SPRING COMICS WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!!
with Cartoonist Rebecca Roher from the Center for Cartoon Studies
10 am to noon on Saturdays
June 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
SPRING COMICS WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!!
with Cartoonist Rebecca Roher from the Center for Cartoon Studies
10 am to noon on Saturdays
June 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
at St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club
$35 per session or $135 for all four
at St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club
Register by May 30th by email: rebsroher@gmail.com
We'll cover bookmaking, drawing basics, anatomy, perspective, characters, gestures, expression, plot, storytelling, word balloons and lettering with fun activities and make lots and lots of comics!!
June 6th- bookmaking, figure and expression- we will make our own sketchbooks which we will use through all sessions and learn about gesture and expression
June 13th- characters- we will learn about character types and identifying features, as well as creating our own characters, thinking about their back stories, desires, dislikes, best and worst qualities and write a one to two page comic about them
June 20th- World building- we will cover creating interior and exterior scenes with instruction on perspective and make comics about a journey in a simplified drawing style
June 27th- plot and storytelling- talk about pacing and narrative arc and using an activity called "Bibliomancy" create a four-page comic using random prompts to create their stories
June 13th- characters- we will learn about character types and identifying features, as well as creating our own characters, thinking about their back stories, desires, dislikes, best and worst qualities and write a one to two page comic about them
June 20th- World building- we will cover creating interior and exterior scenes with instruction on perspective and make comics about a journey in a simplified drawing style
June 27th- plot and storytelling- talk about pacing and narrative arc and using an activity called "Bibliomancy" create a four-page comic using random prompts to create their stories
Directions to St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club
COMICS WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
Weekend comics workshops for kids ages 9 and up with comics artist Rebecca Roher from the Center for Cartoon Studies.
info at www.tinyurl.com/comicjam
12 pm to 2 pm on Saturdays in May and June, Making Comics +
May 24 - Bookmaking and Drawing Basics
May 31 - Anatomy and Perspective
June 7 - Characters and Expression
June 14 - Plot and Storytelling
June 21 - Inking, Word Balloons and Lettering
at St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club
Enroll in all sessions, or just a few!
$35 per session
$150 for all 5
Register by May 20
email Rebecca at rebsroher@gmail.com
GIANT PUPPETS AND MORE AT ART JAM!
I had an incredible summer at the Margaret Hennigar Library in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, running Art Jam Day Camp for the second year!
This year, inspired by Bread and Puppet performances that I was lucky enough to see last fall in Glover, Vermont, we made giant puppets!
We made a librarian puppet...
and a lifeguard puppet...
We also put on plays...
Made a bunch of comics...
(we produced these zines!)
Painted watercolours by a pond...
Made a "tree of life" collage...
And so much more!
Art Jam Day Camp was made possible by South Shore Public Libraries and a grant from Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage.
Art Jam Day Camp
at the Bridgewater Library
I am currently running three week-long arts day camps that explore Bridgewater's green spaces. The camps are free for kids due to the generous support of TD Bank, Atlantic Superstore, Gow's Home Hardware and Staples. Each week is a different age group. Here are images of the oldest kids...
The Group
A tour of the Hodge Podge Community Garden
Walking the Centennial Trail
Painting watercolours in the Gazebo on the LaHave River
Making paper mache projects
The big exhibition!
NEW BOOK MAKING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
QUILT MAKING
MOMS MAKE QUILTS
I received a grant from Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage through the Family Support Centre in Bridgewater to run a Baby Quilt Making Workshop for moms and grandmas.
This is what we've been working on...
BRIDGEWATER YOUTH QUILTS
This fall, I am coordinating and facilitating two free after-school Collaberative Quilt Workshops for kids at the Bridgewater Elementary School and High School through the Second Story Women's Centre and with the support of Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage.
We are making a "Peace Quilt at the Elementary School" to address issues of bullying and to promote positive social engagement, and female students at the High School are making a "Baby Quilt" and addressing issues that face teen girls.
Bridgewater High School "Baby Quilt"
soon to be donated to the Family Support Centre
Bridgewater Elementary School "Peace Quilt"
LUNENBURG MEMORY QUILT
Last winter, I coordinated and facilitated a Collaborative Quilt Workshop with students at the Lunenburg Academy. Through this project, Second Story Women’s Centre partnered with the Lunenburg Academy, the Academy Foundation, the Mahone Bay Quilters Guild and other local quilting groups.
Inspired by memories collected from the community, we made patches for a Memory Quilt in commemoration of the closing of the historic Lunenburg Academy.
The project allowed students to process the closing of the school, transition to their new school and connect with the history of their community.
COMICS JAM!
I just finished an amazing comics making workshop with teens at the Bridgewater Library. The workshop was a Narrative Art Workshop as part of a three part series called "Telling My Story", funded through the Cultural Opportunities for Youth grant from Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage.
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DRAWING AND PAINTING
Historic Watercolour Workshop at Pentz Elementary
making maps of Fort Point
Painting at the Makery
HULA HOOPING
Hula Hoop Making and Tricks at the West Dublin Hall
HAND SEWING
Hand sewing Sock Creatures at the Makery
EGG DYING
I have been teaching traditional Ukrainian Pysanky egg dying techniques at the Makery every spring for the past few years. The eggs were truly beautiful this year!
