John Kascht, whose work is collected by the Smithsonian Institute\u2019s National Portrait Gallery and whose drawings have appeared on the pages or covers of almost every national publication (TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, LIFE,\u00a0The New York Times, etc) is partnering with Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival.\u00a0 Kascht, who makes his home in the Wayne County area, will give a multimedia presentation about his art. The free program examines how he creates his caricature portraits, and will include anecdotes from a career spent illustrating\u00a0musicians,\u00a0actors, politicians and other notable figures.\u00a0 It will be held at The Cooperage in Honesdale on June 12th at 7pm (doors open 6:30).<\/p>\n
In addition to the presentation, Kascht is developing a poster that will represent the last 100 years of American music history.\u00a0 The poster will be available for purchase at Roots & Rhythm on Saturday, June 20th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The artist will also be on hand to personally sign each one.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are so honored to have someone of John\u2019s status in the art world be a part of our festival,\u201d said Roots & Rhythm 2015 Chair Brian Fulp. \u201cHis work is outstanding\u2014you really have to check out his website!\u201d<\/p>\n See Kascht\u2019s phenomenal drawings of Conan O\u2019Brien, Bill Murray, Whoopi Goldberg and more at www.johnkascht.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo:<\/span>\u00a0John Kascht at work. Photo by A. Greg Raymond<\/p>\n [slideshow id=6]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Kascht, whose work is collected by the Smithsonian Institute\u2019s National Portrait Gallery and whose drawings have appeared on the pages or covers of almost every national publication (TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, LIFE,\u00a0The New York Times, etc) is partnering with Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival.\u00a0 Kascht, who … <\/p>\n