Tempe Center for the Arts has an exhibit on Chuck Jones, the cartoonist who worked with Warner Bros. to create characters that were developed on Looney Tunes from the beginning of April to June 18th.
This gallery spans not only Jones' career, but his lifetime. Starting at the left side of the gallery, his career is chronicled in decades, from the time he was in college pursuing a degree in art to the nineties, when he completed his last drawings of Buggs Bunny and the crew.
Jones started out sketching and painting portraits, but became interested in drawing cartoons. He helped design and create many characters, including Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Gossamer, and Marvin the Martian.
The back of the gallery displayed his art desk with sketches on it as well as two of the twelve bookcases he owned. Two lists were beside the display, listing every book in order that were placed on those bookcases. The book selections were varied, ranging from books on chivalry and cooking to artist books to Mark Twain journals. A screen is hung above his desk that plays a documentary on Jones in great detail about his life, family, love, and career.
There are cartoon drawings and paintings as well as a list of characters that Chuck Jones had helped create. There is a little viewing theater designed for the kids who visit the exhibit with their parents where they can sit and watch cartoons while their parents walk through it.
If anyone becomes inspired by the paintings and sketches around the gallery, they can draw a cartoon on a sticky note and put it up on the wall: many people have done so and have created their own works of art or draw replicas of Jones' or other famed cartoonist's works.
Those working at the exhibit are in great spirits; each person has an interesting tidbit or two about the exhibit itself that enhances the experience. Go check it out before it ends on the 18th of June.
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