We are pleased to announce that Communication Arts alumnus Richie Pope (BFA ’09) has been awarded the annual Columbus Comics Residency. This three-week residency, which provides Pope an opportunity to exhibit his work at the Columbus Museum of Art, is granted to one artist per year who demonstrates an experimental approach to creating comics and graphic novels.
Pope’s residency includes collaborations with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), CMA, and CCAD. Pope will serve as a Special Guest of CXC, which will be held September 27 – 30, 2018. CXC is a multi-faceted, yearly festival celebrating comics and cartooning, the city of Columbus, and cartoonists worldwide. An exhibition of his work will be on view September 1, 2018 through March 10, 2019 at CMA. In addition, William Evens, poet and editor-in-chief at the website Black Nerd Problems, will interview Pope at CMA on the last day of CSC, Sunday, September 30 at 10:30 am at CMA. Pope will stay in the visiting artist residence on the CCAD campus from September 22 through October 13, 2018.
Read the full release at columbusmuseum.org.
Image: Richie Pope, Black Panther and the Revenge of the Black Nerds, Illustration for The New York Times. Courtesy of the artist. Credit via columbusmuseum.org.
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