Stories tagged political cartoonist

Visiting Artist: Ann Telneas

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Ann Telnaes creates editorial cartoons in various mediums- animation, visual essays, live sketches, and traditional print- for the Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for her print cartoons.

Telnaes’ print work was shown in a solo exhibition at the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 2004. Her first book, Humor’s Edge, was published by Pomegranate Press and the Library of Congress in 2004. A collection of Vice President Cheney cartoons, “Dick”, was self-published by Telnaes and Sara Thaves in 2006. Her work has also been exhibited in Paris, Jerusalem, and Lisbon.

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Visiting Artist: Herblock Prize Winner Jen Sorensen

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Jen Sorensen is a nationally-syndicated political cartoonist whose work has appeared in The Progressive, The Nation, Daily Kos, Austin Chronicle, NPR, Ms., Politico, and many other publications. In 2000 she won a Xeric grant to publish her first collection of strips. She was the recipient of the 2014 Herblock Prize and a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Jen was once clue “12 down” in the Time Out New York crossword puzzle and her work made cameos on the “Queer as Folk” television series. Sorensen is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and National Cartoonists Society. For more information and links to Jen Sorensen’s work, visit:  jensorensen.com

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