Yasmeen Abedifard - SAW Pro-Call

What a pleasure it was to have Yasmeen Abedifard speak with us! We talked in depth about the making and many iterations of her recently published When to Pick a Pomegranate (2024 Silver Sprocket), as well as her journey through arts, comics, publishing, and teaching. Give it a listen!

About Yasmeen:

"Yasmeen Abedifard (b. 1996) is an Iranian-American 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 program at The California College of the Arts (CCA) and the UC Berkeley Art Studio."

Find Yasmeen at:

https://www.yasmeenabedifard.net/

https://www.instagram.com/yasmeen.abedi/

(Recorded at SAW on Zoom, September 24, 2024.)

A page from When to Pick a Pomegranate—Buy the book here!

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