Juneau-Douglas City Museum Receives
Rie Munoz Original Artwork

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CAPITAL CITY WEEKLY
Rasmuson Foundation accepts artist award applications, the city museum receives an art donation and more News briefs for the week of Dec. 19, 2019.

By Ben Hohenstatt
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 2:00pm

This cartoon is part of a collection of Rie Munoz artwork recently donated to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum.

The Munoz Family last Thursday donated a collection of Rie Munoz original artwork to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. The donation included five original watercolor paintings, 55 original pen-and-ink political cartoons that were published by the Alaska Sunday Press--now the Juneau Empire--in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included from the same era are hundreds of newspaper clippings of cartoons.

Munoz came to Alaska in 1950 for a short visit on board the steamship Princess Louise.
The 55 political cartoons donated to the City Museum poke gentle fun at past local and state politicians and are a glimpse into Juneau's history.
"The cartoons debated topics such as commercial fishing and capital moves, similar issues faced today," said Juan Munoz in a release.

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