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Baffl PRESS RELEASE BAfflPRESS RELEASE Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (212) 636-4123 July 9, 1982 Contacts: Ellen Lampert Susan Spier (212)636-4123 CAVALCADE OF AMERICAN COMICS AT LEVER HOUSE Original works by contemporary cartoonists, featuring a "doodle sheet" by President Reagan, as well as comics posters and limited edition prints will make up the CAVALCADE OF AMERICAN COMICS, an exhibition sponsored by the News­ paper Comics Council at Lever House, August 20 through September 9. The CAVALCADE OF AMERICAN COMICS includes original examples from the his­ tory of the comic strip, beginning with THE YELLOW KID, first published in 1896. The exhibit's rare newspaper pages of comics features represent the early cartoon characters, such as Andy Gump, Krazy Kat, Buster Brown, Happy Hooligan, Alphonse and Gaston, and Hairbreadth Harry. World famous contemporary comics, including B. C. , Spiderman, Beetle Bailey, Steve Canyon, Kerry Drake, The Phantom, and Hagar The Horrible, among many others, will be displayed. The exhibit includes the series of performing arts posters created for the Brooklyn . Academy of Music, as well as the twenty prints included in the Harry N. Abrams Limited Edition Comics Art collection. Comics artists will be on hand every day at noon, signing posters and demonstrat­ ing this uniquely American popular art form. The CAVALCADE OF AMERICAN COMICS can be viewed Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, at Lever House, 390 Park Avenue. For more information, call Ted Hannah at 682-5600. BAfflPRESS RELEASE Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 (212) 636-4123 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 1982 Contacts: Ellen Lampert Susan Spier (212)636-4123 NEWSPAPER COMICS ART AT GALLERY FELICIE BAM's special series of posters featuring world-famous cartoon characters are part of NEWSPAPER COMICS ART, an exhibition of contemporary cartoon art at Gallery Felicie, October 13 through November 6, 1982. The BAM posters were created by twelve leading cartoonists to celebrate the performing arts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, America's oldest performing arts center. These posters will be exhibited with a series of twenty limited edition comics art prints published by Abrams Limited Editions, plus a "doodle sheet" by President Ronald Reagan. The exhibit of NEWSPAPER COMICS ART recognizes comics as a uniquely American art form and demonstrates the collectibility of cartoon art. Such be­ loved characters as Kerry Drake, Nancy, Steve Canyon, Li'l Abner, Buz Sawyer, Dick Tracy, Moon Mullins, Pogo, Popeye, Beetle Bailey and many others will be represented in this exhibit. The prints and posters included in this show have been produced in cooperation with the Newspaper Comics Council. NEWSPAPER COMICS ART can be viewed Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm, and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:30pm at Gallery Felicie, 141 East 56th Street, New York, New York. Cartoonists will be at the gallery during the exhibit. For additional information please call (212) 752-7567. # # # E Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (212) 636-4123 October 20, 1982 Contacts: Ellen Lampert Susan Spier 636-4123 JULES FEIFFER WINS DESIGN AWARD FOR BAM ANNUAL REPORT COVER Cartoonist Jules Feiffer was presented with an Award of Merit from the Society of Publication Design for his illustration appearing on the cover of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 1980-81 Annual Report. Winner of the Society's 17th annual design competition, Feiffer was presented with the award on Wednesday, October 13, 1982 at Gallery Felicie, where-his poster featuring this illustration is part of an exhibit of NEWSPAPER COMICS ART. The presentation was made by Rita Hillman, Vice-Chairman of BAM's Board of Directors. The poster by Feiffer is one of a series of twelve posters de­ signed by leading cartoon artists to celebrate the performing arts at BAM. These posters are on exhibit at Gallery Felicie through November 6, 1982, along with a series of twenty original cartoon lithographs published by Harry Abrams. Feiffer, known for the satiric wit of his cartoon feature "Feiffer," is seen in New York's VILLAGE VOICE and in approximately seventy-five newspapers in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in PLAYBOY magazine. He has also published cartoon collections, a novel, and plays. Gallery Felicie is located at 141 East 56th Street and is open Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm and Saturday from 11:00am to 5:30pm. For information on the exhibit of NEWSPAPER COMICS ART call (212) 752-7567. # # # # # GALLERY(g)FELICIE CONTEMPORARYART PRESIDENT REAGAN' S DRAWING TO BE FEATUREDAT COMICART SHOW A new show "Newspaper Comic Art", works by contemporary cartoonists, featuring a doodle sheet by Ronald Reagan· framed together with an autographed color photo of the president, will open at the Felicie Gallery on October 13th and continue through November 6th. Included in the exhibition will be 20 Limited Edition Comic Art prints published by Abrams Original Editions and a series of performing arts posters created for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Comics are one of America's best-loved art forms. Annie, Superman and Popeye have become movie stars having caught the fancy of the American public. Cartoon art has won major historic stature bringing this form of pop art into the fine arts mainstream. Work of comic artists exhibits in collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Yale University's museum also houses a distinctive collection of comic art, and the University of Brazilia, in Brazil, offers a course in comic art. Kerry Drake, Nancy, Steve Canyon, Li'l Abner, Buz Sawyer, Mandrake, Prince Valiant, Dick Tracy, B.C., Moon Mullins, Pogo, Barney Google, Popeye, Mary Worth, Beetle Bailey and many others will be represented in this show which will delight all those who lo.ve these wonderful comic characters. This series of limited edition comic strip art has all the exuberance and affec­ tion the artists have poured into their comic characters over the years. The prints and posters included in the show have been produced with the co­ operation of the Newspaper Comics Council. Artists will be in attendance at the gallery on Saturdays. Please call (212) 752-7567 for more information. The Felicie Gallery at 141 East 56th Street is open Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 141 East 56th Street • New York City 10022 • (212) 752-7567 .
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