'KAL' JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTIONS!! Cartoonist / Satirist / Animator It's an election year (as if you did not know) so we are going to have some fun with the works of KAL. Kevin Kallaugher is the international award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine of London and The Baltimore Sun. We're offering his original pen & ink drawings, open edition prints along with never before released 'covers' from the Economist. KAL will be in the gallery and treating us to a live demo. Because of restrictions, we will limit the number of folks in the gallery but will streaming to overflow on the the sidewalk. Artist Reception: Saturday, October 17th 4:00-6 p.m. Demo and Artist Talk Live and on Facebook Live 4:30-5:15 p.m. Exhibition Dates: October 7–November 6, 2020 Book signing of 'Daggers Drawn' & personalization of work, day of of the reception. KAL This exhibition will showcase original pen and ink drawings and prints, including never released 'covers' from the Economist. In a distinguished career than spans 42 years, Kal has created over 10000 cartoons and 150 magazine covers. His resumé includes six collections of his published work including his celebrated 35th year anthology of Economist cartoons titled Daggers Drawn. Kal's work has been exhibited in a dozen countries receiving awards and honors in seven. These awards include Feature Cartoonist of the Year (UK), The Thomas Nast Prize (Germany) Cartoon of the Year (Europe), and The 2017 Berryman award (US), Herblock Prize (US) and twice finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (US). He has created acclaimed animations and calendars, toured the US with Second City improv comedy troupe and addressed audiences in more than 40 states and 30 countries. Kal has presented TEDx talks in Warwick, England, Jackson Hole, WY and IdeaCity in Toronto. In addition, Kal has spoken at Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Duke and Berkeley Universities, Pixar Studios and Google HQ. Kal, a Norwalk, Connecticut native and Harvard graduate, is the former artist-in-residence at University of Maryland Baltimore County, the Masterworks Museum in Bermuda and the Studios at Key West. Kevin Kallaugher is a past President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and Cartoonists Rights Network International. In 1999, The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons said of Kevin "Commanding a masterful style, Kallaugher stands among the premier caricaturists of the (twentieth) century." KAL's pen is mighty strong! |
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