Prolonging the fun -- !

Black Panther #1, 2005

Because of the success of my after school programs, both Graphic Novel & Manga Exploration, Grades 6-9 - Mondays, and Architect's Building Studio, Grades 2-4 - Wednesdays, are being extended into late fall. There are still a few openings in each class. Please help me spread the word. I'll also be announcing more fun art-related events in a few short weeks. I am very excited!

Postive role models of color

How has the media progressed with positive role models of color? I want your opinion - please check out my post on SWart Studio. I'll be using the collected information for a lesson on comic books, world issues, and popular culture. Thank you!

New classes for the fall!

I've signed on to teach three more classes for the fall semester for the New Art Center, just outside Boston. Registration for these classes beginning in mid-late September is now open, click on the class title to register online!

Jann of the Jungle #16, 1957

Graphic Novel & Manga Exploration, Grades 6-9, Mondays:
    Explore the subject of the graphic novel with comic books and manga by delving into the history of the medium and its influences on animation, anime, music, and film. Students will create their own graphic novel with focus on story structure and pencil and ink art. Sketchbook required.

Graffiti Art, Grades 6-9, Mondays:
    In this class, the history and perceptions of graffiti will be used as inspiration for nique works of art completed with a variety of materials such as chalk, paint, colored pencils, and oil pastels. Students will create a final class collaborative piece for display at the New Art Center. A perfect class for budding artists who like to work BIG. Sketchbook required.

Architects' Building Studio, Grades 2-4, Wednesdays:
   Bring your ideas to life in this fun class that moves from 2D into 3D. Using architecture and the built environment as our theme, students will develop their ideas in drawings, and then use their drawings as a basis for creating 3D models and sculptures.  If you can imagine a world underwater, or a city of treehouses, this class is for you!

I'll post  more announcements for future classes and events as the summer progresses!

vozwords: Al Parker (1906-1985)

Mike Vosburg was one of my favorite comic book artists of my dad's original Marvel and DC Comics collection from the Seventies and Eighties. I happened across his blog and was immediately inspired by his love of an illustration artist I had never heard of. Vosburg has moved on from comic books into TV, film, and even music videos and is another real life example of where comic books can take you. I'll be using Mike Vosburg as suggestion of research for my older students, as well as Al Parker, featured in the link below.

vozwords: Al Parker (1906-1985): The invention of the camera shattered art in the western world. For several centuries one of the primary goals of the artist was to reprodu...

Hey kids, comics!

One way my parents got me interested in reading was by buying me comic books. Comic books quickly inspired me to draw, leading to a developing interest in art, to become a professional artist, and later on, a teacher. I learned a lot through comic books: history, geography, fair play, equal rights, classical mythology, even foreign languages. Popular publishers, Marvel Comics and DC Comics, publish terrific books directed to young children and I urge educators and parents alike to check them out.