Join us for a webinar that looks at the relationship between dogs and humans from the perspective of animal scientists and animal training professionals. We’ll look at famous cartoon dogs from the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s latest exhibition The Dog Show: Two Centuries of Canine Cartoons and talk about how popular culture has shaped societal views of dogs and the roles that we see them play today. You’ll even see some dogs in action!

FREE and open to all. Registration required.

Presenters: Dr. Liz Parker, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University; Michelle Mullins, Owner and Director of Training at Honest to Dog, LLC; Steve Hoyt, Director of Training, Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist with Pilot Dogs; Dr. Kelly George, Co-director, CHAIRE; and Brian Walker, Cartoonist, Comics Historian, and Curator of “The Dog Show” (on display at the Billy Ireland through October 31, 2021).

This webinar is a partnership between the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and the Center for Human-Animal Interactions Research and Education (CHAIRE).

Art pictured is from Little Annie Rooney by Darell McClure (writer) and Nicolas Afonsky (artist), August 2, 1935 © King Features Syndicate.

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This virtual program will include automated captioning. If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please email libevents@osu.edu as soon as possible. Requests made at least one week prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Join the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and The Ohio State University Newark for an evening (Zoom) with cartoonist Ricardo Caté. Caté is the creator of the newspaper cartoon Without Reservations, which has run daily in the Sante Fe New Mexican since 2006. Without Reservations is the only Native cartoon appearing daily in a mainstream newspaper. Caté is from the Kewa Pueblo, and teaches 7th and 8th grade social studies on the reservation in Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. Caté will discuss his work and career, followed by an audience Q+A.

This FREE event is presented by the Traditional Indigenous Knowledges and the Stepping Out/Stepping Up projects, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Newark Earthworks Center, and made possible by a grant from the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme at The Ohio State University.

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Join exhibit curators Jenny Robb and Lucy Shelton Caswell on Zoom for a virtual guided tour of the exhibit, Into the Swamp: The Social and Political Satire of Walt Kelly’s Pogo, on display at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum until October 31, 2021.

Caswell and Robb explore Kelly’s career, his influences and his legacy, as well as his take on the many political issues of the world in which he lived: from the Red Scare, to the Cold War, to the environment, and presidential elections. Along the way, viewers will see a broad selection of Kelly’s artwork and will hear from special guests Jake Tapper, Lynn Johnston, Ben Sargent, Jeff Smith, Garry Trudeau, Jan Eliot, and Bill Watterson on their favorite aspects of Pogo, as well as how the strip influenced them. The premiere will be followed by a Q+A with the curators.

FREE and open to everyone!

Registration required: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mcFSNS1PQoq7r9-UW0D3zw

RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 17 from 1-4 pm!
(JULY 11 RAINED OUT)

Come draw with us! Chalk artist Hilary Frambes will be outside of the Museum creating large-scale chalk drawings of dogs to celebrate our newest exhibition The Dog Show: Two Centuries of Canine Cartoons! We’ll provide sidewalk chalk for you to add your own canine creations and there will be a few other dog-related activities for children and families to enjoy. Drop-in anytime during this event to join in and visit The Dog Show – museum galleries are open from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Dogs are welcome to attend the outdoor activities (leash required). This event is FREE and open to all.

In case of rain on Sunday, July 11, we will reschedule for Saturday, July 17 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.

Join cartoonist and toy designer Nomi Kane for an hour-long Zoom workshop on how to draw your canine companions! Kane will walk the audience through the basics of dog doodling, and how to add the unique characteristics that make your dogs truly your own. Kane will show how to adjust features like snouts or ears to reflect your pooch’s personality. This workshop is meant for all ages, and children and families are encouraged to participate together! Attendees will have the opportunity to share their drawings. Have your pencils and paper ready.

FREE! 2pm ET (11am PST)

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