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Anna Bier to
exhibit Paul Ackley, local Editorial Cartoon Artist
The Anna Bier Gallery will present Darke County’s historical editorial
and political cartoon artist, Paul Ackley, at Henry St. Clair Memorial
Hall in Greenville on Saturday, September 22nd 2018; the exhibit will
be open from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. with an artist presentation at 7 p.m.
Enjoy a stroll down memory lane through a collection of many of
Ackley’s cartoons over the years. A featured piece, drawn in the
streets of Chicago, depicts a day in the life of an elderly homeless
woman and a child. The young girl utilizes a paper bag to protect her
head from the Windy City, smiling and holding tight to the front of the
shopping cart, like Kate Winslet on the Titanic. She does not know her
suffering and embraces the joy of her life in that moment. This piece
and many others reflect Ackley’s bold interpretation of local and
national issues, offering us an invitation to think. This is the beauty
of art.
Born into the tribe of the Sokaogan Chippewa Community of Northern
Wisconsin, Ackley is a product of two artistic parents and has been
drawing since he can remember. He is a graduate of the American Academy
of Art and Columbia College in Chicago and had his first editorial
cartoon published in 1978. Since then Ackley’s cartoons have been
published by The Daily Advocate, The Early Bird and The Dayton City
Paper. He has earned five Associated Press Awards and has been
commissioned for countless works, one of which is hanging in the office
of the Pentagon, and another in the home of Senator John Boehner.
This exhibit will run through October 6th, 2018. The Anna Bier Gallery
exhibits and events are made possible through the gracious support of
Second National Bank, Darke County Endowment for the Arts, Ketrow
Foundation, Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund, Harry D. and Esther
Stephens Memorial, Darke County Foundation, and through all the
generous contributions of our loyal members and sponsors. We thank
them. All exhibits are free to the public. The Gallery will be
open every day by appointment. Please contact Tamera McNulty, Executive
Director, at 937-564-5863 to visit the gallery or for any questions.
You may also visit us on Facebook for more information.
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