Can’t come to us this year? Let us bring the Schulz Museum to you online!
Bring hands-on cartooning, live educator interactions, and the joy of the Peanuts Gang to your students and community members with the Schulz Museum’s new online programs.
- Introduce students to the art of cartooning, the world of Peanuts, and the life of one of the most famous and influential cartoonists in the world, Charles M. Schulz.
- Sign up for a live tour of the Museum’s exhibitions, a hands-on drawing session, or a lesson with a professional cartoonist.
- Each program is designed to engage, enrich, and support current Common Core standards.
- Each program offers students a chance to try their hand at drawing and cartooning.
Choose from the themes below and request your program today! For questions, please contact us at (707) 284-1263 or schooltours@schulzmuseum.org.
Ask us about special accommodations for libraries and additional participants.
To download a flyer, click here.
Online Workshops
Cartooning in Your Classroom
Recommended for Grades 1 and up
This live, interactive experience includes an introduction to Charles Schulz, Peanuts, and the Schulz Museum followed by a guided drawing of several of Schulz’s most popular characters. Participants will need their own paper, pencil, eraser, and imagination as they learn to draw Snoopy and other Peanuts characters along with the basics of drawing different emotions and using the visual language of cartoons to tell stories.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $100 for up to 35 participants
Art of the Story
Recommended for Grades 3 and up
Learn how Charles Schulz uses his life experiences to develop characters and convey stories in four cartoon panels. Explore the key elements of a story and learn to tell your own story with images in a hands-online cartoon workshop.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $100 for up to 35 participants
Virtual Field Trips
Charles Schulz and Peanuts
Recommended for Grades 3 and up
Take a live online tour of the Schulz Museum and explore the life of Charles M. Schulz and the early influences that inspired his ideas for the Peanuts comic strip. Also, learn to draw at least one of Schulz’s most memorable characters with your own unique additions!
Length: 50 minutes
Fees: $150 for up to 35 participants
Lucy: Leading Lady of Peanuts
Recommended for Grades 3 and up
Enjoy a virtual tour of the Schulz Museum’s new exhibition, Lucy! Fussbudget to Feminist, and a look at Lucy from the 1950s to 2000s as she develops from a starry-eyed toddler to the convention-breaking champion of women’s rights. This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. The tour will be followed by a guided drawing lesson on how to draw Lucy, of course!
Length: 50 minutes
Fees: $150 for up to 35 participants
Professional Cartooning Experiences
Joe Wos in Your Classroom
Recommended for Grades K and up
Professional cartoonist Joe Wos will lead students through guided drawing lessons that break down the art of cartooning into easy-to-follow instructions. This fast-paced, live instruction covers the art of visual storytelling, from basic line work to developing characters, and helps students understand their artistic abilities! Perfect for all skill levels.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $200 for up to 50 participants
Cartoon and Storytelling Assembly with Joe Wos
All Grades and Levels
A lively and engaging program featuring storytelling and live cartoon illustration with cartoonist Joe Wos. Wos draws stories while he tells them and includes a short guessing game, two stories, up to 17 illustrations, and a short closing followed by a Q&A. Themes include bullying prevention, creativity and the arts, being yourself, world folktales, and many more.
Length: 40-minutes
Fees: $400 for unlimited participants
ABOUT JOE WOS
Regarded as a master maze-maker and cartoonist, Joe Wos is the artist behind the internationally syndicated feature MazeToons and the best-selling MazeToons book series. Wos has been a visiting cartoonist at the Charles M. Schulz Museum since it opened in 2002 and has been performing his live illustrated storytelling nationwide for over 25 years. He is also co-author of An Animation Celebration: The Top 100 Animated TV Characters. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information, visit his website, mazetoons.com.
