Plans are shaping up for this November's 1 day Mini-fest (Saturday, November 2) with our fabulous guest speaker Tom Richmond. Tom will be working hard for us this time teaching caricature classes, offering tips to freelancing artists, and talking about his career in caricature and illustration for such illustrious publications as MAD magazine, Cracked magazine, Marvel Comics, Scholastic and about a million others. Visit Tom's website here and check out all the amazing things he's done! (You should visit the site for the opening animation alone.)
This year we will be using the mini-fest not only to showcase Tom's tremendous talent but to offer some professional development opportunities to aspiring illustrators and comic artists and to raise money for Kenosha Festival of Cartooning 2014.
Which is why instead of simply offering a great presentation that is free to the public we've added classes, receptions and portfolio reviews. These extra events will be offered as backer rewards to those of you who use the donate button to support the festival. Space will be limited and first priority will be given to backers. If the spots don't "sell out" by September, we will offer them to non backers for a flat rate slightly higher than the backer rate.
** For an explanation of this year's "Non-Kickstarter Crowd Funding", click here.
** For all information on Backer Rewards and to keep tabs on how much we've raised, click here.
Here are the events we plan to offer for this one day mini-fest:
Caricature class for kids aged 13-18 at the Kenosha Public Museum **Note: this class is run by the museum and will NOT be tied to backer rewards. Once the museum adds the class to their event roster and opens enrollment, we will provide a link to their site. Check back in August.
Presentation on Tom Richmond's Career in Illustration and work for magazines like MAD at the Kenosha Public Museum - Free to the public but seating is limited to 200
Caricature class and freelancing tips for aspiring professionals at Artworks Kenosha - class limited to 17
Portfolio Review with either Tom Richmond (caricature and illustration) or John Hambrock (comic strips and panels) - reviews will last 15 minutes and are limited to 6 per artist.
Artist Hangout and behind the scenes tour of John Hambrock's studio - limited to backers only and offered as an alternative to the afternoon caricature class and portfolio review. A full lunch will be served.
Meet and Greet Reception at Matt's on Main with Tom Richmond, John Hambrock and any and all other professional cartoonists who attend the mini-fest - this event will be a fundraiser as well as a backer reward. Pizza will be provided with your donation. Cash bar.
To become a backer of the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning mini-fest Click the Donate Button in the upper left sidebar.
It's going to be a great event and we can't wait to see all of our old cartooning friends and fans and meet some new ones!
