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Category: Education

Everything related to Classes on the Boston Comics Workspace or by Members and the BCR.

  • Workspace workshop: Using Your Head to Draw the Figure

    Workspace workshop: Using Your Head to Draw the Figure

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    This Sunday, July 12, Franklin Einspruch will lead a workshop, “Using Your Head to Draw the Figure,” at the Boston Comics Workspace.

    You can reserve your spot (for a mere $10) at Eventbrite. 
    This workshop will cover the basics of drawing the human figure out of your imagination. It will introduce a simple system that relies on proportion, geometry, and just a little bit of anatomy to get a drawing of a person to read well in a panel. The artist can elaborate on this system to make figures appropriate to any genre, from superhero to slice-of-life. We will also talk about working from reference.
    About Franklin Einsprich: While maintaining a studio practice as a painter in Boston, Franklin Eisnpruch is also active in art criticism and comics, & has long experience in alternative publishing. His art has appeared in 18 solo exhibitions and 36 group exhibitions. Einspruch has authored 171 essays and art reviews for many publications including Art in America. He produces a webcomic, The Moon Fell On Me. His imprint, New Modern Press, Comics as Poetry and Aphorism for Artists.
    WHEN
    Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
    WHERE
    Boston Comics Workspace, Studio A306, 561 Windsor Street, Somerville, MA 02453, Somerville, MA 02143

  • SUMMER KIDS COMICS WORKSHOP

    SUMMER KIDS COMICS WORKSHOP

    This course introduces the components of the modern Graphic Novel. It explores storytelling, techniques and formats: Manga, Comics, Newspaper Strips and Graphic Novels. Students will learn the basics of crafting a story as well as a variety of materials and techniques involved in creating sequential art in the studio. At the end of this class students would have created their own book.

    Teachers: Roho and John Carvajal.

    Age group: 8 to 12
    Time: 7/16 -/ 7/23 – 7/30 and 8/6 9:30 to 11
    Place: Cambridge Public Library. Curious George Room.

    Sponsored by The Boston Comics Roundtable, River Bird Comics, Ninth Art Press and The Million Year Picnic.

    Sign up via phone at:
    617-349-4038
    or at the
    Cambridge Public Library.
    449 Broadway 02138 Cambridge, MA.
     

  • Summer Comics Classes registering now!

    Summer Comics Classes registering now!

    Three great classes are being offered (for teens and adults) this summer at the Boston Comics Workspace:

    DRAWING WITH INK FOR COMIC ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS, taught by Jerel Dye
    Starts: June 9- June 30
    Thursday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    COMICS FORM/FILM FORM, taught by Heide Solbrig  —  Learn the Language of Film for Making Comics!!
    Starts: July12, Tuesday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    INTRODUCTION TO COMICS 1 taught by Heide Solbrig — Graphic storytelling and comics.
    Starts: Thursday, July. 7-August 25th

    More details and register here!

     

     

  • Spring Classes at the Boston Comics Workspace!

    Spring Classes at the Boston Comics Workspace!

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    In June 2015, the Boston Comics Roundtable began a new project in collaboration with Whatever Floats Your Boat Studios (media artist Heide Solbrig). launching a new studio space, The Boston Comics Workspace, located near Inman Square in Somerville’s Taza Chocolate Factory building (561 Windsor Street, Studio 306A, Somerville, MA 02143). In this space, we are building a comics community center, encouraging creativity and art production in Boston and would like to invite you to join us.

    This spring we will offer courses for comics enthusiasts, 15 and older, with artists/instructors from the Boston area, as well as guest lectures from visiting artists. These courses are great ways to start making comics, continue a practice that you have begun on your own, or get back into comics creation after a while away. Our first classes began in September—and they were met with great enthusiasm. Beginning in March, we are offering two classes at the workspace: Introduction to Comics 1 and Comics Autobiography & Non-fiction Storytelling. Sign up here!

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    Introduction to Comics 1: Comics, Cartooning and Storytelling.

    Students will learn the fundamentals of cartooning and various approaches to visual storytelling by looking at the work of published cartoonists. Each student will be given the tools to develop their own narratives and begin to establish their own visual style, which they  can  carry  into  further  comics  projects.  By the end  of  the  course,  each student will have a working knowledge of character creation, page layout, and visual storytelling. Sign up here!

    Section 1:
    Duration: April 7th to May 26th (Thursdays)
    Thursday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    Instructor: John Carvajal, M.F.A

    8 week course: $185.00 + $15 materials fee.

    John Carvajal is a graduate from The Center for Cartoon Studies. His work has been published in various publications including Compositional Studies and The Cambridge Historian. He has exhibited his work internationally and currently lives in Norwood, MFA. You can see some of his work at jacarvajal.com.

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    Comics Autobiography & Non-fiction Storytelling: Comics, Graphic Novels & More.

    Have you ever wanted to tell your own story in comics form? Do you have an unusual family story, off-kilter philosophical approach to the world, travelogue you’d like to tell in pictures? Are you an artist who would like to see your drawings become a story, a character, or a visual poem? These days autobiographical and journalistic comics are an important  and  popular  new  comics  genre.  Comics  artists  like  Joe  Sacco,  Alison Bechdel,  Guy  Delisle,  Linda  Barry,  and  many  more  have  invented  a  new  visual language for telling truthful stories about the world. In this class on non-fiction comics storytelling we will look at how some of these innovators built non-fiction worlds while also exploring the ways that comics and autobiography have migrated online on such sites  as Tumblr,  Instagram,  and  Twitter.  Tell your  own  story  and  find  a  platform  to present it to the world!

    For the first half of the class we will focus on drawing and writing for genre, technique, and story construction, while the second half of the class will focus on students’ own projects with an eye to creating an online presence with your own story world, linked to the Boston Comics Round Table’s other online platforms. This should be a really special course that kicks off Boston’s newest, hottest comics space and educational venue!!! Sign up here!

    Section 1:
    Duration: April 12th to May 31st (Tuesdays)
    Tuesday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    Instructor: Heide Solbrig (Ph.D., M.F.A.)

    8 week course: $185.00 + $15 materials fee.

    Heide Solbrig is the author of The Dandelion King, a graphic memoir about the 1970’s and has  taught  media  art,  film  and  communication  at  Wheaton  College,  Emerson College, Bentley University, UCSD, and SFSU. To see examples of her work, please go to www.dandyking.comand www.hydafloats.com.

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  • January Comics Courses at the Boston Comics Workspace

    January Comics Courses at the Boston Comics Workspace

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    This past June, the Boston Comics Roundtable began a new project in collaboration with Whatever Floats Your Boat Studios (media artist Heide Solbrig): launching a new studio space, the Boston Comics Workspace, located near Inman Square in Somerville’s Taza Chocolate Factory building (561 Windsor Street, Studio 306A, Somerville, MA 02143). In this space, we are building a comics community center, encouraging creativity and art production in Boston, and would like to invite you to join us.

    This winter we will offer courses for comics enthusiasts, 15 and older, with artists/instructors from the Boston area, as well as guest lectures from visiting artists. These courses are great ways to start making comics, continue a practice that you have begun on your own, or get back into comics creation after a while away. Our first classes began in September—and they were met with great enthusiasm. Beginning in January, we are offering two new classes at the workspace: Introduction to Comics 1 and Comics Autobiography & Non-fiction Storytelling. The courses will be 8 weeks and offered at the low price of $185 plus the cost of materials. For more information, please see the course descriptions below.

    To sign up, or to find more information, please visit http://bostoncomics.com/education. Also feel free to contact our Education Coordinator Heide Solbrig at education@bostoncomicsroundtable.com.

    Introduction to Comics 1: Comics, Cartooning and Storytelling.

    Students will learn the fundamentals of cartooning and various approaches to visual storytelling by looking at the work of published cartoonists. Each student will be given the tools to develop their own narratives and begin to establish their own visual style, which they  can  carry  into  further  comics  projects.  By the end  of  the  course,  each student will have a working knowledge of character creation, page layout, and visual storytelling.

    Section 1:
    Duration: January 14th to March 3rd
    Thursday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    Instructor: John Carvajal, M.F.A.

    8 week course: $185.00 + $15. Materials fee.
    John Carvajal is a graduate from The Center for Cartoon Studies. His work has been
    published in various publications including Compositional Studies and The Cambridge Historian. He has exhibited his work internationally and currently lives in Norwood, MA. You can see some of his work at jacarvajal.com.

    Comics Autobiography & Non-fiction Storytelling: Comics, Graphic Novels & More.

    Have you ever wanted to tell your own story in comics form? Do you have an unusual family story, off-kilter philosophical approach to the world, travelogue you’d like to tell in pictures? Are you an artist who would like to see your drawings become a story, a character, or a visual poem? These days autobiographical and journalistic comics are an important  and  popular  new  comics  genre.  Comics  artists  like  Joe  Sacco,  Alison Bechdel,  Guy  Delisle,  Linda  Barry,  and  many  more  have  invented  a  new  visual language for telling truthful stories about the world. In this class on non-fiction comics storytelling we will look at how some of these innovators built non-fiction worlds while also exploring the ways that comics and autobiography have migrated online on such sites  as Tumblr,  Instagram,  and  Twitter.  Tell your  own  story  and  find  a  platform  to present it to the world!

    For the first half of the class we will focus on drawing and writing for genre, technique, and story construction, while the second half of the class will focus on students’ own projects with an eye to creating an online presence with your own story world, linked to the Boston Comics Round Table’s other online platforms. This should be a really special course that kicks off Boston’s newest, hottest comics space and educational venue!!!

    Section 1:
    Duration: January 12th to March 1st
    Tuesday, 6:00pm-9:00pm
    Instructor: Heide Solbrig (Ph.D., M.F.A.)

    8 week course: $185.00 + $15. Materials fee.
    Heide Solbrig is the author of The Dandelion King, a graphic memoir about the 1970’s and has taught media art, film and communication at Wheaton College, Emerson College, Bentley University, UCSD, and SFSU. To see examples of her work, please go to www.dandyking.com and www.hydafloats.com.

    Contact Information:
    Heide Solbrig
    education@bostoncomicsroundtable.com
    http://bostoncomics.com/education