Jury:
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ellen s. ABRAMOWITZ [chairman/president, museum of comic and cartoon art] alex PINCUS [Bureau V] peter ZUSPAN [Bureau V] brennan BUCK [FreelandBuck] julia KOERNER [SUBDIVISION] abigail COOVER [hume coover studio, suckerPUNCH] nathan HUME [hume coover studio, suckerPUNCH] jose GONZALEZ [SOFTlab] mike SZIVOS [SOFTlab]
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this open international ideas competition is for a new, larger home for the museum of cartoon and comic art [MoCCA]. the museum was established in 2001 and currently is based in the soho area of manhattan in new york city.
the mission of the institution is to:
“collect, preserve, educate, and display cartoon and comic art.
Every genre of the art is represented: animation, anime, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, humorous illustration, illustration, political illustration, editorial cartoons, caricature, graphic novels, sports cartoons, and computer-generated art. Further, the museum’s rigid collection policy ensures that the art collections are maintained in an environment of the highest integrity.
It is the mission of the museum to promote the understanding and appreciation of comic and cartoon art as well as to detail and discuss the artistic, cultural, and historical impact of what is the world’s most popular art form. Comics and cartoons have been instrumental in effecting significant dialogue on issues involving society, culture, philosophy, and politics. History has shown them to be instrumental in documenting–and interpreting–historic events and social change. Artistically, comic and cartoon art is created at the highest levels by some of the world’s finest graphic illustrators.
The main goal of the museum is to educate the public about comic and cartoon art, how it is crafted, and how it reflects history.”
http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2010/08/15/museum-of-comic-and-cartoon-art/#more-9620
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