Click here to see and download the winning entries.

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Spring Visiting Artist lineup is here and CCS is swinging for the fences! See all the professional cartoonists, like Jeff Kinney and Raina Telgemeier, due to visit the school this semester on the Schulz Library blog.

The Center for Cartoon Studies is pleased to announce it’s third ever scholarship for a female cartoonist for the 2012-13 school year. The scholarship for $1000 is made possible through the generosity of several female cartoonists. There is no additional application, all female students enrolling in CCS’s MFA or Certificate programs for Fall 2012 will be considered for the scholarship in late May, and scholarship funds will be applied directly to tuition. Click here for Admissions information.

Drawing above by Ivan Brunetti

Saturday, March 3
10am-1pm

• Bring your sketchbook!
• Admissions Portfolio Reviews
• Learn more about the program
• Meet faculty and students
• Tour the campus

Who should attend?
Prospective students, applicants, college students, high school seniors and graduates

Space is limited!
Click here to register online

Read our 2011 appeal comic by Gabby Schulz (CCS Fellow ’06).

Make a donation to CCS online today!

“It’s CCS’s dream building and we’ve had our eye on it since before the school opened, but unfortunately it wasn’t possible financially,” said Michelle Ollie, CCS president and co-founder.

Enter Bayle Drubel—real estate developer, founding CCS board member and past chair—who purchased the post office in 2004. “CCS received a lot of support both locally and nationally to make this purchase possible, but without the Drubel family’s generosity this wouldn’t happen,” said Michelle Ollie.

The Old Post Office building will provide core instruction space, faculty offices, and will be the new home to The Schulz Library, a one-of-a-kind cartoon collection that was forced to vacate the old firehouse after Hurricane Irene. The building purchase complements CCS’s historic campus buildings in downtown White River Junction, which include its founding headquarters at the Colodny building on South Main Street, and studio space in FairPoint’s generously donated Old Telegraph building on Gates Street.

The Center for Cartoon Studies opened in 2005, and this is the school’s first property purchase. “This is a great facility. CCS feels like it’s about to enter a new chapter in its short, storied existence,” said Warren Bingham, CCS board chair.

Located in the heart of White River Junction’s downtown, the old post office (built in 1934) is a Colonial Revival style design, two stories in height with a flat roof, brick masonry construction and a cut granite block foundation. “The old post office is a building of integrity, stability, historic and timeless design,” said Hartford developer and Tip Top Building owner Matt Bucy. “I’m delighted CCS will be its new steward.”

Renovation will begin this winter. Classes will begin in the building in fall 2012.

CCS is thankful for the early support of several local and national donors, and will undertake a multi-year campaign to underwrite the building purchase and renovations.

Cartoon by Alexis Frederick-Frost.

The Center For Cartoon Studies (CCS) is America’s premiere cartooning school and studio, located in the historic village of White River Junction, Vermont. Now offering the Master of Fine Arts, One- and Two-Year Certificates, and summer workshops. Faculty and visiting artists include many of today’s most celebrated cartoonists. CCS has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, LA Times, and The Washington Post. CCS is a driving force behind the recent revitalization of White River Junction, bringing jobs, students, and art to the village.

Meanwhile in White River Junction by CCS Fellow Max deRadigues, makes the short list of OFFICIAL SELECTIONS list for Angoulême.

Read all about it on the Schulz Blog!

Thesis Synopsis by Dakota McFadzean

See the Senior Midterm Thesis Project Synopsis.