KUSF Community Crusade
THE KUSF COMMUNITY CRUSADE offers community organizations support through daily, on-air public service announcements (PSAs).
May 2004 :
- Cartoon Art Museum
- Yerba Buena Center For the Arts
May 2004 Community Crusade - CARTOON ART MUSEUMThis May, KUSF's Community Crusade zeroes in on the fanciful treats offered at the one and only Cartoon Art Museum. The Cartoon Art Museum is the only place in the nation dedicated entirely to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in its many forms. In addition to a 6,000 piece permanent exhibition of treasures such as 19th century political cartoons and 1940s animation cels, the museum has a cartoon art classroom, bookstore, and guest speakers' program.
Throughout May, the Cartoon Art Museum is featuring the timeless art of Theodor Geisel. The Seussentennial Exhibit commemorates the 100th birthday of the Good Doctor with vintage Seuss artifacts, rare original drawings and paintings by one of America's most beloved storytellers and cartoon artists. Not to mention incredible insects, feathered flocks and animated animals, including the Grinch and the Cat in the Hat, all demonstrating the enduring ingenuity and artistry of Dr. Seuss.
Also, check out cartoons that spawned feature films in "Lights, Camera, Action - From the Printed Page to the Silver Screen" and the Small Press Spotlight, featuring the independently published work of Justin Hall such as his online comic tale of Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super Tranny.
Get in tune by dropping by the Cartoon Art Museum at 655 Mission Street or take the tour online. Call 415-227-8666 for all the comic details.
May 2004 Community Crusade - YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTSThis May, KUSF's Community Crusade supports the Yerba Buena Center For the Arts. The Yerba Buena Center For the Arts is a state-of-the-art visual art, film, and performance complex situated just off the grassy knoll in Yerba Buena Gardens.
The Center has a special focus on adventurous art with boundary-bending styles and themes, with exhibits of new work every 3 months by an international array of off-beat artists.
During May, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is presenting Ten Years of Conversations with Joseph Grigely, whose art is essentially about conversations - the paths they take, the forms they have and the stories they tell when retold. Grigely, who's been deaf since childhood, uses written conversations that take place in his daily life; scraps of paper on which hearing people have written notes in order to communicate with him as part of his materials in creating work.
The Yerba Buena Center is also featuring a multimedia exhibition exploring legendary Nigerian Afrobeat Musician and activist Fela Kuti, as well as Nexthetics - An Exploration of Theater, Hip Hop, Spoken Word, and Dance.
It's about time you visit the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 701 Mission Street, across the street from SF MOMA.Ê Call 415-978-ARTS or visit them online.
ARCHIVED CRUSADES 2003
April, 2004: San Francisco Media Archive & Bay Area Video Coalition
March, 2003: Cartoon Art Museum & Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
January, 2003: Friends of the Urban Forest & Save the Bay
February, 2003: Hospice by the Bay & Lyon-Martin Women's Health ServicesARCHIVED CRUSADES 2002
December, 2002: San Francisco Rescue Mission & San Francisco Food Bank
November, 2002: San Francisco City Carshare & San Francisco Bicycle Coalition