Gallery Show for Editorial Cartoonist Wayne Stayskal Begins August 12 at Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community

The Public is Invited to View the Collection from Aug. 12 through Sept. 30; Artist Reception is Aug. 20 in Carol Stream

Carol Stream, Ill. – August 6, 2013 – Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community in Carol Stream, invites the community to view selected works of editorial cartoonist Wayne Stayskal.  Beginning Monday, Aug. 12, prints representing more than 30 years of his cultural commentary will be on display.

A syndicated Tribune Media editorial cartoonist, Wayne Stayskal’s work reached a worldwide audience before his retirement in 2005. He spent the majority of his career with the Tribune Co., first with the Chicago Tribune and then the Tampa Tribune. 

A reception in his honor will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Centrum of Windsor Park, 124 Windsor Park Drive. Visitors can view the gallery show daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until Sept. 30.

As an editorial cartoonist, Stayskal produced six cartoons a week. Generally, he had the freedom to express his own viewpoints, according to Stayskal’s wife, Helen. One of his cartoons created enough of a stir during the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court trial to spur picketing outside of the Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago.

“Wayne was at work and saw the picketing below,” she said. “He walked out amongst the picketers and watched them. They had no idea who he was.”

Cal Thomas, currently a syndicated columnist with USA Today and a contributor to Fox News, worked with Wayne Stayskal at the Tampa Tribune.  He mentioned that although he and Stayskal debated about who had the more difficult job, Thomas admires Stayskal for his ability to condense a lot of thought into a single panel.

“It has been a great pleasure to work with Wayne, who provided some of his political cartoons for two of my books,” said Thomas. “I think he has been one of the greatest cartoonist/commentators of our time, especially on matters touching on faith and culture.”

The Windsor Park Center for Lifelong Learning is the co-sponsor of the gallery show. For more information about the reception, gallery shows, or other events hosted by the Windsor Park Center for Lifelong Learning, call Jim Steere, director of community relations, at (630)510-4706.

Other upcoming events at Windsor Park are listed on the website. Arrange for a personal tour of Windsor Park by calling the marketing department at (630)510-4700 or via email at wpmarketing@covenantretirement.org.

Windsor Park is a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community located at 124 Windsor Park Dr., Carol Steam, Ill. It is administered by Covenant
Retirement Communities Inc., a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Windsor Park, visit www.WindsorParkIllinois.org .
 

About Wayne Stayskal:
A syndicated Tribune Media editorial cartoonist, Wayne Stayskal’s work was viewed worldwide for more than 30 years. His wit and satire caused some to wince, but most to smile during his career, first with the Chicago Tribune and then with the Tampa Tribune beginning in 1984. 

After serving in the Air Force, with a stint in Paris, Wayne returned to his hometown of Chicago and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation in 1956, he took a job in the art department of the Chicago American where Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Vaughn Shoemaker mentored him.  When the Chicago Tribune shuttered the Chicago American in the early 1970s, Wayne became one of the Tribune’s editorial cartoonists.

In 2005, Wayne retired from the Tampa Tribune and moved back to the western suburbs. He and his wife Helen now live at Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community in Carol Stream, and are parents of four sons, with 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.