Sign up your kids to spend spring break at the Schulz Museum. Create art and edible science projects, cook up some favorite meals and treats, and ice skate at Snoopy’s Home Ice! Check the complete schedule at schulzmuseum.org/classes-camps or call (707) 284-1272.

Celebrate Passover by being led through the main parts of the Passover saga with costumes, songs, and play-acting, and sample foods associated with this story.

Designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers, enjoy stories, movement games, and craft activities on the last Monday of the month (March–September). $5 per child/free for up to 2 adults before 11:00 am. Regular museum admission prices apply after 11:00 am. Free for members.

See one of Charles Schulz’s favorite movies on the big screen! Peter Sellers stars in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Free for members/$5 general; includes popcorn and candy. Sponsored by Craig Schulz.

Get started on your Girl Scout Cooking badges by experimenting with different breakfast, lunch, and snack activities at the Schulz Museum. For fees and reservations, visit the Girl Scouts of Northern California website.

Meet, watch, and talk to Dana Simpson, creator of the syndicated comic strip Phoebe and her Unicorn and the web comic Ozy and Millie, as she welcomes her latest graphic novel, Camping with Unicorns (Andrews McMeel Publishing, April 2020).

Watch the feature-length Peanuts film Snoopy, Come Home (1972) on the Museum’s big screen. Written by Charles Schulz and featuring the on-screen debut of Woodstock, Snoopy, Come Home is a fun-loving animated adventure for the whole family.

In this special hands-on workshop just for Girl Scout Cadettes, work with a professional cartoonist to develop stories and characters and create a four-panel comic strip from beginning to end. For fees and reservations, visit the Girl Scouts of Northern California website.

Join Schulz Museum curator Benjamin L. Clark for a conversation with special guest Arnold Shapiro, the former editor at Hallmark Cards responsible for fostering the iconic partnership between Peanuts and the greeting card company. This event is presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, Greetings, Charlie Brown! The Peanuts-Hallmark Connection.

Designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers, enjoy stories, movement games, and craft activities on the last Monday of the month (March–September). $5 per child/free for up to 2 adults before 11:00 am. Regular museum admission prices apply after 11:00 am. Free for members.

See one of Charles Schulz’s favorite movies on the big screen! Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd star in the Oscar-winning film The Last Picture Show (1971). Free for members/$5 general; includes popcorn and candy. Sponsored by Craig Schulz.

Renowned cartoonist and New York Times best-selling author Patrick McDonnell celebrates 25 years of MUTTS with the release of The Art of Nothing and his latest MUTTS treasury, Hot Dogs, Hot Cats, with a talk and book signing. Also, meet live mutts looking for homes from Compassion Without Borders and step up to the Humane Society’s kissing booth where Scamp, the winner of the 2019 World’s Ugliest Dog contest, doles out smooches.

Designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers, enjoy stories, movement games, and craft activities on the last Monday of the month (March–September). $5 per child/free for up to 2 adults before 11:00 am. Regular museum admission prices apply after 11:00 am. Free for members.

Learn art and cartooning from home this July and August with the Charles M. Schulz Museum. Please visit the Classes and Camps Calendar for more information.

Sign up your kids to spend the summer with the Schulz Museum.  Check the complete schedule at Classes and Camps Calendar for more information.

Join us for an in-depth look at Snoopy’s best friend, Woodstock. Creative Associates staff artist, Bryan Stone, will cover Woodstock’s history, his role in the strip, and how he changed over the years. Also learn, step-by-step, how to draw Woodstock. Event meets online on Monday, July 13, 1:00 – 2:00 pm (PST).

**This event is SOLD OUT.**

Join cartoonists Maia Kobabe, Ajuan Mance, and Bishakh Som as they discuss how their work explores and celebrates marginalized identities and self-discovery. Kobabe’s autobiography, Gender Queer, is a 2020 ALA Alex Award winner and Stonewall-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor Book. Mance, a professor of African American literature at Mills College, creates comics and zines including Gender Studies; The Little Book of Big, Black Bears; A Blues for Black Santa; and the 1001 Black Men series. Som’s new Aspara Engine is a collection of short stories exploring the idiosyncrasies of gender. The panel will be moderated by the Cartoon Art Museum’s program coordinator, Nina Taylor Kester.
Event meets online Monday, July 27, 4:00pm (PST).

Celebrate Snoopy’s birthday with a look at how the world-famous beagle transformed over the 50-year run of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. Join Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates staff artist Mary Shyne and learn to draw Snoopy through the ages! From 1950–2000, Snoopy’s appearance evolved artistically even as his fun-loving spirit stayed the same. Learn about the evolution of Schulz’s style while also learning how to draw Snoopy from three different eras of the strip. Event meets online on Monday, August 10, 1:00 – 2:00 pm (PST).

Join Aphton Corbin, Valerie LaPointe, and Louise Smythe as they discuss their roles and experiences as part of Pixar Animation Studios’ Story Department. Moderated by Becki Tower (Animation Department Head, Pixar Animation Studios), the discussion will explore the artists’ personal journeys in the animation industry and what they individually contributed to some of Pixar’s most loved films. Event meets online on Thursday, September 17, 4:00 pm (PT).

Follow along and learn to fold your own Peanuts characters with a selection of specially designed origami patterns featured in the new book Peanuts Origami: 20+ Amazing Paper-Folding Projects Featuring Charlie Brown and the Gang (Andrews McMeel Publishing, September 2020). Fold Charlie Brown’s football, a bobblehead Snoopy, and more. Event meets online on via Zoom Wednesday, September 23, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Brush up on your art and cartooning skills from home with the Charles M. Schulz Museum! Sign up to take online classes with professional instructors in drawing, art, and cartooning. For fees and registration, visit schulzmuseum.org/classes-camps or call (707) 284-1272.

Join the Schulz Museum as we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip with a live conversation between Charles Schulz’s widow, Jean Schulz, and cartoonist Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine and Timmy Failure. Schulz and Pastis will share favorite stories and look back on Charles Schulz’s legacy and impact—personal and professional—while reflecting on what makes Peanuts so resonant 70 years after its first appearance.  Event meets online on via Zoom Saturday, October 3, 5:00 – 6:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Take a unique and rarely seen look at Charles Schulz’s 70-year legacy with the new The Peanuts Book: A Visual History of the Iconic Comic Strip available for purchase through the Museum’s gift shop. Join author Simon Beecroft in conversation with Benjamin L. Clark, Sarah Breaux, and Alexis E. Fajardo as they chart the rich history of the world’s most favorite comic strip. Event meets online on via Zoom Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 3:00 pm (PT).

Celebrate Halloween with the Peanuts Gang by learning to draw Charlie Brown in his bedsheet ghost costume, Lucy in her witches hat and mask, Snoopy as the WW1 Flying Ace, and maybe, if you are sincere enough, even the Great Pumpkin! Atlanta-based cartoonist Robert W. Pope will share live step-by-step drawing instruction during this spooktacular online event. Event meets online on via Zoom Thursday, October 29, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Join Patrick McDonnell, creator of the MUTTS comic strip, to celebrate the publication of The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of MUTTS, and his newest MUTTS treasury, Hot Dogs, Hot Cats. McDonnell will talk about his work, characters, and influences in conversation with Tom Gammill, producer and writer for The Simpsons and Seinfeld, among others. Event meets online on via Zoom Saturday, November 7, 4:00 – 5:30 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Meet Snoopy’s siblings as Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates staff artist Mary Shyne explores the story of Snoopy’s canine family throughout the Peanuts comic strip. Then, learn how to draw each of his siblings from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Gang with a live-drawing demonstration. Event meets online on via Zoom Thursday, November 12, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Girl Scout Cadettes will earn and receive their Comic Artist Badge in this special, online, two-session, hands-on workshop. All you need are paper, pencils, erasers, ruler, ink pens, and your imagination! Charles M. Schulz Museum staff will teach you how to develop stories and characters and create your own four-panel comic strip from beginning to end, all live from the Schulz Museum! Call (707) 544-5472 for fees and reservations or visit the Girl Scouts of Northern California website.

Join cartoonists Robb Armstrong, Darrin Bell, Keith Knight, Elizabeth Montague, and Bianca Xunise as they discuss the Black experience as told through graphic novels and comic stories. The panelists will explore the impact and importance of telling Black stories and championing representation in comics and the comic field. A Q&A will follow the discussion. Event meets online on Thursday, November 19, 4:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Join us for a free online discussion with local women leaders to explore issues of justice, equity, empowerment, and leadership in conjunction with the exhibition Lucy! Fussbudget to Feminist. Panelists Camilla Gray-Nelson, Jennifer Reichardt, and Vivienne Wei will share the challenges and successes of their careers while reflecting on women in business from a contemporary perspective. Moderated by Kerry Rego. Event meets online on Wednesday, December 2, 5:00 pm (PT).

From her comic book debut in 1941 to today’s feature-length films, Wonder Woman reigns as the leading lady of DC Comics. Take a fun look back on her feminist and not-so-feminist history in this online event. Join panelists Meredith Finch, Gail Simone, and Victoria Ying to hear how they reworked Wonder Woman into a formidable female character in a comic universe dominated by men. Moderated by Elena Creef. Event meets online on via Zoom Saturday, December  5, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Join cartoonist Robert W. Pope and learn to draw Good ol’ Charlie Brown. Pope will demonstrate drawing Charlie Brown facing front and in profile to show the visual discrepancies between perspectives. Also, follow along and draw Charlie Brown in his baseball uniform and several more iconic poses. Event meets online on via Zoom Thursday, December 10, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Pacific Time/PT).

Join graphic designer and writer Chip Kidd, author of Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, in conversation with contributor Paige Braddock, Chief Creative Officer at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and creator of the graphic novel series Jane’s World, as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of Peanuts and discuss the enduring impact of Schulz’s beloved and iconic comic strip. They will be joined by Charles Kochman, Editorial Director of Abrams ComicArts, as they take a visual journey through the legacy of Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts.

Get creative with the Schulz Museum over winter break! Join us from your home this month for interactive art, cartooning, and festive winter classes led online by professional artists. For fees and registration, visit schulzmuseum.org/classes-camps or call (707) 284-1272.

Join the Schulz Museum online for our annual New Year’s Eve festivities and spread the joy of celebrating together, no matter your location! Enjoy a virtual Noon-year’s eve celebration with Peanuts-themed crafts, special appearances by Snoopy and Woodstock, and a countdown to the Museum’s annual up-down balloon drop at Noon. Event meets online Thursday, December 31, 11:00 am – Noon (PT).