17
March 2025

The Art Of The Cartoon - Lecture

Welcome to The Arts Society Bowdon
Monday, March 17, 2025 - 13:45
The Bowdon Rooms
The Firs Bowdon WA14 2TQ
Online Event

The Art Of The Cartoon

THE ART OF THE CARTOON

Harry will be tracing the history of the cartoon from early practitioners like Cruickshank and Hogarth, to more contemporary artists such as Giles and Schulz, bringing events up to date with cartoons produced fresh on the page that day.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Harry Venning

Harry Venning is a cartoonist, comedy writer and performer based in Brighton. Harry’s cartoons have appeared in publications as diverse as Mathematics Today, Radio Times, Music Teacher and The Stage. For twenty five years he provided The Guardian with the weekly strip cartoon Clare In The Community, about an unaware and empathy free social worker. In 2004 he developed Clare In The Community into a successful BBC Radio 4 sitcom starring Sally Philipps which ran for twelve series. When not at a desk , Harry tours his cartoon workshop around schools, theatres, arts centres, cruise ships and festivals. He is an accredited lecturer with the UK Arts Society, an Honorary Fellow of the English/Creative Writing departments of Aberystwyth University, resident cartoonist with the Blue Hat team building organisation, UK Social Workers Union honorary ambassador, winner of a Sony Radio Award for Comedy and a former UK Strip Cartoonist Of The Year. He cannot draw hands or horses.