Dr. Seuss Unorthodox Taxidermy at the Chuck Jones Gallery–San Diego
Reception | Saturday, May 28, 2016 | 5 to 8 PM | RSVP 888-294-9880
Meet Collections expert, Jeff Schuffman.
Chuck Jones Gallery presents
The Art of Dr. Seuss Exhibition featuring the
Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy,
with an unveiling of the final Marine Muggs sculpture, "Powerless Puffer"
San Diego, California:
For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss's illustrations have brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. However, his artistic talent went far beyond the printed page and yet, to this day, his Secret Art Collection is virtually unknown to the general public. Throughout his lifetime, Ted Geisel created paintings and sculpture which he secreted away at the Dr. Seuss Estate.
A compelling selection of artworks from The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection will be on display at Chuck Jones Gallery from May 28-June 12, 2016. Visitors will view works from Dr. Seuss's best-known children's books, and explore The Secret Art of Dr Seuss Collection, a mind-expanding collection based on decades of artwork that Dr. Seuss created at night for his own personal pleasure. Perhaps the wackiest and most wonderful elements of the collection are Dr. Seuss's three-dimensional "Unorthodox Taxidermy" sculptures with names like The Carbonic Walrus, The Two-Horned Drouberhannis, and the Goo-Goo-Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast, to name a few.
Chuck Jones Gallery is one of the few galleries in the United States authorized to represent The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection. Gallery director Michael Fiacco says: "We are proud to provide our community with a rare opportunity to view and learn about the artistic legacy of Theodor Seuss Geisel, one of the most significant American icons of our time."
Artworks from this historic collection have traveled to museums and galleries across three continents since its inception in 1997, with works from The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection now hanging in collections alongside the likes of Picasso, Chagall, Warhol, and other 20th century masters. Each of these Estate-Authorized limited editions have been adapted and reproduced from Theodor Seuss Geisel's original drawings, paintings, or sculptures. Additionally, each work bears a posthumously printed or engraved Dr. Seuss signature, identifying the work as an authorized limited edition commissioned by the Dr. Seuss Estate.
Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) asked his wife, Audrey, to wait until he was gone before bringing these works to the public. Secretly, he wanted to be recognized as a serious artist, but publicly, he was quick to describe his private works as "Midnight Paintings." In her preface to the popular coffee table book on this collection, The Cat Behind the Hat, Audrey Geisel writes: "I'm gratified to carry out Ted's wishes and have these works revealed to the world."
Amazingly, despite the unprecedented demand during his lifetime, no limited edition artworks were ever conceived, authorized, or created until this historic project began in 1997, six years after Geisel's death. That year, Audrey Geisel commissioned this exclusive project and put into motion a series of artworks and exhibitions that would carry out her promise to Ted, while firmly establishing him as one of the most iconic talents of the 20th century.
Join us for a fascinating look at the art and life of Theodor Seuss Geisel!
WHAT: Art of Dr. Seuss Exhibition featuring known and unknown works from the life of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Artworks will be on exhibition and available for acquisition.
WHEN: May 28 to June 12, 2016
WHERE: Chuck Jones Gallery
RSVP: 888-294-9880
WEBSITE: www.chuckjones.com
About the Artist: Theodor Seuss Geisel (American, 1904–1991)
Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, began his career as a little known editorial cartoonist in the 1920s. His intriguing perspective and fresh concepts ignited his career, and his work evolved quickly to deft illustrations, modeled sculpture, and sophisticated oil paintings of elaborate imagination.
Dr. Seuss is currently best known as one of the most beloved and bestselling children's authors of all time, having written and illustrated classics such as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, Ted Geisel was also a political cartoonist for PM magazine during World War II, as well as a contributing illustrator for Vanity Fair and Life. He enjoyed a long, successful advertising career, had writing interests in three Academy Awards, received The Pulitzer Prize, a Peabody Award, and two Emmys.
His unique artistic vision emerged as the golden thread which linked every facet of his varied career, and his artwork became the platform from which he delivered 45 children's books, over 400 World War II political cartoons, hundreds of advertisements, and countless editorials filled with wonderfully inventive animals, characters, and clever humor. Geisel single-handedly forged a new genre of art that falls somewhere between the Surrealist Movement of the early 20th century and the inspired nonsense of a child's classroom doodles.
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About Chuck Jones Gallery:
The Chuck Jones Gallery is the only gallery in San Diego devoted to the art of American Pop Culture, representing not only the work of its namesake, four-time Academy Award recipient and legendary animation director and creator, Chuck Jones, but also art work by Dr. Seuss and all animation studios. Included in the ongoing gallery exhibits are original paintings and fine art editions by artists such as Charles Schulz, Tom Everhart, Markus Pierson, and Fabio Napoleoni. The gallery is open seven days a week from 10 to 8 PM, except on Sunday when they close at 6 PM. The gallery website is at ChuckJones.com. Chuck Jones Gallery, 232 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Gallery, Events: Past, Present & Future, Other Artists of Note and tagged Dr. Seuss, La Jolla, sculpture, Unorthodox Taxidermy, whimsical on May 26, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
Tonight and Tomorrow Night!
Tonight is the Preview night for the Red Dot Auction and tomorrow is the Main Event! We want to thank all of the artists who have participated this year (names below) for their creativity and generosity of spirit. Without them, there would be no Red Dot Auction. Tickets are still available atChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot! Which artist's work will you go home with Friday evening?
Julie Bagby
Cindy Beatteay
Bruce Berglund
Mike Bilz
David Bird
Lisa Bolen
Teri Brudnak
Eric Calande
Christian Calle
Susan Celis
Benni Cinkle
Rocio Cintron
Susan Clemens
Anna Marie Crovetti
Amanda Crum
Cynthia Damiano
Cory De Yonker
Jeff DeGrandis
Denise Dion-Scoyni
Luke Duong
Lily Dye
Bob Elias
Steve Ellis
Michael C. Falk
Ron Ferdinand
Brian James Fichtner
Olivia Forrester
Hope Freleng
Mako Fufu
Steve Gamba
Sharon Gauthier
John Gaydos
Katie Gerlt
Eric Goldberg
Reece Gomez
Rebecca Gomez
Audrey Gonzalez
Zachary Goodson
Oksana Grineva
Sabrina Griswold
Kevin Gross
Samuel Jr. Guerrero
Terri Hardin
Ken Harris
Sylvia Hasbach
Dave Hausman
Alexis Hejna
Allen Helbig
Michele Chaffe Hill
Gary Hogue
Jeremy Holden
John Howitt
Marian Jones
Linda Jones
Naylene Justis
Samantha Kausen
Craig Kausen
Daniel Killen
Heather Knapowski
Mary C Knapp
Mike Kungl
Mike Kupka
Carolyn Le
Fran Lew
Lori Lewis
Hannah Lieberman
Annette Lily
Doug Lothers
Martha Lothers
Noelle Lucia
Larissa Marantz
S.O. Mable Martin
Jamie Martin
Erica McCay
Gina McMillen
Tony Meador
Pamala Meador
Hillary Miller
Ylenia Mino
Mini Mukherjee
Jimmy Mulligan
Micah Murray
Fabio Napoleoni
Jimm Nawrocki
Olivia Nicoll
TJ Novy
Brian Oakley
Cesilia Ochoa
Ben Olson
Anthony W. Owens
Krissta Passanante
Stephanie Perez
Charles Perkins
Melissa Mae Phillips
Enrique Pita
Katy Price
Maria Reverberi
Andrea Rosales
Scott Ryder
Brenda Salamone
Luis Salazar
Andrea Salisbury
Eric Scales
Selrahc Senoj
Debbie Sleeper
Jennifer Sleeper
Jeffrey Speiser
Margaret Spurlock
Eva Szilagyi
Tommy Szurgot
Ron Szurgot II
Jerry "T-WACK" Talley
Mayu Tanimoto
Laura Tanimoto
Eric & Bill Teitelbaum
Martin Tesch
Wayne Todd
Taylor Rose Trujillo
June Valentine-Ruppe
Anna Vanover
Mick Victor
Will Vochelli
Miracle Wallace
Ben Washam
Anne Waterman-Tanner
Vernon Williams
John Yasutomi
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged artists, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, creativity, fundraiser, Red Dot Auction, silent auction, thank you on May 12, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
Which Artist's Work Will You Take Home at the Red Dot Auction?
With just a week left before the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist Naylene Justis.
Naylene Justis has been fascinated by drawing since she was able to hold a crayon. She has been equally fascinated with silliness, and so cartoons have been a lifelong passion. She studied animation at Cal State Fullerton where she graduated in 2012. She currently works as a caricature artist at Downtown Disney turning real people into cartoon drawings. When she isn't drawing cartoons or devouring mammoth novels she can often be found volunteering at the Chuck Jones Center.
Will you go home with Naylene's donation to this year's Red Dot Auction? Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Council for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged artist, caricaturist, Chuck Jones, Disneyland, donation, fundraiser, Naylene Justis, Red Dot Auction on May 7, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
Which Artist's Work Will You Go Home with this Year at the Red Dot Auction?
With just a week left before the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist Jimm Nawrocki.
My current work is mixed media collage with a facial or figurative imagery focus.
I generally start out with an image that I have manipulated with the computer and print out this image on my ink jet printer. I then take that image, make different versions of it through additional manipulations, and cut and paste parts of these versions onto the original image to create a new image. I will also add different elements, tape, googly eyes, stickers, news print, wire mesh, cardboard or whatever, to the image to change it even more.
I don't know that I have a specific goal or end result in mind when I go through this building process. I am very much drawn to making the image into something else, pushing it into a different direction, and just seeing what happens. I want my creation to have a certain ambiguity or uncertainty. My art should express a range of ideas and give the viewer something to think about.
This is Jimm's sixth year contributing a work to the Red Dot Auction; will you go home with it? Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged artist, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, creativity, donation, fundraiser, Jimm Nawrocki, Red Dot Auction, silent auction on May 5, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
With less than two weeks until the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist June Valentine-Ruppe.
June was born and raised in California where she continues to pursue her love of drawing, illustrating and painting. For over 20 years she has illustrated more than 120 collectable children's books for Publishers such as Disney, Random House, Scholastic, Golden Books, Lyrick and Publishers International. In these books, June illustrated licensed Characters including: Sesame Street Characters; Disney Characters, such as the Fab Five, Little Mermaid and Winnie The Pooh; Lamb Chop and Friends; and Barney the Dinosaur, among many others. But, according to June, " my real love has always been painting on canvas, which gives me the freedom to create my own original art work. I love bringing interesting characters to life".
Will you go home with June's work at this year's Red Dot Auction? Be there to find out. Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged artist, children's books, Chuck Jones, creativity, Disney, donation, fundraiser, illustrator, June Valentine-Ruppe, Red Dot Auction, Sesame Street, silent auction on May 4, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
Which Artist's Work Will You Go Home with at this Year's Red Dot Auction?
With less than two weeks until the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist Jeffrey Speiser.
Jeff Speiser's talent for art was recognized at an early age. His kindergarten report card noted that he was the "best male artist in the class." (Thanks to his mom for holding onto his report cards for all these years). Jeff attended Cornell University where he majored in Film and Animation. During and after college, Jeff worked as an assistant animator and layout artist for Sesame Street,Reading Rainbow, MTV Animation and on the Academy Award-nominated short, The Chicken from Outer Space. Today, Jeff continues to work in design and marketing where he has completed projects for brands like Disney, The Walking Dead, Marvel Comics, the NBA, the NFL and more. Jeff lives in Celebration, FL with his wife Julie, son Connor and daughter Willow.
Will you go home with Jeffrey's work at this year's Red Dot Auction? Be there to find out. Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged animator, artist, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, creativity, donate, fundraiser, illustrator, Jeff Speiser, painting, Red Dot Auction on May 3, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
With less than two weeks until the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist Andrea Rosales.
Andrea is an illustrator, graphic designer, concept and comic-book artist with a passion for visual storytelling and a love for infusing her art with a sense of whimsy, vigor and puns.
While growing up in Portland, OR, Andrea cultivated her love for art over the course of many rainy afternoons. Having recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University, Andrea is now based in sunny Los Angeles, CA working as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
She has exhibited her work at CTN Animation Expo in Burbank (2014, 2015) and at Rose City Comic-Con (2015) in Portland, OR. Currently she runs her online art shop, Good Walrus Goods and is working on Nine Twilights, a web comic adventure series which fuses magical girls and Norse mythology together. (NineTwilights.com)
When not drawing, Andrea loves to watch old school cartoons, read comics and enjoy a hot cup o' cocoa.
Will you go home with Andrea's work at this year's Red Dot Auction? Be there to find out. Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged Andrea Rosales, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, comic, fundraiser, illustration, painting, Red Dot Auction on May 2, 2016 by Robert Patrick.
With less than two weeks until the Red Dot Auction, we wanted to share with you the stories of the artists who have donated art work (or in some cases, more than one) to this year's Red Dot Auction. This fundraiser, now in its sixth year, benefits the programs of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Today we feature artist Jamie Martin. (Jamie takes private lessons at the Center with its teaching artist, Denise Dion-Scoyni.)
Jamie Martin is a 9th grade student and has a passion for creativity. When he was just under two years old you couldn't keep him from his Lego's if he had an idea he had already begun working on. Jamie loves animation and everything that goes into the creative process from beginning to end, there isn't any detail that escapes his interest. He is really honored to get to participate in the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity's Red Dot Auction. Jamie has really benefited from the classes he has participated in at the center,and hopes to continue his artistic growth. He loves the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Marvin Martian.
Will you go home with Jamie's work at this year's Red Dot Auction? Be there to find out. Ticket's available at ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot. Pre-bidding is now available at Heritage Auctions, click here to place your bids.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Events: Past, Present & Future, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note and tagged artist, Chuck Jones, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, donated artwork, fundraiser, Jamie Martin, painting, Red Dot Auction, silent auction on May 1, 2016 by Robert Patrick.