Sally hanging art at the SVA workshops
We’re really excited to announce our summer two-week intensive for teens. Our summer teen intensive is based on successful New York City SVA workshops that Tom Hart has taught year after year.
The class runs for two weeks, students may sign up for the first or the second or both. Each week will be different, the first focusing on exercises and skill-building, while the second will be more project-focused, culminating in a group book collection that will be displayed -along with student artwork- during ArtWalk the evening of our final day of class.
Week 1 will focus on exercises and skill building and short-term projects. Will work on all the skills of comic book creation, including character design, figure drawing, story writing and tool technique.
Week 2 will focus on one long story per student that we will then gather into a collected book at the end of the week. They will finish a 5-8 page story that will be collected into a group book to be published at the end of the workshop. Friday night June 29 will be ArtWalk. We’ll show the students’ artwork on the walls and hold a gallery opening and book-release party for all the participants!
Instructors: Tom Hart and Sally Cantirino
Two weeks: June 18-June 29
Monday – Friday, 10 am – 4 pm
At Sequential Artists Workshop, 18 SE 5th Ave @ Main St, Gainesville, FL
Early bird price: $150 per week or $275 for both weeks.
Includes material usage and book publication.
To register, go here: http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/classes/teenSummer2012.html
While Leela tours, signing book after book, the reviews keep coming:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/10/dont-ask-just-buy-it-april-11-2012/
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FXDAO1A1MTY
“Corman produces an exceptional portrayal, deserving of much laudatory praise and acclaim, of immigrant and Jewish life on par with the works of Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.”
—SFSite.com
“Corman has an ear for dialogue and a loose, curvilinear brush-line that makes reading her work a pleasure.”
—The Boston Phoenix
“Captivating. . . . A sweetly sad story, illustrating the difficulty of life in the early twentieth century as seen through the eye of a specific subculture. . . . Corman never shies away from harshness in either her story or her illustrations, but she handles it with grace. Unterzakhn is a quick read, but a meaningful one.”
—Baltimore City Paper
“An incredible book about twin sisters growing up on New York’s Lower East Side in the early twentieth century. It’s about the experience and struggles of women, the immigrant experience, and it’s just brimming with life. . . . Wow.”
—ComicBookResources.com
“Unterzakhn works on multiple levels (one notable one: the art work is fantastic, particularly when Corman infuses any of her female characters with a snarl or a sneer, conveying a lifetime of pent-up emotion in a single panel), and as such, it’s highly recommended.”
—GraphicNovelReporter.com
“Corman’s caricatures are striking and distinctive, making the exaggerated characters come alive, and she provides a great, detailed view of the times. . . . She does an excellent job of dropping the reader into this particular time and place. Although a period piece, the underlying concerns, especially those related to a woman’s control of her own body, remain particularly timely.”
—ComicsWorthReading.com
“In the footsteps of Art Spiegelman comes Leela Corman. Like the renowned creator of Maus, she employs the graphic novel form, but rather than address the Holocaust she is addressing the Jewish immigrant experience on the Lower East Side in the early twentieth century.”
—The Jewish Week (New York)
“Both a work of social realism and a fable with a moral.”
—Kirkus
“Historically informed and aesthetically compelling . . . Heavily inked cartoons beautifully depict period details and the Hester Street gossips as times evolve, and show how the two sisters’ similarities change into stark differences in appearance as they age. The text, salted with Yiddish, and the eloquently detailed images meld together to make this a good choice for readers who enjoyed Eleanor Widmer’s Up from Orchard Street or Hubert and Kerascoet’s Miss Don’t Touch Me.”
—Booklist
“Set in New York’s Lower East Side in the early twentieth century, Unterzakhn follows the lives of two sisters, Fanya and Esther . . . Corman gracefully traces both young women’s efforts to maintain control of their bodies in an unpredictable and at times violent world. She steeps her striking black-and-white artwork with period details, particularly in the clothes and the bustling street scenes. In a flashback scene set in Russia, especially, she echoes the swirling evocative style of Russian folk art . . . The story of Fanya and Esther’s struggles is beautifully drawn and hard to forget.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Lures you in with wittiness and sensuality . . . then bites you in the tuchus! Unterzakhn swirls with the energy of Almodóvar and the depth of Dostoyevsky as it follows the fates of two charmingly complicated twin sisters. I loved it.”
—Craig Thompson, author of Habibi
Unterzakhn
by Leela Corman
Schocken Books
on-sale: April 3, 2012
print ISBN: 978-0-8052-4259-1
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8052-1254-9
See Leela on tour in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, SF:
Unterzakhn Tour Schedule:
Tuesday, April 3—Brooklyn, NY
7:00 pm – WORD bookstore event. 126 Franklin Street.
Wednesday, April 4—Boston, MA
7:00 pm – Brookline Booksmith event. 279 Harvard St. Brookline.
Thursday, April 5—NYC
6:30 pm – Tenement Talks event at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, co-sponsored by the Center for Cultural Judaism. 103 Orchard Street (at Delancey). RSVP requested (events@tenement.org).
Monday, April 9—Portland, OR
7:30 pm – Powell’s Books event. 1005 W. Burnside.
Tuesday, April 10—Seattle, WA
7:00 pm – Elliott Bay Books event. 1521 10th Ave.
Wednesday, April 11— San Francisco, CA
5:00 pm – Comix Experience event. 305 Divisadero Street.
Thursday, April 12— San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm – Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco event. 655 Mission Street.
Monday, April 16—Gainesville, FL
7:00 pm – B&N Gainesville (store #1972) event. 3910 S.W. Archer Road.
Thursday, April 26—Philadelphia, PA
7:30 pm – Philadelphia Free Library event with David Bezmozgis/Free World. 1901 Vine Street Logan Square.
Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29—NYC
MoCCA Festival book signing.
Last week’s Andre Frattino book launch party for The Reaper of St George Street was so good we’re still recovering, just now putting up pics. Thanks Andre for coming by, thanks Bobby for spinning amazing music, and thank you to everyone who came by!
He sold all these books!
Thanks again Andre! Thanks Pineapple Press!
(Photos by Majed, thanks Majed!)
Come to SAW (18 SE 5th Ave at Main Street behind the CMC and Citizen’s Co-Op) from 7-10 for a chance to see this brand new book and see a small retrospective of Leela’s art on the walls.
Publishers Weekly Preview: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/50614-panel-mania-unterzakhn.html
PW Review: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8052-4259-1
Graphic Novel Review: http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/unterzakhn-review
“Unterzakhn works on multiple levels (one notable one: the artwork is fantastic, particularly when Corman infuses any of her female characters with a snarl or a sneer, conveying a lifetime of pent-up emotion in a single panel), and as such, it’s highly recommended.”
Random House bookpage: http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32003/unterzakhn-by-leela-corman
Reviews on GoodReads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12918119-unterzakhn
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/262826338
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/265433698
From SFSite.com: http://www.sfsite.com/columns/graphica360.htm
“Corman produces an exceptional portrayal, deserving of much laudatory praise and acclaim, of immigrant and Jewish life on par with the works of Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.”
From Booklist:
“Historically informed and aesthetically compelling . . . . Heavily inked cartoons beautifully depict period details and the Hester Street gossips as times evolve and show how the two sisters’ similarities change into stark differences in appearance as they age. The text, salted with Yiddish, and the eloquently detailed images meld together to make this a good choice for readers who enjoyed Eleanor Widmer’s Up from Orchard Street (2005) or Hubert and Kerascoet’s Miss Don’t Touch Me (2009).” —Booklist, March 15, 2012
More tour dates follow:
Unterzakhn Tour Schedule:
Tuesday, April 3—Brooklyn, NY
7:00 pm – WORD bookstore event. 126 Franklin Street.
Wednesday, April 4—Boston, MA
7:00 pm – Brookline Booksmith event. 279 Harvard St. Brookline.
Thursday, April 5—NYC
6:30 pm – Tenement Talks event at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, co-sponsored by the Center for Cultural Judaism. 103 Orchard Street (at Delancey). RSVP requested (events@tenement.org).
Monday, April 9—Portland, OR
7:30 pm – Powell’s Books event. 1005 W. Burnside.
Tuesday, April 10—Seattle, WA
7:00 pm – Elliott Bay Books event. 1521 10th Ave.
Wednesday, April 11— San Francisco, CA
5:00 pm – Comix Experience event. 305 Divisadero Street.
Thursday, April 12— San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm – Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco event. 655 Mission Street.
Monday, April 16—Gainesville, FL
7:00 pm – B&N Gainesville (store #1972) event. 3910 S.W. Archer Road.
Thursday, April 26—Philadelphia, PA
7:30 pm – Philadelphia Free Library event with David Bezmozgis/Free World. 1901 Vine Street Logan Square.
Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29—NYC
MoCCA Festival book signing.
Please go here and read David Apatoff’s short but simpleblog entry about Ink and Commitment.
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/10/ink-and-commitment.html
“Ink is the medium for artists who are prepared to stand by their actions. Ink reserves her special favors– as well as her frustrations– for those artists who understand the significance of commitment.
Ink is applied wet but leaves a fossil record of every decision or mistake the artist made. That record can be difficult to live with, but its finality transforms the psychology of the experience; artists who enjoy playing with the wetness of ink recognize they can’t escape the consequences of their actions when that ink dries.”
More at http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/10/ink-and-commitment.html
with pictures by Steinberg, Francois and others.
News and info cut and pasted from our monthly newsletter:
News from SAW
The Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida has been teaching students, hosting visiting artists and promoting comics to our widening local and global community. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to this past month, as well as a list of upcoming classes and events.
John Porcellino Visits Guides and Leaves
King-Cat cartoonist John Porcellino came to Gainesville for March 5-9 and taught a great week-long workshop to 13 students from all over the globe. One came from Australia, one came from Gaza, the rest came from all around the US. All wanted to tell stories from their life, to refine their observational skills and learn John’s secrets of rhythm, poetry and simplicity. The results were terrific. Everyone made a mini-comic, several had life-changing experiences. A celebration party at the end was attended by dozens of Gainesville artists and fans.
One student says “Taking a workshop with John Porcellino was a wonderful experience. He is a generous, honest, and creative teacher who gives readily to his students, whether advice or life stories… Nice venue too with that wonderful Florida light streaming into the studio. And the place is chock full of comics and inspiration!”
Another adds “I feel so incredibly blessed to have had this John Porcellino workshop and SAW experience/community and to have met my classmates/new friends. This past week has been a life-changing experience for me.”
Our Year-Long Program
Join the SAW community! SAW is dedicated to turning students into artists. Our year-long comics-making program is designed to give students the fullest experience possbile in finding their stories, gathering skills and inspiration, and refining their voice. Here at SAW we’ve created a space and community designed to do just that. Our experienced teachers are all working artists and also teach at the University of Florida or nearby Santa Fe College. Tom Hart taught at SVA in New York City for 10 years and Leela Corman is the creator of Unterzakhn, described by Publishers Weekly as “beautifully drawn and hard to forget.”
Our program is modeled after some of the best programs in the country and is offered at an affordable first-year only price. We’re in conversation with many potential visiting teaching artists and are gathering additional artisitic resources in the community for a rich vibrant learning experience. Gainesville is a great small city full of artists of all kinds, art shows, outdoor events, great food and coffee. We love this place, that’s why we came. It’s the perfect place to be an artist.
Learn more about the year-long program here:
http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/program/
Who or what is calling you?
5-Week Teen and Pre-Teen Class Starts this Saturday.
Our Teen class at The Doris Center on North Main Street begins This Saturday, March 24 and runs for 5 weeks from 10am-1pm. Click here to register at THE DORIS.
Our 5-week Pre-Teen class open for 9-12 year olds starts March 24 from 1:30-3:30 and is held at SAW. Click here to register your pre-teen for the class.
Summer Teen Classes
SAW is running a two-week intensive class from June 18-June 29 that will run Monday-Friday from 10 am – 4 pm each weekday. Learn more about it here:
http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/classes/#teenIntensive
Book Release Parties at SAW
- The Reaper of St. George Street by Andre Frattino - Saturday March 24 - Details Below or Click here for Facebook Event
- Unterzkahn by Leela Corman- Friday March 30 - Details Below or Click here for Facebook Event
- Womanthology - Friday April 27 - Details to Follow or Click here for Facebook Event
 Andre Frattino – The Reaper of St. George Street – Sat, March 24Join us at the Sequential Art Workshop (SAW), in downtown Gainesville, to celebrate Gainesville cartoonist Andre Frattino’s new book about ghost hunters in St Augustine: The Reaper of St. George Street. Andre is also the staff cartoonist for the UF student newspaper The Alligator. Copies will be available for purchase and the Andre will be in attendance to sign them. |
Leela Corman – Unterzakhn. Friday, March 30Unterzkahn by Leela Corman: Join us Friday March 30 7 pm-10 pm for a retrospective of Leela Corman’s art and the book release of her major new work from Pantheon/Shocken,Unterzkakhn. Leela’s work is lavish, her ideas big and her inspirations many. Publishers Weekly says “the story of Fanya and Esther’s struggles is beautifully drawn and hard to forget.” Click here for Facebook Event Leela goes on a major book tour to on the east and west coasts immediately following. Click here for more info. |
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Help spread the word about our year-long program!
As we begin to add faculty and additional resources, we are calling on you, our readers and followers to spread the word about the SAW single-year program. Though the final schedule and plan is still in flux (you can always see the latest iteration on our site at the PROGRAM link above), we can say with certainty that the program will rival any program of similar length in the country. This is our first year and as such is offered at an extremely affordable price.
Many of you are already familiar with SAW, have already taken classes here, etc. You know that the space is good, the teaching excellent and the Gainesville artistic community vibrant. We are actively seeking talented applicants. Please let people know that they can contact us formally or informally about attending.
–Audio interview with Tom Hart about SAW:
http://comixclaptrap.blogspot.com/2012/02/tom-hart-season-5-episode-1.html
Blog: http://sequentialartistsworkshop.org/wordpress/
Twitter: @comicsworkshop
Tumblr: http://sequentialartistsworkshop.tumblr.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sequential-Artists-Workshop/167604913271826
Who or what is calling you? - artwork from enrolled student Sally Cantirino
We had three boxes of donations waiting for us yesterday, including some great Steig, Steinberg and other single-panel goodness, courtesy Tim Kreider, author of The Pain, When Will It End, Twilight of the Assholes, and the soon-to-be-published, We Learn Nothing.
The 2nd two boxes, full of Ignatz series from Fantagraphics/Coconino, Up Front by Bill Mauldin, some Sacco and Crumb, some Mome, some Terry and the Pirates reprints all sorts of graphic novels, as well as The Art of Bone, come from Lou Copeland, of Phantom Projector.
You two are saints and inspirations. Thank you!
http://phantomprojector.com/
My many many thanks to John Porcellino for coming to Gainesville for 5 days to teach, and my many many thanks to the 14 students we had during the week. You produced great work, great times were had, and many positive new comics-creating neural pathways were created. Thanks to everyone, and congratulations.
More photos on Faceybook and FlickrHello attendees of the John Porcellino workshop at SAW,
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