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 online.
- Reserve an assembly or classroom experience
- Aligned with Common Core standards
- Includes interactive cartooning instruction
- Synchronous and asynchronous options
- Accommodations available for libraries and additional participants
FEE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE: We offer full and partial fee assistance for schools and groups in need of financial aid. To request fee assistance for your program, complete a request here.
Scroll down to learn more about the programs, or download the flyer.
For questions, contact us at (707) 284-1263 or education@schulzmuseum.org.
Online Workshops
Cartooning in Your Classroom
Recommended for Grades 1 and up
This live, interactive experience includes an introduction to Charles M. 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 M. Schulz used 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-on, online cartoon workshop.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $100 for up to 35 participants
Charles M. Schulz: An American Cartoonist
Recommended for Grades 3 and up (perfect for adult and senior audiences too)
Take a pictorial journey through Charles M. Schulz’s life and career and learn why Peanuts is one of the most popular and influential comic strips ever. This multi-disciplinary discussion touches on history, visual arts, and language arts Common Core standards and explores the creative process.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $100 for up to 35 participants; add a How-to-Draw Snoopy lesson for $50
Pre-Recorded Workshop: Cartooning in Your Classroom
Recommended for Grades 1 and up
Can’t schedule a live online experience? Enjoy a recording of our Cartooning in Your Classroom workshop on your own timeline. This introduction to Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, and the art of creating comics includes step-by-step drawing instruction of Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Woodstock led by a Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates professional artist.
Length: 45 minutes
Fees: $150 for one school week
Assemblies & Teaching Artist 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
ASSEMBLY: Cartooning and Storytelling 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 up to 350 participants
ABOUT JOE WOS
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 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.
