Tag: Fundraiser

  • Chuck Jones Red Dot Auction

    Chuck Jones Red Dot Auction

    Red Dot AuctionThe Chuck Jones Center for Creativity (CJCC) Red-Dot Auction is coming May 1, 2015 in  Costa Mesa.  The CJCC is a “Chuck Jones, the Center’s vision is to inspire the innate creative genius within each person that leads to a more joyous, passionate, and harmonious life and world.”

    To support their needs, they have reached out to artists to produce an original 12×12 piece that they can auction off that night.  They have over 200 pieces this year including TWO from yours truly.  However I can’t tell you which are mine.  The idea behind the auction is that each work is signed, but on the back so you don’t know if you are purchasing the work of a famous artist (like Eric & Bill Teitelbaum of Pink Panther fame or Disney artist/director Kelly Asbury) or just some cartooning schlub like me.  Got to Chuck Jones site to see all the participating artists.

    Better yet, you can get into the auction early as Heritage Auctions has all of the artwork available for prebidding before the night.  Each artwork has a starting bid of $100.

    Or if you happen to be in the area you can purchase your $25  tickets for the night here.

    Go to Heritage Auctions and see how good you are by trying to pick out the work that I submitted  (tell me your 1-2 guesses in the comments) and maybe take a chance on some original artwork for your place.

     

  • Team Cul De Sac Fighting Parkinsons

    Seems like May is my month this year for causes.  Today is about Parkinson’s Disease.  Richard Thompson is the award winning cartoonist behind the syndicated strip Cul de Sac.  Upon learning that Richard was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s, his friend Chris Sparks started learning about the disorder and reached out to his cartoonist/artist brethren to help.  The culmination is the book Team Cul de Sac – Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s, with each cartoonist using Cul de Sac as an inspiration for their drawing.  You can preorder the book here.  Proceeds will benefit

    What is more amazing is the who’s who of who stepped.  Dawn Griffin (Zorphbert and Fred) , Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Jim Borgman (Zits),  John Rose (Snuffy Smith).  But the  biggest name being talked about is Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes fame.  Here is his donated work:

    Watterson hasn’t publicly released any of his artwork since 1995 when he gave up doing Calvin and  Hobbes.  (And no he doesn’t endorse the Calvin pissing on Ford decals that are all over the place)   You can own the original artwork in an Auction currently going on until June 10 by Heritage Auctions.   Most are currently in the under $50 range so far but the Watterson painting is leading the pack at $2600.   Proceeds of book and auction will benefit the Michael J Fox Foundation.