Opening August 8th, 2008

Drawn to the Hive: Cartooning Pittsburgh’s Mayors

ToonSeum celebrates Pittsburgh’s 250th birthday with a cartoon tribute to our mayors through the editorial cartoons of Rob Rogers- Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Randy Bish-Tribune Review, Tim Hartman-North Hills New Record, Tim Menees-Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and Cy Hungerford of the Pittsburgh Sun and Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The exhibit will feature original art by some of the nations top editorial cartoonists who happen to call Pittsburgh home!

Funding Provided by:

The Jean Schulz Donor Advised Fund of Sonoma County Foundation

The Hilda and Freddie Fu Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation

Reading is FUNdamental

The ToonSeum Drawing Board of Directors Fund

Special Thanks to:

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco

Rose Marie McDaniel

The Charles M. Schulz Museum

ToonSeum Mission Statement

The mission of the ToonSeum is to celebrate the art of cartooning. Our goal is to promote a deeper appreciation of the cartoonists and their work through hands-on workshops, community outreach, cartoon-oriented educational programming, and exhibitions of original cartoon art.