The 21st
Cartoon Art Trust Awards
The Cartoon Art Trust Award or CAT Awards are presented in an annual award ceremony hosted by the Cartoon Art Trust (CAT), owners and operators of the Cartoon Museum, to honour the year's best cartoonists. The 21st Cartoon Art Trust Awards were ...
, hosted by the
Cartoon Art Trust
The Cartoon Art Trust is a charity founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, which acts as the owner and operator of the London Cartoon Museum, and also runs the Cartoon Art Trust Awards. Its chairman is the cartoonist Oliver Preston.
History
The C ...
, owners and operators of the
Cartoon Museum
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, were held on 12 October 2017 at the
Mall Galleries
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* Esplanade
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in
London
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, honouring the best cartoons of 2017. The award ceremony was hosted by cartoonist and museum chairman
Oliver Preston
Oliver Preston (born 21 December 1962) is a British cartoonist, publisher, and chairman and co-founder of The Cartoon Museum in London.
Career
Preston worked in the City of London (1984-1995), latterly as a bond salesman at Lehman Brothers, w ...
.
Winners
*
British Cartoonists' Association
The British Cartoonists' Association is an association of British Cartoonists. The BCA awards the annual Young Cartoonist of the Year Award which is presented at the annual Cartoon Art Trust Awards, hosted by the Cartoon Art Trust at the Cartoon ...
Young Cartoonist of the Year Award – Under 18 Billy Barron
[Official 2017 CAT Award Guide, p10]
* British Cartoonists' Association Young Cartoonist of the Year Award – Under 30 Ella Baron
* CAT Award for Joke Cartooning: Adam Singleton
* CAT Award for Strip Cartooning:
Alexander Williams
* CAT Award for Caricature: Ben Jennings
* CAT Award for Political Cartooning:
Bob Moran
* The Pont Cup for drawing The British Character:
Sally Artz
Sally Artz is a British cartoonist and illustrator, whose work has been featured in many publications including ''Punch'', '' Private Eye'', ''Reader’s Digest'', ''The Spectator'', the ''Mail on Sunday, The Oldie'' and the ''Daily Mirror''. S ...
[Official 2017 CAT Award Guide, p15]
* The Heneage Cup: The Cartoon Art Trust Lifetime Achievement Award"
Peter Brookes
Peter D. Brookes, (born 28 September 1943) is an English cartoonist who has produced work for numerous publications, including '' Radio Times'', ''New Society'', ''New Statesman'', ''The Spectator'', and, most notably, ''The Times'', for whi ...
Official Site
Retrieved October 2017
See also
* Cartoon Art Trust Awards
The Cartoon Art Trust Award or CAT Awards are presented in an annual award ceremony hosted by the Cartoon Art Trust (CAT), owners and operators of the Cartoon Museum, to honour the year's best cartoonists. The 21st Cartoon Art Trust Awards were ...
* Cartoon Museum
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images ...
References
* The Times, p57, 26 October 2017
* Daily Telegraph 14 October 2017
Notes
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External links
Cartoon Museum Official site
Retrieved 29 January 2020
2017 in London
October 2017 events in the United Kingdom
Annual events in the United Kingdom