Interview: Cartoonist Ed Koren on receiving Governor's Award
Friday, 10/26/07
- Colchester, VT
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You may not recognize Ed Koren if you passed him on the
street, but the faces of his many cartoon characters would almost certainly
ring a bell.
Ed Koren’s work appears in the New Yorker and many other places, including a
number of VPR artists mugs, and today at the Statehouse, Ed Koren is being
honored with the Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts.
VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb spoke recently with Ed Koren about his passion for
drawing, and the two distinct points in his life when he realized he wanted to
be a professional cartoonist:
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