mailed to Cartoon Art Museum; 655 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA 94105. For donations via Visa or MasterCard, please call (415) 227-8666, ext. 300. Thanks very much for your support!