Today was the Raggedy Ann and Friends: kids day at the Cartoon Art Museum. The exhibit was cureated by Andrew Talbot(raggedyandrew.com) who is major Raggedy collector. The show features many pieces from Raggedy creator, Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Ann and Friends:
The Art of Johnny Gruelle
June 26 – November 8, 2004Join the Cartoon Art Museum in celebrating the amazing artwork of Johnny Gruelle, best known for creating Raggedy Ann and Andy, the beloved rag doll characters that have remained popular since their respective introductions in 1915 and 1920. Few people realize that Gruelle (1880–1938) was also a versatile and prolific newspaper and magazine cartoonist and illustrator, and the author/illustrator of many books unrelated to the Raggedy characters.
The event was lots of fun for the kids and the adults too. I read stories to kids and helped with the arts and craft tables.
One exercise was to make a paper and cloth dolls. But some of the little boys where shying away from anything with the word “doll” in it. Maybe we should have called them paper Action Figures. So I took it to make some more manly ones. Below: Andy the mountain man, He-Andy, and Raggedy Hulk.
The whole day was fun and a great success. Check out more at the Cartoon Art Museum.
