On Wednesday this week the 29 students of my Classical Mythology/Contemporary Art class had the pleasure of visiting the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library – the largest cartoon library on the planet and an amazing place for unique exhibitions, events and workshops as the epicentre for the Columbus cartooning community. It was here that Frank Santoro […]
Three years ago I taught the first manifestation of a Classical Mythology Honors course here at Ohio State that explored the dynamic between Classical Myth and Contemporary Art. At that time, the students encountered a range of artworks using the (then recent) publication Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Art Works (Phaidon 2012). […]
The OSU Undergraduate Classics Club and the next Rough Draft event bring Pittsburgh-based cartoonist Frank Santoro to Columbus on March 17th for a day of exciting events. As part of his visit, he’ll be speaking about the composition of his recent book Pompeii in our own Billy Ireland Cartoon Library. Here’s the poster for the […]