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Zines! Zines! Zines!
Friday, 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
October 23 | Ages 10 – 15

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Want to share your story, your art, your ideas, or your family recipes with full creativity? Then zine-making may be for you! Learn the art of the Zine (pronounced “zeen”): do-it-yourself magazines that anyone can make about anything.

What You’ll Learn:

-What a zine is (definition, brief history, and examples)
-How to fold a basic 8 panel zine
-What topic(s) to make their zine: fandom, art, fiction, personal subject, activism, etc.

What You’ll Leave With:

Students will leave the workshop with at least one classic folded zine that is of their own creation and the knowledge of how to make more in the future. If time allows, students can make multiple zines to take home.

Deadline to register by: October 20

Instructor: Gren Casas

Supply List

All Supplies Included, unless students would like to bring unique images, photos, or ephemera.

Illuminated Fantasy Bestiary
Saturdays, 2:00 pm
October 24 – November 14 | Ages 16+

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In this 4-week class, students will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page that includes an illustration of a fantasy creature or animal of their choosing, a brief description written in gothic blackletter of the creature featuring an illuminated letter, and plenty of imaginative doodles and decorations in the margins!

What You’ll Learn:

Attendees will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page by imitating the drawing style of medieval manuscripts (namely the Aberdeen Bestiary), use colored ink to bring their illustrations to life, basic blackletter calligraphy, and how to decorate a large illuminated letter.

What You’ll Leave With:

You will leave with an illuminated manuscript page of their own design, the skills and knowledge to create art in the specific stylized way of medieval illuminated manuscripts, and a brief knowledge of the history of the art form.

Instructor:   Sabrina Almeida

Supply List

(All Supplies Included)

Introduction to Character Design
Saturday, 12:00 pm
January 10 – January 31 | Ages 11-13

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Learn the basics of character design in this four week course, offering demos on drawing basics like shape breakdowns and best sketchbook practices, with hands-on studio time. Students will develop original characters over the course of 4-weeks and learn visual storytelling elements.

What You’ll Learn:

You will learn what is meant by perspective, composition, foreshortening, anatomy, line quality, and shading. You will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, and inspiration from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have a more understanding and confidence of how of how to draw and develop elements of creating character. After each of the four class meeting, you will have learned a new drawing application and character development skills.

Deadline to register by: January 6th  

Instructor:  Elyse Thaman

Supply List

  • All Supplies Included.