Alumnus featured on NPR news, exhibit opening Sunday

CCAD Illustration alumnus Jeff Stahler (CCAD 1977) had a conversation with WOSU host Ann Fisher on her show All Sides with Ann Fisher on 89.7 NPR News Monday, Feb. 21. The pair talked about the unique world of a humorist and cartoonist.

Drawing Laughter: A Chalk Talk with Jeff Stahler, an exhibition of Stahler's work, opens Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley. He will demonstrate drawing and answer questions at the free event.

An award-winning editorial cartoonist who also serves on CCAD's board of trustees, Stahler creates Moderately Confused, a whimsical slice-of-life daily comic panel for The Columbus Dispatch. Stahler also draws political cartoons that are distributed worldwide by Newspaper Enterprise Association. His cartoons appear every week in USA Today and are frequently reprinted in major magazines and newspapers, including Newsweek and The New York Times.

All Sides with Ann Fisher is a two-hour, daily public-affairs talk show designed to touch upon all sides of the issues and events that shape life in central Ohio. Listeners participate via telephone, e-mail, Twitter, and text messaging to add to the conversations.

So what’d they talk about? Listen to the conversation here.