Kerr Regional History Center to host traveling exhibit “Cartooning Texas”

The Kerr Regional History Center will begin hosting “Cartoon Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State. The exhibition was developed by Maury Forman and Robert A. Calvert for the Center for Texas Studies at the University of North Texas with support from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The cartoon works will be representative of several colorful political campaigns in Texas throughout the years, ranging from the controversial Governor Jim Hogg to the remarkable Pappy O’Daniel. “Cartooning Texas” is both a cartoon history of Texas politics and a history of 100-years of political cartooning in the state, according to museum curators.

Humanities Texas develops and supports diverse programs all across Texas includes lectures, oral history projects, teacher institutes, traveling exhibitions and documentary films. For more details go online: www.humanitiestexas.org, or call (512) 440-1991.

The exhibition is free and available to the public June 14 to July 12, Tuesday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information visit the City of Kerrville’s website: www.kerrvilletx.gov, or call (830) 258-1278.