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Call for cartoons! Short deadline alert! | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/call-for-cartoons-short-deadline-alert/March 8, 2021- The AAEC has been asked by Counterpoint to spread the word about Be An Arts Hero, a push by the arts & cultures sector for direct government support of creatives during the time of coronavirus. (Think a WPA for COVID-19). Details are below. If you’re interested, get moving: DEADLINE IS...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-announces-its-annual-awards/October 5, 2020- This weekend saw the 2020 CXC Festival move ahead — online and virtual as with everything else this year — and the event acted as sort of a de facto gathering for the AAEC, which had to cancel their own convention back in May. AAEC President Kevin Siers made a pre-recorded...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists-rights-network-sounds-alarm-on-threats-facing-cartoonists/June 15, 2020- In the wake of the global pandemic, journalist and human rights groups are sounding the alarm and issuing the most dire warnings about cartoonists’ security and freedom since the Charlie Hebdo attack over five years ago. Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with Cartooning for Peace, Cartoon Movement and other free...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/rights-groups-call-for-detained-cartoonist-to-be-released/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has appealed to the Bangladeshi government to release a political cartoonist. Ahmed Kabir Kishore was arrested over a month ago as a critic of the country’s response to COVID-19, and is scheduled for a “hearing” sometime in June. CRNI’s Terry Anderson and other leaders of free...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/international-groups-call-on-trump-to-speak-up-for-press-freedom/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with 72 journalist and press freedom organizations calling on Donald Trump to “commend, rather than condemn, the media and ensure their protection from the unprecedented attacks they have faced while reporting on nation-wide protests demanding social and racial justice, particularly for Black communities.”...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/media-freedom-rapid-response-cartoonists-being-targeted-for-work/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with the Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium to warn cartoonists that they are being targeted by governments looking to use the pandemic as an excuse to suppress free speech. The following rapid response report looks at things within the European Union and its...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-throws-open-their-collection-online/April 24, 2020- Cartoonists have always known it is worth traveling to The Ohio State University just to see The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. But now that the long-time Columbus, OH, mecca is closed to the public for the foreseeable future, what are fans of the cartoon arts to do? Luckily,...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists-for-the-cause-covid-relief-fundraisers/April 16, 2020- Two Pennsylvania cartoonists are offering signed art in fundraisers and auctions to help out local institutions. Philadelphia’s Signe Wilkinson is offering signed prints of her cartoons in exchange for contributions to one of the funds helping beleaguered health care workers. Signe supports Temple University Hospital which, she notes, “really stepped up when...
VIRTUAL CARTOONING: Matt Wuerker live online on April 1 | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/virtual-cartooning-matt-wuerker-live-online-on-april-1/March 31, 2020- Cartooning school is in session! POLITICO cartoonist Matt Wuerker will be holding a free virtual workshop Wednesday, April 1st (appropriately enough). The online event kicks off at noon. Matt is one of the best caricaturists working today, so this should be good. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5383528193767815436?source=moderator+social Here’s a short look at the cartoonist...
Joel Pett steps down as CRNI President; Matt Wuerker takes reins | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/pett-steps-down-as-crni-president-wuerker-takes-reins/March 4, 2020- From the Cartoonists Rights Network International comes the following announcements: https://cartoonistsrights.org/crni-president-joel-pett-retires/ After some fifteen years in the role Joel Pett—multi-award winning editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald Leader—has decided to retire from the Presidency of Cartoonists Rights Network International’s board of directors. Cartoonists from across the world can attest...