Annual Convention

Annual Convention September 11-14, 2025

The AAEC will be joining the line-up at this year’s Small Press Expo as part of our annual convention in September 2025. Check back here later this year for registration and hotel information!

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“Protecting Cartoonists and Satire” — Monday, Oct. 30 at Columbia University

We are now just one week out from the first event of the 2017 Political Cartoon & Satire Festival! Join us Monday, Oct. 30 at Columbia University for the pre-convention panel: “Protecting Cartoonists and Satire.” 

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Ann Telnaes, Matt Wuerker and Nick Anderson will join Patrick Chappatte and David Schulz, Director of the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School to discuss free speech in today's increasing dnagerous environment. The talk is in conjunction with Patrick Chappatte’s “Windows on Death Row” exhibition, and the event is free and open to the public.

So if you're in New York City, come on up! Monday, Oct. 30, 6:30pm–8:30pm.

Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall, Room 107
435 W 116th Street, at Amsterdam Avenue, NYC

(Parking may be available on the street. If not, the closest lot is on the corner of 114th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. 114th runs one-way W-E so you have to enter it from Broadway or further west.)

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OUR MISSION

The mission of the AAEC is to champion and defend editorial cartooning and free speech as essential to liberty in the United States and throughout the world.

The AAEC aims to be an international leader in support of the human, civil, and artistic rights of editorial cartoonists around the world, and to stand with other international groups in support of the profession.


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LOCHER FELLOWSHIP

The AAEC John Locher Memorial Fellowship is awarded each year to one early-career cartoonist whose work demonstrates clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Deadline to be considered is the end of March.

The Locher Fellow will receive a one-year Regular membership in the AAEC, be a guest of the CXC Festival — held every fall in Columbus, Ohio —  and have the opportunity to meet with editorial cartoonists during the year of the Fellowship for portfolio reviews and career advice.


CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM

Cartoons in Education

Every two weeks throughout the year, The Learning Forum and the AAEC offers CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, a free lesson resource for teachers discussing current events.  Visit NIEonline.com for more lesson plans.