Pop Culture in Peanuts - A proposed new traveling exhibit
Dinah Houghtaling
*We are trying to determine the level of interest for this exhibition. Please see below.*
Tell the story of your communities’ pop culture with…
© 1966 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Detail from Peanuts, July 28, 1966
Pop Culture in Peanuts
Presented by the Charles M. Schulz Museum | Traveling Exhibition Program
From coon skin caps to 3-D glasses, Charles Schulz made frequent reference to pop culture fads and trends in the Peanuts comic strip. The Charles M. Schulz Museum’s newest proposed traveling exhibition, Pop Culture in Peanuts, takes a light-hearted look at the last half of twentieth-century America, as viewed through Schulz’s witty and whimsical interpretation.
Like any writer, Schulz used all of his experiences, observations, and reflections in creating his comic strip, and the eccentricities of pop culture were often a rich source of material. “Part of Schulz’s genius lay in his ability to adapt the latest pop cultural slang or trend in a way that was relevant and uniquely funny,” said Jane O’Cain, Curator of the exhibition.
This proposed traveling exhibition includes 70 high-quality reproductions of original Peanuts strips and a small selection of three dimensional objects highlighting Peanuts pop culture-themed memorabilia, as well as some of Schulz’s personal effects. Each hosting venue is invited to enhance this exhibition with their own community or institution’s pop culture artifacts from photographs and newspaper clippings to that old mood ring or surfboard sitting in the closet!
This exhibition will be available starting January 2013. Appropriate for 1500-2000 square foot galleries. The rental fee is $7,500 +inbound shipping for a 12 week minimum booking.
About the Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center
The Charles M. Schulz Museum opened in August 2002 to fulfill its mission of preserving, displaying, and interpreting the art of Charles M. Schulz. The Museum carries out this mission through changing and traveling exhibitions and programming that build an understanding of cartoonists and cartoon art; illustrate the scope of Schulz’s multi-faceted career; communicate the stories, inspirations and influences of Charles Schulz; and celebrate the life of Charles Schulz and the Peanuts characters.
*We are trying to determine the level of interest for this exhibition.
If you are interested in hosting this exhibition or for more details, please contact:
Dinah Houghtaling, Traveling Exhibits Manager | Di...@schulzmuseum.org |707-284-1287
Charles M. Schulz Museum | 2301 Hardies Lane | Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Sample Text Panel and Comic strips from Pop Culture in Peanuts
© 1954 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
January 25, 1954 — Long before the popularity of Avatar, the early 1950s saw a short-lived 3-D movie fad.
© 1974 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
May 6, 1974 — Streaking became popular on college campuses in the mid-1970s.
© 1980 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
July 8, 1980 — Pulling from cinematic pop culture, Peppermint Patty attempts to emulate
Bo Derek in the movie 10.
Dinah Houghtaling
Traveling Exhibits Manager
Charles M. Schulz Museum
2301 Hardies Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95403