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Festival organisers thank all artists, sponsors & supporters for making the 2008 Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival a huge success. Click here
Since
2003 the town has hosted this
international event which attracts
around 40 full-time, professional
cartoonists and caricaturists
from the UK and abroad.
From
18th - 20th April over 40 professional
cartoonists and caricaturists
from the UK and overseas converged
on Shrewsbury and were set loose
to cartoon and caricature for
the public.
The Festival offers unique opportunities to see artists at work; 20 of them on huge boards in The Square during the weekend, others drawing caricatures and some running cartoon workshops for all ages. Some photos of this year’s Festival are shown below and more will appear on the site shortly.
The theme of the 2008 Festival was 'Art' and one of the highlights of the Festival were an exhibition of new work by Festival cartoonists entitled 'But is it Art' and ‘Art About Face’ an exhibition of caricatures of faces from the world of the arts. Pictures from the exhibitions of this years Festival will be appearing on this site shortly.
Meanwhile an exhibition of cartoons on the theme of Climate Change continues until 26th May at Gallery 3, The Gateway, Chester Street, Shrewsbury.
You can see the full programme of events for the 2008 Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival by clicking on the Events button in the menu, and more information about different aspects of the Festival by clicking here. Dates and events for 2009 will be anounced over the coming months.
Please click on the buttons for more information about events, previous Festivals and to see some of the cartoons - some of which may cause laughter, possibly out loud.
