Did you know about the Cartoon Museum in Boca Raton that recently closed?
It's only a few years old. I believe it's still looking for new residents.
Maybe you could make some sort of arrangement with them?
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From: "stephen schneider" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:42 PM
Subject: Popular exhibition available
> Dear Mr. Juliano:
>
>
> Greetings. I saw your notice at Informal Learning, and thought I'd pass
on
> the following information regarding a traveling exhibition that may be of
> interest.
>
> The show can be marketed under many categories: family, children, American
> culture, popular culture, film. Or simply as an introduction to an aspect
> of modern life that is just about universally known and loved.
>
> My thanks for your consideration. Please let me know if I might be of
more
> information or assistance.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Steve Schneider,
>
> The Dara Group, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
> "The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons"
>
>
> The most popular cartoon characters in the United States -- and the
> recipients of a four-month tribute at New York's Museum of Modern Art
> -- are the subject of an exhibition now available.
>
> "The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons" is a comprehensive overview of a
> legendary Hollywood animation studio, the rambunctious birthplace of
> characters who have become part of American folklore. As The New
> York Times said in its review of the exhibition's catalogue: "Life in
these
> United States would be inconceivable without the shared referent of Bugs
> Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, the Road Runner and the
> Coyote, the Tasmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd,
> Yosemite Sam," and the other classic Warner characters.
>
> Since their debut in 1930, the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies"
> of Warner Bros. have delighted audiences young and old with their wit
> and suprising sophistication. Indeed, the pre-eminence of the
> Warner studio was certified by a recent "People" magazine poll, in
> which the magazine's readership named Bugs Bunny as "Best puppet or
> cartoon character." Just two Warner characters -- Bugs and the Road
> Runner -- captured 24% of the vote.
>
> Further, in recent years the seven-minute cartoons have earned both
> critical and popular acclaim as America's finest, funniest and most
> inventive animated shorts. Evidence of this came in 1985, when
> Warner Bros. became the first cartoon-makers of any kind to be given
> a full-scale retrospective by New York's Museum of Modern Art.
>
> The four-month exhibition proved extremely popular, generating more
> press response for MoMA's film department than any other show it has
> undertaken.
>
> Originally shown in theaters, the Warner shorts developed new
> audiences with the rise of television in the 1950's. Many people
> under the age of 45 have seen these cartoons literally hundreds of
> times as they were growing up. Yet most of these viewers are
> unfamiliar with the actual artwork from which these films were
> created.
>
> "The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons" is a greatly expanded version of the
MoMA
> show. It consists of over 160 drawings, paintings, "cels," and related
art
> objects used in the making of Warner's classic cartoons, concentrating on
> the studio's "Golden Age" -- roughly 1935 through 1955.
>
> Text panels and other educational elements explore Warner cartoons' role
in
> the history of American culture, and trace the development of
> all the studio's cartoon stars. One section of the exhibition shows
> how classic "cel" animation was made, using actual production artwork
> to illustrate every step of the process.
>
> The size of the show is highly flexible, as the exhibition's
> approximately 80 frames can be spread out or bunched together
> easily. Moreover, laser disks are available, if museums care to
> supplement the show with any number of video monitors as would be
> desired, to present finished cartoons on-site. The wondrous music,
> voices and sound-effects associated with Warner cartoons makes this a
> hugely lively installation. All told, the show is most comfortable
> is spaces ranging from 2,500 to 4,000 square feet.
>
> For more information, please call the following number in Los Angeles:
(310)
> 399-5797. Or reply to this e-mail address.
>
> That's all, Folks!
>
>
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