Introduction to Czech Animation
While not immediately connected to Oregon cartooning, Czech animation might have had influences in the fields of stop motion animation. You be the judge after watching this short and free…
Cartoon history
Broadway is Oregon Territory
Oregonians began contributing to American theater history starting in the 1870s. During the early decades of the 20th century, which saw the emergence of the American musical, Oregon’s Jazz Age…
Oregon Film History Conference 2017
The Third Annual Oregon Film History Conference took place on May 5, 2017. The conference was supported by Oregon Film, Oregon Film Museum, and Picture This Production Services & Stage.…
Oregon Film History Conference 2018
The Fourth Annual Oregon Film History Conference Oregon’s Minor Cinemas took place on May 4, 2018. The conference was supported by University of Oregon Libraries, Oregon Film, Oregon Film Museum,…
Free Oregon History Comics
In 2010, artist Sarah Mirk started an educational project of creating ten small comic books about Oregon’s history. The project grew bigger than she ever thought it would! The now…
Notes on James Blue
On April 24-26, 2014 a series of James Blue Tribute events took place in conjunction with the University of Oregon’s What Is Documentary conference in the White Stag Building, aka…
Oregon Film History Conference 2019
The Fifth Annual Oregon Film History Conference Music and Oregon Film History took place on May 3, 2019 on the campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The…
Projects
Videos 2011 – Carl Barks’ and Basil Wolverton’s influence on Robert Crumb In 2011, the Oregon Cartoon Institute commissioned Karl Lind to film a conversation between comic experts Patrick Rosenkranz…
Carl Barks + Basil Wolverton = Genius R. Crumb
In this video, Patrick Rosenkranz and Charles Boucher discuss the way two Oregon artists, Carl Barks and Basil Wolverton, influenced legendary underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. The video was produced by…
Elmer Buehler Award
The Elmer Buehler Award was given between 2015 until 2021 for extraordinary accomplishments in the area of film preservation. 2015 – Richard Blue, for his work preserving James Blue’s The…