We bring in comic professionals from all walks of life to guest speak (virtually) at SAW. These guest speakers give SAW students/members some insight from their personal experiences throughout their comics career and welcome questions at the end of each session. Come join us!

OUR NEXT PRO-CALL IS WITH Yasmeen Abedifard

Please join us and Yasmeen as she talk about her comics-making process!

About this Event:

"Yasmeen Abedifard (b. 1996) is an Iranian-American, queer artist born in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently based in Oakland, CA, USA. She holds an MFA from Cornell University, where she received the Charles Baskerville Painting Award. Her work is centered around storytelling mediums, including comics, illustrations, and animation.

She is currently teaching in the Comics BFA program at The California College of the Arts (CCA). Her work has been featured in various spaces, such as the SF Art Book Fair, 2727 California, Rubenstein Arts Center, Jack Hanley Gallery, and Soft Screen, and has received various accolades, including the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Death Bloom in 2023. She has taught comic workshops at Kala Art Institute, Sequential Artists Workshop, and Black Mountain Institute. She has created several published comics, such as When to Pick a Pomegranate (pub. Silver Sprocket, upcoming), Death Bloom (pub. Lucky Pocket), and Burnt (pub. Wiggle Bird Mailing Club). She is also part of a comics collective called D.R.Y. with her peers, Daniel Zhou and Raul Higuera, aimed at fostering community and highlighting the Bay Area comics scene."

Learn more about Yasmeen:

https://www.yasmeenabedifard.net/

https://www.instagram.com/yasmeen.abedi/?hl=en

When:

Tuesday September 24, 2024 @ 2PM EASTERN TIME

Where:

Via zoom! Join us by signing up for our free and exclusive online comics community:

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Please note, registrants can only access from one device. Appropriate standards of speech and imagery will be adhered to. No hate speech, bullying, harassing, will be allowed.

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Questions:

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