February 21, 2011
In recognition of the appointment, a day-long celebration is planned. Events include recognition at the State House in Montpelier by Vermont Representatives, a comics workshop for Berlin Elementary School students at the The Kellogg-Hubbard Library, and a class visit to Elm Hill School in Kochalka’s home town of Springfield, Vermont.
Kochalka will give a talk to the students of The Center for Cartoon Studies at 4pm at Tupelo Music Hall, 188 South Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont. This talk is free and open to the public. For more info, call (802) 295-3319.
The day ends with a concert by the band James Kochalka Superstar at Tupelo Music Hall at 8pm
For tickets and info, visit: tupelohallvermont.com/
Like Vermont’s poet laureate, the cartoonist laureate is a person whose primary residence is Vermont, whose work manifests a high degree of excellence, who has produced a critically acclaimed body of work, and who has a long association with Vermont. In his three-year term, James Kochalka will commemorate significant Vermont events in comics and serve as an ambassador for cartooning—an art form that engages readers of all ages.
For more information on James Kochalka, visit: americanelf.com
