In a career spanning over 60 years, Chuck Jones' work brought joyful laughter to three generations that grew up with his cartoons. In more than 300 animated films, the cartoon characters—Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Marvin Martian, Pepé le Pew, and a memorable menagerie of others—have, like their creator, become indelible icons of American culture. As a director, artist Chuck Jones breathed life into his creations and created a life full of ideas. He read voraciously, expressing his knowledge and imagination with wit. His art makes us laugh and makes us think. His creative spirit inspires us.
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity is dedicated to fostering and encouraging creativity, especially in young people, using the drawings, films, and writings of legendary animation director, Chuck Jones, as inspiration. It encourages the expression of artistic creativity and promotes an environment where that spirit can flourish. Jones' art and ideas continue to influence contemporary artists, filmmakers, and writers through the vast resource of his work accessible through the Center for Creativity’s online archive.
The Board of Jones' family members, plus a number of distinguished Advisors, is developing programs to expand the Center for Creativity’s vision and excite the imagination. We invite you to explore, learn, and have fun.
OUR VISION:
- Provide research access to the Chuck Jones collection of 70 years of rarities, original art, animation history, recorded interviews, and written works
- Offer people of all ages and at any professional level the chance to open a channel to their creativity through specialized classes and lectures
- Educate, recognize, nurture, and reward emerging animation artists with scholarships and awards
OUR DREAM:
Establish a physical home in Orange County for Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, with ample facilities for teaching art classes for children and adults; presenting lectures by Jones family members and other prominent industry experts; providing studio space to young, emerging animation artists; offering master animation classes; expanding archival preservation and storage in a climate-controlled, secure environment; and sponsoring free, public exhibitions of Chuck Jones' fine art, animation art, writings, recorded presentations, and other cultural and historic treasures.
- CHUCK-STAPOSED, largest exhibition to date of Chuck Jones' original oil paintings, debuts at Chapman University
- Jones' daughter and grandson appear on Wake Up with Whoopi
- Enriching the lives of 1,000 children with free art instruction during 2008: Help us do it!
- Art classes for children celebrated with gala reception and student art exhibition
- New series of children's art classes scheduled to launch in March 2008
- Jones' daughter to screen and discuss his directorial debut in 1938's The Night Watchman