Save the date for our Summer Camps!

Cartoon Canines and Other Critters: A How To Toon Summer Camp

Cartooning Camp with Joe Wos

July 7-9, 9:30 to 12
@ ToonSeum Pittsburgh and Cultural District Education Center ClassroomsDowntown Pittsburgh

Ages 5-8
Fee $175 (includes supplies)
Early-bird registration $150 before March 26th.

Join professional cartoonist Joe Wos and the ToonSeum for three days of instruction and fun with “Cartoon Canines and Critters: A How To

Toon Summer Camp.”

This one-of-a-kind mini-camp is designed exclusively for younger artists, revealing simple tricks of the trade that will help kids create their very own comics and characters! With the motto “Anyone Can Toon,” the program emphasizes the creativity and confidence of the individual by teaching technique, characterization and cartoon history.

Students will also get an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the ToonSeum's latest exhibit, Cartoon Canines, featuring some of the most famous mutts of all time and the artists who created them, as well as storytime performances, guest cartoonists, and a few appearances from some furry friends.

Joe's tutorial skills have been refined by over 25 years of cartooning experience.

Comics and Graphic Storytelling: A How To Toon Camp

July 19-23, 9:30- 3:30

@ ToonSeum Pittsburgh and

Cultural District Education Center Classrooms
Downtown Pittsburgh

Ages 10-15

$250 (includes supplies)
Early bird registration $225 before March 26th.

Have a burgeoning artist in the family? An avid comics reader? A video-game connoisseur?

Comic art has been the most commercially popular artform around the world for more than a century. From Bugs Bunny to Mario Brothers to Scott Pilgrim, every comic, cartoon, and video-game started with an idea and a drawing on paper.

Explore the art of comics and cartooning in this exciting camp, taught by Joe Wos and local professional editorial, comic, and animation artists. Students will examine the techniques of penciling, character design, and storytelling, and how to combine these elements in the production of their very own zine.

The camp is designed to emphasize the unique vision of the individual, regardless of experience and skill level, and engender a deeper appreciation of the diverse world of graphic storytelling.

The first resident cartoonist of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa and the Executive Director of the ToonSeum Pittsburgh, Joe Wos has performed and conducted storytelling and cartooning workshops for both children and adults all over the country.