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Pont Award
The Cartoon Art Trust Award or CAT Awards are presented in an annual award ceremony hosted by the Cartoon Art Trust (CAT), owners and operators of the Cartoon Museum, to honour the year's best cartoonists. The 21st CAT Awards, 21st Cartoon Art Trust Awards were held on 12 October 2017 at the Mall Galleries in London. History The Cartoon Art Trust was formed in 1988 by a group of cartoonists and collectors, including the cartoonist Mel Calman, whose aim was to found a museum dedicated to "collecting, exhibiting, promoting and preserving the best of British cartoon art". In February 2006 the Cartoon Museum opened to the public at its current home in central London, close to the British Museum. The museum declares it is "dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, and to establishing a museum with a gallery, archives and innovative exhibitions to make the creativity of cartoon art past and present, accessible to all for the purposes of ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Art Trust
The Cartoon Art Trust is a charity founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, which acts as the owner and operator of the London Cartoon Museum, and also runs the Cartoon Art Trust Awards. Its chairman is the cartoonist Oliver Preston. History The Cartoon Art Trust was originally founded in 1989 by the cartoonist Mel Calman.Topping, Alexandra"Daniel Meikle and Fergus Boylan named Young Cartoonists of the Year: Judges including the Guardian’s Martin Rowson praised Meikle, just 11, in the under-18s category and 29-year-old Boylan, who picked up the under-30 prize,"''The Guardian'' (30 December 2020). Retrieved 26 August 2021. For over 20 years the patron of the Cartoon Art Trust was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.Brown, Mark"'Murdoch rag': Martin Rowson recalls Prince Philip’s verdict on the Times: Guardian cartoonist says Duke of Edinburgh said rival paper was 'self-righteous rubbish' during their meeting,"''The Guardian'' (10 April 2021). Retrieved 26 August 2021. Comics crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |